In response to increased data usage as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, US Cellular, with Ericsson support, has begun to increase capacity for customers in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, New Hampshire, Maine and North Carolina. The pair have added additional capacity to more than 200 sites.
“We’ve seen an increase in voice, SMS and data traffic in recent weeks,” confirmed US Cellular’s Executive VP and CTO Michael S. Irizarry, “but we’ve designed a highly reliable, hardened network that can withstand shifts in bandwidth needs and handle unexpected increases in usage.”
