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PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – United Telecommunication Services is continuing on its course of improvement by offering its Chippie customers the opportunity to upgrade the SIM card they use to access the mobile operators’ mobile service.

For just USD $ 5 customers can purchase a 3G capable SIM card that will allow them access to the mobile operators’ premium mobile internet service. For a limited time only customers save $11.70 when purchasing their new SIM card.

With the upgrade campaign existing customers can visit the UTS store in Philipsburg from August 31 – September 19 and get their SIM card upgrade.

They can keep their existing Chippie telephone number and they will have access to enhanced internet services. Currently the company already offers its’ Chippie 3G+ mobile internet to thousands of customers, which is a premium mobile internet service offering much higher speeds than the basic GPRS/EDGE based service.

With the 3G+ service already available, the company is now in the final testing phases of the more advanced mobile 4G LTE service.

LTE, an abbreviation for Long-Term Evolution, commonly marketed as 4G LTE, is a standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals. Although based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA network technologies, it offers increased capacity and speed using a different radio interface together with core network improvements. LTE is the natural upgrade path for carriers with both GSM/UMTS networks and CDMA2000 networks, of which UTS already offers the former.

“We encourage anyone that still has a 2G SIM card to come in for this special swap-initiative. It’s only $5 and you get an extra $10 credit voucher just for coming in. We will also be sending out a text message to those customers that we are aware need to upgrade, so anybody that’s unsure about the type of SIM card they have can confirm that way.” says UTS Marketing and Communication Officer, Ivy Lambert. “We will have a special team dedicated to the upgrades to make sure that the process runs as smooth as possible. Not only will you be able to use our Chippie 3G+ mobile internet, but you will also be among the first with access to 4G LTE when it becomes available to everyone. We value our customers and work diligently to bring them service on par with technological developments in the region. It will open up many possibilities in terms of entertainment, offer enhanced communications through the seamless functioning of services such as Skype and will also offer increased effectiveness in our business sector as well. All things that we believe will benefit us as a community with close ties internationally. We recommend that anyone coming in to upgrade make a back-up of any phone numbers or other info stored on their SIM card to avoid losing any vital information. They will also need to walk with the PUK number which they received when they originally bought their SIM card.” Lambert continues.