New Commercial Agreement for Local Exchange Service Allows for
Expanded Products in New Markets Including Florida
BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 16 - MobilePro Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: MOBL), a wireless technology and broadband telecommunications company, announced today that its subsidiary CloseCall America has reached a commercial agreement with BellSouth that currently runs through December 31, 2007. The agreement covers all nine BellSouth states, and CloseCall America is licensed to immediately begin offering local service in Florida.
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Greg Van Allen, vice president of CloseCall America, said, "We are excited to now be able to upsell local service and high-speed DSL to our existing long distance and Internet customers in Florida. We look forward to growing our customer base in other BellSouth states in the near future. By bundling local service with long distance, we are also able to greatly reduce our in-state long distance costs."
Jay Wright, MobilePro chairman and CEO, said, "Adding the BellSouth territories allows us to continue our expansion of the markets where we offer our unique bundles of products and services, including high-speed Internet, wireless phones, TommyWireless and our other offerings. We believe that this provides consumers with a terrific set of choices that is competitive with any other company."
To order any of CloseCall's telecommunications services, call (877) 81-CLOSE (25673) or order at http://www.closecall.com/signup .
About MobilePro Corp.
MobilePro Corp. is a wireless technology and broadband telecommunications company based in Bethesda, Md. The company is focused on creating shareholder value by developing and deploying wireless technologies, acquiring and growing profitable broadband telecommunications companies and forging strategic alliances with well-positioned companies in complementary product lines and industries.
An investment profile about MobilePro Corp. may be found at http://www.hawkassociates.com/mobilepro/profile.htm .
For more information, contact MobilePro CEO Jay Wright at (301) 315-9040 or by e-mail: jwright22@closecall.com . For investor relations information, contact Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall, Hawk Associates, at (305) 451-1888, e-mail: info@hawkassociates.com . Detailed information about MobilePro can be found at http://www.mobileprocorp.com . An online investor relations kit including copies of MobilePro press releases, current price quotes, stock charts and other valuable information for investors may be found at http://www.hawkassociates.com and http://www.hawkmicrocaps.com .
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