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NorthStar Communications Group Assists Gulf Coast Carriers with Hurricane Katrina Telephone Service Restoration Efforts
For Immediate Release. September 14, 2005, Birmingham, Alabama: Over the past two weeks, NorthStar Communications Group, Inc. (NorthStar) has deployed 45 personnel to the Gulf Coast region and expects to have a total of 70 individuals in place within the coming week. NorthStar is assisting local carriers with the restoration of telephone service to thousands of customers in the Gulf Coast region. NorthStar's efforts are focused largely in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Covington, Louisiana, as well as Meridian, McComb, Natchez, Hattiesburg, Biloxi and Gulfport, Missisipip, where Hurricane Katrina left much of the area without telephone service.
NorthStar is sending crews to survey the geography of the affected areas, to report cable equipment damage and assist in restoration efforts. NorthStar's survey crews are also working on redesigning the network totally destroyed by high winds and water damage.
"NorthStar has drawn on its extensive experience in this area to develop various restoration models in order to be ready for any emergency assistance situation," said Matt McCool, Vice President of Engineering. Through a clearly defined set of best practices, NorthStar's project managers can easily access the needs, logistics and deployment strategies required to restore critical services to the region.
NorthStar has maintained a large presence in the Gulf Coast region since 1997, supporting local telephone carriers with Outside Plant engineering needs. Because of its proximity, NorthStar has the ability to ramp-up quickly and efficiently to support the restoration efforts.
Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, NorthStar serves as the stand-alone telecommunications subsidiary of BE&K, Inc. NorthStar offers a full suite of wireline and wireless infrastructure services as well as network operations and maintenance solutions. For more information regarding NorthStar's service offerings, refer to our website www.northstar.net.
For more information, contact:
Leilani Kirkes
NorthStar Communications Group, Inc.
KirkesL@NorthStar.net
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