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BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless customers in Central Tennessee can now enjoy expanded coverage in their communities thanks to the recent addition of seven new GSM cell sites. GSM, or Global System for Mobile communications, is the world standard for wireless communication, used by more than a billion people in 200-plus countries. Specific areas benefiting from the new cell sites include: * CHATTANOOGA MARKET * Downtown Rossville and along Highway 27 in that area * Along Highway 58 and in surrounding Chattanooga communities * NASHVILLE MARKET * Along Tyree Springs Road in Sumner County, between Hendersonville and White House * In Cumberland City and along Highway 149 from Clarksville to Erin * Between Gallatin and Bethpage in Sumner County * The campus of Motlow State Community College in Tullahoma * Along the heavily traveled Old Smyrna Road in Brentwood "Cingular is committed to providing the best wireless network in the industry, and the number of new cell sites we are adding to our Tennessee network is proof of that," Jim Thorpe, vice president and general manager for Cingular's Tennessee and Kentucky markets. Cingular Wireless plans to invest more than $160 million in its Tennessee network before year's end, integrating the Cingular and AT&T Wireless networks, increasing coverage and capacity, building 67 new cell sites, adding portable generators and back-up batteries, and offering enhanced new features. Cingular's local investment is part of a $6.2 billion commitment to enhance and expand its ALLOVER (SM) Network nationwide. 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: Kelly Starling of Cingular Wireless, +1-561-775-4259, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://cingular.mediaroom.com/

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