SouthernLINC Wireless at a Glance

Company

SouthernLINC Wireless® is an integrated digital wireless communication service provider that began offering commercial service in February 1996. The word LINC, fixed in the company name, stands for Long-range Integrated Network Communications. Based in Atlanta, SouthernLINC Wireless is a subsidiary of Southern Company which is one of the largest generators of electricity in the nation, serving both regulated and competitive markets across the southeastern United States. Southern Company and its subsidiaries have been serving the Southeast for more than 100 years.

Coverage

The SouthernLINC Wireless network covers 128,000 square miles, including both major metro and rural areas, making it vital to mobile users who need to communicate across Georgia, Alabama, southeastern Mississippi and northwestern Florida. SouthernLINC Wireless serves a customer base of roughly 275,000, representing all types of business, government and consumer users.

Equipment

SouthernLINC Wireless’s suite of phones spans ruggedized portables that meet military specifications to sleek, light-weight handsets with features such as Internet micro browser, Java, Bluetooth and hearing aid compatibility as well as the BlackBerry 7100i. SouthernLINC Wireless uses Motorola’s iDEN® (Integrated Digital Enhanced Network) technology to combine communication options that previously required several devices. A single hand-held or installed device gives users multiple ways to communicate: Push to Talk, SouthernLINC Wireless’ premier private two-way radio service, cellular service, two-way text messaging, wireless Internet and wireless data access.

Reliability

SouthernLINC Wireless has built in redundancies, power back-ups and security features designed to ensure the most reliable communications even under the worst weather conditions. Towers along the coast are built to withstand high winds, while towers further north are built to withstand up to one-half inch of ice. SouthernLINC Wireless has proven its reliability by withstanding the test of the most violent hurricanes, tornadoes and storms in recent history.

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SouthernLINC Wireless Company Overview

Founded in February 1996, SouthernLINC Wireless was developed by its parent company, Southern Company (NYSE: SO), to meet the wireless communications needs of commercial users as well as Southern Company’s subsidiaries including Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power and Mississippi Power. These power companies were previously relying on disparate wireless technologies which made communicating in the field a challenge. SouthernLINC Wireless was created as a reliable, universal solution that would facilitate communications among the utilities. What began as a way to keep power company employees connected, has evolved into a reliable communication solution for government employees, businesses and consumers.

The suite of phones that SouthernLINC Wireless offers spans from heavy duty portables that meet military specifications to sleek, light-weight handsets with features such as color screens, Internet micro browser, Java, Bluetooth and hearing aid compatibility as well as the BlackBerry 7100i. SouthernLINC Wireless uses Motorola’s iDEN® (Integrated Digital Enhanced Network) technology to combine communication options that previously required several devices. A single hand-held device gives users multiple ways to communicate: Push to Talk, SouthernLINC Wireless’ premier, private two-way radio service, cellular service, two-way text messaging, wireless Internet and wireless data access.

The company provides an array of wireless packet data and Internet services which provide mobile users with access to information anywhere in their coverage area. Users are able to send and receive e-mail; send and redirect work orders to the field; access databases; access any WAP-enabled site on the Internet. In addition, users have access to handsets with a built-in Mp3 player and removable memory storage.

J2ME (Java™ 2 Micro Edition) capability allows SouthernLINC Wireless users to turn their phones into a handheld computer. Using this technology, users are able to customize and access existing enterprise Web sites and databases wirelessly; boost efficiency; run applications locally on a phone, or on the SouthernLINC Wireless network.

To ensure the most reliable communications SouthernLINC Wireless has built in redundancies, power back-ups and security features designed to withstand even the worst weather conditions. Towers along the coast are built to withstand 105-mph winds, while towers further north are built to withstand up to one-half inch of ice. SouthernLINC Wireless has proven its reliability by withstanding the test of the most violent hurricanes, tornadoes and storms in recent history.

SouthernLINC Wireless’s footprint encompasses 128,000 square miles in the Southeast, including both major metro and rural areas in Georgia, Alabama, southeastern Mississippi and northwestern Florida. SouthernLINC Wireless serves a customer base of roughly 275,000, representing businesses, government agencies and consumers.