Telecommunications: T-Mobile restores services to New Orleans

Geekzone reports that T-Mobile USA, Inc. has restored wireless service to a significant level Saturday in the hardest-hit areas of New Orleans.

Several sites in the area including a high-capacity cell site now running on generator power on top of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Astor on Canal Street.

The wireless service is now accessible from many areas across downtown New Orleans, including the French Quarter, Convention Center and the Superdome, as well as Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.