Earlier in 2012, Sprint announced the availability of 4G LTE to Illinois customers in Addison, Bolingbrook, Des Plaines, Downers Grove, Kankakee, Waukegan-Lake County, Rockford, Joliet, Naperville, Palatine and Plainfield, along with Gary, Ind.

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Penny Clancy, vice president of human resources at Sentinel Technologies, a technology consulting and implementation company based in Downers Grove, Ill.

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