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Cingular Wireless Continues to Expand its North Florida Network Plans to Invest More Than $300 Million in 2005 ORLANDO, Fla., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's largest wireless voice and data network is getting larger in Florida. Cingular Wireless plans to invest more than $300 million in its North Florida network integrating the Cingular and AT&T Wireless networks; increasing coverage and capacity; building new sites; adding portable generators and back-up batteries; and offering enhanced new features. "High-quality coverage wherever you go -- that's our goal," said Dan Norman, vice president and general manager of Cingular Wireless North Florida. "In 2005, we are continuing to make a huge investment in technology in Florida delivering a network that is growing bigger and more powerful every day." Of the approximately 50 new cell sites to be added statewide in 2005, 37 are slated for Cingular's North Florida market, which covers southwest Florida across the state north to Panama City. Year-to-date, Cingular has turned on 10 new cell sites in the North Florida market, improving coverage in Thomas, Bay, Pinellas, Osceola, Marion, Manatee, and Levy counties. In northwest and north central Florida, specific enhancements include: * Four cell sites in Bay County on Campflower Road, Route 388, Highway 77, and Timbercrest Road, are boosting coverage in the towns of Panama City, Fountain, Youngstown, and Southport. * A Levy County site at 85th Street in Williston is providing enhanced coverage in downtown Williston and the surrounding area along Alternate U.S. 27. * A new site on Old Cassidy Road in Thomasville, Georgia is enhancing wireless service along Route 202 in Thomas County. In central and central west Florida: * A new cell site at 66th Street North in St. Petersburg is providing additional coverage in Pinellas County. * A site on Manatee Avenue in Bradenton is enhancing coverage in Manatee County near Route 64 and Southwest 50th Street. * Coverage along I-4 south of Disney in the areas of Celebration and the Champions Gate Resort has improved with the addition of a new site on Old Lake Wilson Road. * A new cell site in Marion County is improving coverage along U.S. 27 between Ocala and Blichton. Since Cingular's merger with AT&T Wireless last year, the company has focused on "raising the bar" in terms of high-quality coverage, reliability and reach. With the integration of the two networks underway and slated to be completed in North Florida before year's end, many customers are already reaping the benefits. About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 50.4 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth Corporation (NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the nation -- the ALLOVER(SM) network - and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier. Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(R) Minutes, the wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly minutes. Details of the company are available at http://www.cingular.com/ . Get Cingular Wireless press releases e-mailed to you automatically. Sign up at http://www.cingular.com/newsroom . DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless CONTACT: Kelly Layne Starling, +1-561-775-4259, wireless, +1-561-301-1414 Web site: http://www.cingular.com/

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