AT&T Wireless said it signed a contract to provide Wireless Prior...
AT&T Wireless said it signed a contract to provide Wireless Priority Service (WPS) under the National Communications System (NCS). T-Mobile was the original carrier to offer WPS and it was subsequently joined by Cingular and Nextel. WPS is designed…
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to give national security officials and emergency responders access to the wireless network during times of emergency. Callers with special software on the handsets access WPS by dialing 272 before they call. Users pay a one-time WPS activation cost of $10, and $4.50 per month. When WPS is invoked customers are charged 75 cents per minute for the calls. “The Wireless Priority Service is a critical communications resource for national security and emergency preparedness. The addition of AT&T Wireless to the list of WPS carriers is an important expansion of this program and the program office is extremely pleased to enter into this contract,” said John Graves, WPS program dir.