GSM gives customers the choice of using their VoiceStream number and full digital features when traveling internationally. Another VoiceStream customer advantage is the Great Lakes Neighborhood, included free with every rate plan. Customers in the Chicago area get free GSM digital roaming and, unlike other providers, free long-distance for calls placed in and to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The offer also includes 2000 Local Weekend Minutes within the Great Lakes Neighborhood for the first 12 months of service when new customers sign up by June 30, 2001. Nationwide Whenever Minutes means customers will pay no long distance charges when calling any city in the United States from their home multi-state neighborhood, regardless of time of day or day of week.
Customers can receive news, sports and entertainment updates directly on their handset.
We're particularly pleased to bring GSM service to the Chicago area and give residents the choice of using their wireless phone service in many of the world's most popular destinations, whether traveling for business or pleasure. Spokesperson Jamie Lee Curtis will be in Chicago during launch week to promote VoiceStream's entry into the marketplace. The actress and best-selling author will make public appearances and join employees for a launch celebration. About VoiceStream Wireless Corporation Based in Bellevue, Wash., VoiceStream Wireless Corp. is one of the major nationwide providers of communication services in the country, as well as operates and uses the globally dominant GSM technology platform. VoiceStream is a member of The GSM Alliance, L.L.C., a consortium of U.S. and Canadian digital wireless PCS carriers, which helps provide seamless wireless communications for its customers in more than 6,000 U.S. and Canadian cities and towns, or abroad.