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The National Communications System (NCS) is poised to add several...

The National Communications System (NCS) is poised to add several other major carriers, including Cingular, AT&T Wireless and Nextel, to its wireless priority service (WPS) program, NCS said. Only T-Mobile USA has a WPS contract. Program Dir. John Graves…

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said T-Mobile will reach “full operating capability this summer,” and NCS will expand the program to other national GSM wireless carriers. Graves also said T-Mobile, which started providing WPS in New York and Washington in spring 2002, now offers initial operating capability services “to a majority of their coverage areas around the country.” WPS provides national security and rescue workers priority access to wireless networks during emergencies.