Sprint To Deploy LTE Advanced Network in Chicago

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Sprint said the carrier plans to invest $45 million through the end of 2016 to deploy Chicago’s first LTE Advanced network. Wireless usage in the city has increased by more than 40 percent since 2012, Sprint said Monday. The carrier said it plans to hire 300 people in Chicago as part of the network upgrade, which will include the deployment of hundreds of new cell sites across the city. Underground portions of the Chicago Transit Authority’s "L" train system will be among the areas that will get the new cell sites, Sprint said. The carrier said it plans to hire 540 across the entire Chicago area, including opening 115 Sprint stores in the region.