JACKSON — AT&T recently announced enhanced wireless coverage in Wilkinson County.

A new cell site on Carter Loop Road between Doloroso and Woodville will enhance coverage for those customers who live and travel along U.S. 61 near the Homochitto National Forest.

“Expanding the wireless network across the state is a priority in 2009, in both urban and rural areas,” said Mayo Flynt, president of AT&T Mississippi. “We continue to make significant investments to deliver dependable wireless access in more places across Mississippi.”

AT&T’s network is built on the GSM standard — the most open and widely used technology in the world. Its wireless devices work in more than 200 countries and regions.

The Wilkinson County site is one of about 60 new cell sites slated for 2009 in Mississippi.