SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Long Lines, LLC employees will gather at Long Lines headquarters in Sergeant Bluff at 3:00 p.m. today to celebrate months of hard work getting ready to launch wireless telephone services to customers in the region. Long Lines Wireless customers will enjoy the most clear and reliable local network available and highly competitive national and international calling packages.

"Long Lines employees have worked tirelessly to bring this new service to market. We are infinitely proud of what we have accomplished in a few short months," said Chuck Robbins, President of Long Lines Wireless. "The whole Long Lines team is excited about offering the best cellular service available coupled with Long Lines homegrown customer service."

Late last year, Long Lines Announced the acquisition of Great Lakes of Iowa, Inc. (GLI) and Siouxland PCS (Siouxland), two wireless service providers serving Northwestern Iowa. Long Lines also acquired a 155-mile fiber network from Hinton, Iowa to the Okoboji region that will permit better and faster communications services for Long Lines customers in that area.

Long Lines Wireless(R) will begin providing wireless service in NE Nebraska, SE South Dakota and western Iowa later this summer. The PCS network permits use of the most popular wireless phones available in the market, including Motorola's RAZR(TM) and the latest phones from Sony Ericcson, Nokia, and LG.

Long Lines Wireless(R) customers will be offered highly competitive usage packages and will have access to a worldwide network rivaling that of any other regional and national carrier. As a local carrier, Long Lines Wireless(R) will be able to provide coverage in hard-to-serve areas currently missed by the national carriers.

Today's celebration caps more than a year's efforts to erect and equip a wireless network connected to the Long Lines switch in Sergeant Bluff. By the customer launch this summer, Long Lines will have approximately 70 towers in service with an additional 51 towers up by year-end. A new telephone switch has been installed to handle the increased traffic and billing, data and numerous other communications systems have been put in place.

Long Lines, LLC works with other local service providers and municipalities to provide the most up-to-date telephone, cable television, high-speed internet, and wireless features to Siouxland customers in innovative service packages using the latest technology. Long Lines offers unique packages of telephone, television, internet, and wireless services to more than 100 communities in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Long Lines is focused on building communication networks that meet the needs of rural communities and urban centers in the Upper Midwest.

Graham Gillette, 712-271-2000, can respond to all inquiries.

CONTACT: Graham Gillette for Long Lines, LLC, +1-712-271-2000

Web site: http://www.longlines.com/

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