iPCS, Inc. Launches Q-Chat in Saginaw, Michigan

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Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:59am EDT

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(Business Wire)--
iPCS, Inc. (Nasdaq: IPCS), a Sprint PCS Affiliate of Sprint Nextel Corporation,
today announced it has begun offering push-to talk service on phones using
Qualcomm`s Q-Chat technology in Saginaw, MI. This service, first offered last
fall in the Company`s largest market of Grand Rapids, MI, allows customers to
make push-to-talk calls using the CDMA network. This service enhances the
Company`s ability to attract high value business enterprise and service trade
customers desiring both push-to-talk functionality and features such as high
speed data service in one device. 

"We are excited about the launch of Q-Chat as it allows us to offer instant
connections to work and social groups who rely on this service," said Timothy M.
Yager, President and CEO of iPCS. "In addition to delivering instantaneous
connectivity, this service also adds the speed of Sprint Mobile Broadband, so
customers can do more, faster," concluded Yager. 

About iPCS, Inc.

IPCS, through its operating subsidiaries, is a Sprint PCS Affiliate of Sprint
Nextel Corporation with the exclusive right to sell wireless mobility
communications network products and services under the Sprint brand in 81
markets including markets in Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Iowa,
Ohio and Tennessee. The territory includes key markets such as Grand Rapids
(MI), Fort Wayne (IN), and the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee (Johnson City,
Kingsport and Bristol), Scranton (PA), Saginaw-Bay City (MI), Central Illinois
(Peoria, Springfield, Decatur, and Champaign) and the Quad Cities region of
Illinois and Iowa (Bettendorf and Davenport, IA, and Moline and Rock Island,
IL). As of March 31, 2009, iPCS's licensed territory had a total population of
approximately 15.1 million residents, of which its wireless network covered
approximately 12.5 million residents, and iPCS had approximately 700,100
subscribers. iPCS is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois. For more
information, please visit iPCS's website at www.ipcswirelessinc.com. 





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Nathan Elwell, 312-553-6706 

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