Archive for the ‘Golden State Cellular News’ Category

NEWS RELEASE
Contact:
Darrell Slocum
Marketing & Communications Director
Golden State Cellular
darrells@goldenstatecellular.com
(209) 770-1557

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07-23-10: Jamestown, California.
Golden State Cellular Announces Expanded Mobile Broadband Coverage Arnold.
Already with the most extensive Mobile Broadband network in the Mother Lode, Golden State Cellular announces the upgrade of their Arnold cell site to 3G. With customers increasing appetite for mobile data applications such as: email, internet access and picture messaging, 3G Mobile Broadband provides a more robust data experience with higher data rates (speed) and the ability to transfer larger files, stream video and music. The company is scheduled to add the technology to multiple existing sites before the end of 2010.

• Pinch Zoom Gesture Support for Gallery, Google Maps and Other Apps
• Leap Thumbnail Views with Pinch Gesture
• Enhanced Graphical Android Market with Access to over 45,000 Apps
• Simultaneous Logon to Multiple Gmail Accounts
• Bluetooth Contact Transfer Support
• Improved Battery Life
• Voice Dialing
• Voice Commands
• Active Call Screen with Speakerphone and Mute Buttons On Screen
• Enhanced Camera Features Including White Balance and Scene Modes
• User Dictionary Management (add, delete and edit custom words use
  for messages and typing)
• Smarter Keyboard Calibration
• And much more…

NEWS RELEASE

Contact:
Darrell Slocum
Marketing & Communications Director
Golden State Cellular
darrells@goldenstatecellular.com
(209) 770-1557

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 06-03-10:  Jamestown, California.  Golden State Cellular’s Graduate Award Program.  Once again Golden State Cellular is awarding the top students at each high school in the Mother Lode with a unique scholarship. The company provides a free phone and one year of free service to graduating seniors at high schools in Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties.  The phone selected for 2010 is the LG Ellipse with service consisting of Free Nationwide Voice, Messaging (text & picture) and Web an estimated $1800.00 value.  The company sends representatives to each award ceremony to present the scholarship.  Below are pictures of the recent presentation at Sonora High with GSC mascot Jimmy and Bryan Blott

GSC presentation to Aubrey Stiers of Sonora High School.

NEWS RELEASE
Contact:
Darrell Slocum
Marketing & Communications Director
Golden State Cellular
darrells@goldenstatecellular.com
(209) 770-1557

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 05-24-10: Jamestown, California. Golden State Cellular
announces the addition of two new employees. Michael Smock-Snyder will be working as a customer service representative at the company’s retail locations in Sonora, Angels Camp and Martell and Paul Garrett will be assigned to the Golden State Cellular call center in Jamestown.

Michael Smock-Snyder

Paul Garrett

NEWS RELEASE

Contact:
Darrell Slocum
Marketing & Communications Director
Golden State Cellular
darrells@goldenstatecellular.com
(209) 770-1557

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 05-04-10:  Jamestown, California.  Golden State Cellular announces that long time General Manager Dan Rule will be leaving the company to take a new position with Golden State managing partner Sierra Telephone of Oakhurst.  Mr. Rule has been with the company for seventeen years. Under his leadership the company has grown to become a major communications provider in the Mother Lode with three retail locations and over 50 employees.  Mr. Rule will be stepping in to a newly created position as Sierra Telephone’s Business Development Manager.

Dan Rule

Replacing Mr. Rule as Golden State Cellular General Manager will be Lawrence Moore. Mr. Moore has been with the company for 8 years most recently as Network Operations Manager where he has overseen a 30 percent expansion of the company’s network and the addition of 3G capability, a new voice mail system and numerous system upgrades.

Lawrence Moore

NEWS RELEASE

Contact:
Darrell Slocum
Marketing & Communications Director
Golden State Cellular
darrells@goldenstatecellular.com
(209) 770-1557

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 03-11-10:  Jamestown, California.  Golden State Cellular

the areas premier wireless provider, announced today the launch of its first Android-powered Smartphone, the new HTC Hero™.  The HTC Hero is the first of a variety of Android-powered Smartphones Golden State Cellular plans to offer in the future.

Android-powered devices are one of the fastest growing device segments in the wireless industry with worldwide sales expected to soon eclipse the most popular smartphones on the market today, including the iPhone™, according to a March 2009 report by Informa Telecoms and Media, a London-based research house specializing in the mobile, broadband and television industries.

