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Carriers Brace for Rita

Via Red Herring.

As Hurricane Rita powered its way across the Gulf Coast region of the United States, the telecommunications industry mobilized resources that already have been rendered thin by Hurricane Katrina.

“The question is: Is there enough support equipment freed up from Katrina in the time frame we have? I doubt that,” said Joe Nordgaard, managing director of Spectral Advantage, a strategic consulting firm. “A lot of the inventory of mobile equipment held in reserve could be consumed by Katrina. We don’t usually get hit by two major hurricanes back-to-back like this.”

While SBC and Cingular, the primary landline and wireless service providers in the region, were in the process of mobilizing their personnel in preparation for an expected hit along the Texas coast on Friday, the vendor community was expected to come up with any additional mobile equipment.

posted by Fergie @ 9/23/2005 11:28:00 AM