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TURNING ON 150 NEW CELL SITES IN 2005 WESTWOOD, Mass., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless, the country's largest wireless provider, today announced it intends to invest more than $250 million this year in New England, integrating the Cingular and AT&T Wireless networks; increasing coverage and capacity; building new sites; adding portable generators and batteries; and offering enhanced new features. Nationwide, the company is spending more than $6 billion on its ALLOVER(SM) Network*, the nation's largest digital voice and data network. "Better coverage is what wireless customers want, and better coverage is exactly what Cingular is delivering," said Mark S. Collins, vice president and general manager, Cingular Wireless, New England. "We continuously expand and improve our network to give our customers a quality wireless experience." Throughout New England, Cingular will build approximately 150 new cell sites this year. The company has already turned on 57 new sites throughout several states: - In Massachusetts, 30 new sites are now providing expanded coverage for customers. Cingular has more cell sites in greater Boston than any other wireless carrier, as a result of its merger with AT&T Wireless. In just the past few months, four new sites have been added in Boston along Commonwealth Avenue, the Jamaica Way and in downtown and Roxbury neighborhoods. In Cape Cod, five new sites have enhanced service in Chatham, Hyannis, Nantucket, Provincetown and South Truro. Shoppers visiting the Cape Cod Mall now enjoy expanded Cingular coverage inside buildings and stores. And in Attleboro, Cingular customers now experience enhanced coverage inside the Emerald Square Mall. - In Maine, eleven new sites improve service in Waldoboro, Yarmouth, North Yarmouth, Limington, Scarborough, Naples, Sebago, Gardner, Kennebunkport, Cornish and Cumberland. - In New Hampshire, several new cell sites enhance wireless coverage in Pembroke, Dublin and Belmont. - In Connecticut, new Cingular sites improve service in Cheshire, Canton, Woodbury and Southington. - In Rhode Island, new sites provide expanded coverage in Cranston, Foster and Warwick. Cingular's ALLOVER(SM) Network now covers more than 270 million people and is growing. It will have access to some 45,000 cell sites by the end of 2006. The company's EDGE network - the fastest national high-speed data network in America - provides average data connections of up to 135 kilobits per second in more than 13,000 cities and towns and in areas along nearly 40,000 miles of highways. In New England, Cingular's network technicians drive approximately 80,000 miles every month throughout the six-state area, monitoring the company's network and the service of its competitors. That's equivalent to three complete trips around the earth. Nationally the company and its third party vendors expect to log nearly 30 million miles over the next year - the equivalent of more than 50 round trips to the moon. Cingular's interactive mapping tool, available at all company retail locations and by calling 1-866-CINGULAR, can answer specific coverage questions based on a customer's address, a street intersection, zip code, state or landmark. The service can even estimate the likelihood of coverage in various scenarios - inside a building, for example. The company's network growth relies on advanced GSM/EDGE technology. GSM is the world standard for wireless communication, used by more than a billion people in 200-plus countries. Cingular customers can make calls in more than 170 countries and access data services in more than 70 countries. For more information about Cingular, please contact 1-866-CINGULAR or visit http://www.cingular.com/. * Coverage not available in all areas. About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 51.6 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), 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://cingular.mediaroom.com/. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless CONTACT: Marty Nee of Cingular Wireless, +1-781-690-5057, or wireless, +1-617-510-1001, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://cingular.mediaroom.com/

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