“The arrival of HTC Hero and the Android platform to Golden State Cellular’s new 3G network is an important milestone for our customers” said Dan Rule, General Manager.  Any Android phone is fully customizable with access to thousands of applications and one-touch access to your email, music, the web and more. 

HTC Hero is the first U.S. device to feature HTC Sense, an intuitive experience that was built with a guiding philosophy to put people at the center and allows the device to be completely customized to the wants and needs of the user. The device’s seven-panel wide home screen can be populated with customizable widgets that bring information to the surface.

HTC Hero users can easily create and switch between Scenes to reflect different moments or roles in their lives, such as work, social, travel and play. For example, a work Scene can be easily set up to include stock updates, work email and calendar, a play Scene could have music, weather, and a Twitter feed or a travel Scene could offer instant access to the local time, weather and maps. Customers will enjoy the robust potential to personalize their wireless experience. 

Smartphones are only as good as the network on which they operate. Golden State Cellular’s newly installed 3G technology will be powering the HTC Hero .

The HTC Hero has built-in Google mobile services with synchronization, including Google Search™, Google Maps™, Gmail™, and YouTube™ as well as access to thousands of applications on the Android Market™.  It also offers easy access to personal and business e-mail, instant messaging and text messaging through POP, IMAP, and Exchange Active Sync accounts.

It is the first Golden State Cellular device to offer HTC Footprints™, an application experience that enables the user to chronicle their special moments by capturing a digital postcard on their phone. Once captured, Footprints provides the ability to take notes and an audio clip of that favorite restaurant or special place while identifying its specific location. In addition to identifying each postcard with its specific GPS coordinates, Footprints also auto-names each postcard with its general location or area.

The fully-loaded Smartphone also features a 5 Megapixel autofocus camera and camcorder, 3.2 inch HVGA touch-sensitive display, Wi-Fi capability, GPS with digital compass, accelerometer, 3.5 mm stereo headset jack as well as Stereo Bluetooth® 2.0 Wireless technology.  Additionally, this Android-powered Smartphone gives customers the option to flexibly upgrade its memory with a MicroSD memory card, so they can easily add more memory without having to purchase a new device.

NEWS RELEASE

Contact:
Darrell Slocum
Marketing & Communications Director
Golden State Cellular
darrells@goldenstatecellular.com
(209) 770-1557

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 03-09-10:  Jamestown, California.  Golden State Cellular announces the addition of 3G Mobile Broadband to a significant portion of their network This network improvement will benefit Golden State Cellular customers using data applications such as: picture messaging, email and internet from conventional cellular handsets, Android phones, smartphones, laptops and computers.  3G provides a more robust experience and supports faster internet downloads and even streaming video.  Mostly intended for mobile users the service could benefit those in areas without broadband internet access.  Golden State Cellular has completed extensive testing of the new 3G Broadband service and here is what our beta customers have to say:

 “We’ve been with Golden State for about 15 years. As we saw how there seemed to be major advances in the outside world, we asked if there was hope for us in our little valley.  Sure enough, now our connection (a “simple” USB plug-in) runs as fast as the DSL I get at my job in Sonora.”

              Patricia Easter

 “Our house is in one of those underserved internet locations and I have been using one of the Golden State Cellular wireless modems for the last year or so and the service has been just okay however; they recently brought me one of their new 3G USB Modems and the improvement in performance is outstanding!  I will now be able to do work at home that I’ve been putting off until I reach the office.  I appreciate everything Golden State Cellular is doing to improve communications in our area.”

              Anne Patel

NEWS RELEASE
Contact:
Darrell Slocum
Marketing & Communications Director
Golden State Cellular
darrells@goldenstatecellular.com
(209) 770-1557

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11-10-08: Sonora, California. Golden State Cellular and Summerville High School have announced a program designed to promote spirit at the school. SHS students Megan Maloy and Shauta Murry, accompanied by Senior Advisor Mitch Heldstab, visited with GSC Marketing & Communications Director Darrell Slocum and proposed the arrangement which consists of the purchase of specially designed Bear Tee Shirts that will be strategically “launched” in to the stands at athletic events and rallies by a newly formed spirit squad called the Black Attack. GSC agreed to finance the purchase of the shirts after Megan and Shauta sold the program pointing out the benefits of increased visibility resulting from placing the companies name on the back of the shirt. This is the third year of this unique program conceived by Mr. Heldstab as a way to get students more involved with the business aspect of fund raising and illustrating the benefit of partnerships.