Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Nextel Partners includes McAllen in retail expansion

From: Marcel <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 22:50:16 -0500

2:59 PM CST Wednesday

Nextel Partners includes McAllen in retail expansion

Kirkland, Wash.-based Nextel Partners Inc., which markets Nextel cellular
service in midsize markets, says it plans before the end of the year to open
36 or more new retail locations, increasing the number it operates to more
than 40 from the current four.

The new emphasis on
retail stores will increase
access to the high-end
consumer market, Nextel
Partners says.

During the first quarter,
new stores are planned
for McAllen, Texas;
Honolulu; Pensacola,
Fla.; and Charlottesville,
Va. The company's
existing stores are
located in Hawaii and
Louisville, Ky., which opened last year.

Nextel Partners expects retail stores to drive 10 percent of its
new-subscriber growth by the end of 2003. The company ended 2002 with
877,800 subscribers, 70 percent higher than at the end of 2001.

Nextel Partners' market area covers about 52 million people in 31 states.

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