Wireless Priority Services (WPS) for Utilities | T-Mobile for Business (2024)

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Natacha Baroni, Head of Energy Product Marketing at T-Mobile for Business

In an emergency,first responderslike police, fire, and emergency medical services rush to the scene. Butenergy utilitiesoften play a crucial role as well. Power outages frequently occur along with wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards. And cyberattacks, electromagnetic pulses, and geomagnetic storms can also undermine utility operations.

When an incident interrupts the power supply, utility workers respond immediately to address hazards and get public health and safety facilities back online. To recover quickly, everyone must work as a team, confirming resources, updating tasks, and relaying essential information. The preferred access to communications is through WPS, meaning Wireless Priority Services. T-Mobile provides preferred access to communication at no additional cost to utility companies enrolled in wireless priority access (WPS). T-Mobile also delivers prioritization and preemption to voice and data services to help communities when they need it the most.

T-Mobiledelivers America’slargest and fastest 5G networkto first responders. Utilities registered forWPS at T-Mobile receive priority access for voice and data, and preemption for voice on T-Mobile’s nationwide network—at no cost for enrollment or use. We are the first and only carrier to commit available network resources to your data applications and aim to maintain a minimum performance of 512 kpbs.

Organizations can easily mass-subscribe select personnel to WPS via our bulk upload feature. Our services also come with 24-hour User Assistance at1-800-818-4387.

T-Mobile puts utility responders first with WPS. For further information, contact T-Mobile for Business.

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