AUGUSTA – To celebrate Mother’s Day, U.S. Cellular is offering local residents free phone calls to their mothers across the country through May 13.

Residents can stop by any U.S. Cellular retail store in Maine, New Hampshire, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Pennsylvania or Ohio to place long-distance phone calls on wireless phones to their mothers anywhere in the continental United States.

Each person will receive one free call for five minutes in length with no purchase necessary, compliments of U.S. Cellular. U.S. Cellular will provide the wireless phones and pick up the cost of all long-distance and airtime charges.

U.S. Cellular, the nation’s eighth-largest wireless service carrier, provides wireless service to more than 3 million customers in 146 markets throughout 25 states. The Chicago-based company has provided service to Maine since 1988. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.uscellular.com.