T-Mobile USA Selected as Telecommunications Service Provider for Miami-Dade County Public School District

Facing challenging economic conditions, the Miami-Dade County Public School District has chosen T-Mobile USA for its exceptional 4G network coverage, emergency preparedness abilities and reduced telecommunications costs

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced today that the Miami-Dade County Public School District has selected T-Mobile as its primary wireless service provider. The district has purchased both BlackBerry® Curve™ 9300 smartphones and BlackBerry® Bold™ 9780 smartphones for use by district administrators and principals. In addition, the school district has purchased Samsung B2710 “ruggedized” phones for use by custodial and field staff.

“With the unprecedented economic strain that school districts are facing across the country, we are proud to be able to provide the Miami-Dade Public School District with a leading nationwide mobile network while reducing the associated costs to the district,” said Gabriel Torres, vice president and general manager, Florida region, T-Mobile USA. “Additionally, by utilizing dedicated Cells on Wheels (COWs) strategically located across the district, we have provided administrators with the ability to stay connected in the event of a natural disaster or emergency.”

As the fourth-largest school district in the United States, the Miami-Dade County Public School District covers 2,000 square miles of both urban and rural cities. Comprised of 392 schools, 345,000 students and over 40,000 employees, the M-DCPS needed a service provider that could provide a complete mobile networking solution. “We worked very closely with the district to determine their communications needs and identify those products and services that would best serve them,” said Torres. “Along with dedicated COWs for emergency preparedness, we have implemented IP BTS solutions for larger facilities, such as district offices, and signal boosters for smaller offices.”

“T-Mobile USA is honored to partner with the Miami-Dade County Public School District,” added Torres. “This is a great win for T-Mobile and the district. Between the exceptional quality of our handset lineup and the largest 4G network coverage in the country, T-Mobile provides an array of services for school districts across the nation.”

In May of this year, T-Mobile doubled the theoretical peak download speed of its 4G network to 42 Mbps in the Miami area, providing customers with increased capacity, reliability and even more consistent speeds. Since the beginning of 2010, T-Mobile has invested approximately $37 million in continuous network upgrades and improvements in Miami, and now has more than 308 cell sites operating 4G service in the area.

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About T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile USA, Inc. is the U.S. wireless operation of Deutsche Telekom AG (OTCQX:DTEGY). By the end of the second quarter of 2011, approximately 128 million mobile customers were served by the mobile communication segments of the Deutsche Telekom group — 33.6 million by T-Mobile USA — all via a common technology platform based on GSM and UMTS and additionally HSPA+ 21/HSPA+ 42. T-Mobile USA’s innovative wireless products and services help empower people to connect to those who matter most. Multiple independent research studies continue to rank T-Mobile USA among the highest in numerous regions throughout the U.S. in wireless customer care and call quality. For more information, please visit http://www.T-Mobile.com. T-Mobile is a federally registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG. For further information on Deutsche Telekom, please visit www.telekom.de/investor-relations.

T-Mobile’s HSPA+ 4G network, including increased speeds, not available everywhere. For more information about T-Mobile’s 4G products and coverage, please visit http://www.t-mobile.com.

CONTACT:

Media Contact:
Gordon Shattles
Sr. Communications Manager, T-Mobile
(214) 516-8287
Gordon.Shattles@T-Mobile.com

KEYWORDS:   United States  North America  Florida  Washington

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:   Education  Primary/Secondary  Technology  Internet  Networks  Telecommunications  Mobile/Wireless

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