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Interstate Connections Signs Agreement With Cingular Wireless; Cingular Leverages Interstate Connections to Reach Professional Truck Drivers AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Interstate Connections, LTD., the leading retailer of wireless solutions to the trucking industry, announces it has signed an agreement with Cingular Wireless to sell Cingular services in its nationwide retail locations. Cingular joins other leading companies targeting the professional truck drivers via Interstate Connections locations. Interstate Connections will provide Cingular direct access to approximately 3.5 million new wireless subscribers in this $46 billion growing industry. Interstate Connections' retail outlets are located in Travel Centers of America and Petro Shopping Centers across the US. Interstate Connections will sell Cingular's complete selection of handsets and rate plans, including Rollover(SM), allowing Cingular customers to keep their unused monthly minutes, and ALLOVER(SM), enabling customers to make calls on the country's largest digital voice and data network. "Our locations in travel centers and vast product selection make us the perfect 'one-stop-shop' for professional drivers," said Brandon Frye, CEO, Interstate Connections. "Cingular's strong presence in voice and data services and national coverage compliment Interstate Connections current offering." "Professional truckers have significant and specific communications needs," said Alan Owens, National Account Manager, Cingular Wireless. "We are delighted to help meet these needs with Interstate Connections." About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving more than 49 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 and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier. Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(SM), the wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly minutes. Details of the company are available at http://www.cingular.com/ About Interstate Connections Interstate Connections is the leading retail provider of wireless solutions to the interstate trucking industry. Interstate Connections operates store-within-a-store retail outlets in more than 90 interstate travel centers. A preferred dealer for such leading product and service vendors as Sprint, Cingular, Nextel, Sirius Radio, XM Radio, Audiovox, Delphi, Plantronics and PreCash, Interstate Connections improves the productivity and quality of life for professional truckers by providing communication solutions configured to their distinct needs. Based in Austin, Texas, Interstate Connections is privately held and has more than 300 employees. For more information, visit http://www.interstate-connections.com/ . CONTACT: Debbie Strance Interstate Connections, LTD. (512) 989-9393 DATASOURCE: Interstate Connections, LTD. CONTACT: Debbie Strance of Interstate Connections, LTD., +1-512-989-9393, or Web site: http://www.interstate-connections.com/ http://www.cingular.com/

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