As part of its continuing efforts to improve customers’ wireless experience, Cellcom recently activated a cell site in Hazelhurst. The new cell tower is located just off Hwy. 51 and is equipped with EVDO (3G) technology. It provides improved service continuity to customers in or traveling through Oneida County.

When a Cellcom customer places a call on a cell phone, the call is sent to the nearest cell site. The site sends the call through the company’s fiber and microwave network to the switch located in Green Bay and then connected to the “called” telephone. When a new cell site is added to the network, the area will have increased calling capacity and service continuity.

This cell site is added to the more than 375 cell sites in northeast and central Wisconsin, as well as Upper Michigan.