Sprint to Waive Late Fees, Overage Charges and Roaming Fees

Sprint's network technicians and engineers have restored service to 90 percent of the cell sites within Missouri's Jasper and Newton Counties and routed network capacity to operational cell sites. To furthermore aid impacts to its network assets caused by the tornadoes, Sprint has deployed a Cell Site on Wheels to provide wireless coverage.

Since May 23, the Sprint Emergency Response Team has been providing critical communications resources and personnel to aid local first responders, public safety officials and emergency medical workers managing the recovery in Joplin, including the City of Joplin Emergency Operations Center, the City of Joplin Police, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the St John's Hospital System, and the Missouri Disaster Medical Assistance Team.

Comprehensive range of wireless

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 51 million clients at the end of 1Q 2011 and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; offering industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Newsweek ranked Sprint No. 6 in its 2010 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the nation's greenest companies, the highest of any telecommunications company. You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.