Cellphone companies reveal plans to maintain wireless service during PG&E power outages [telecom]

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By WILL Schmitt

The companies that operate Sonoma County's cellphone network, a mainstay of modern life that underpins critical communications systems during emergencies, vow it will not go dark if PG&E shuts off electricity to prevent wildfires on dangerously hot, dry, windy days.

The nation's largest wireless companies - AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint - said they could continue to power most or all of their cellphone towers until PG&E restores electricity following a planned outage, as long as they are able to access their towers.