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NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless customers in Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Clarksville/Hopkinsville and Dyersburg now have more coverage in more places thanks to the integration of the AT&T Wireless and Cingular Wireless networks. The network integration, coupled with the new sites built in 2005, gives customers enhanced call quality, as well as in-building, in-car and street level coverage This expansion was part of the company's completed 2005 $160 million investment in its Tennessee network that included the integration of two state-of-the-art networks and the addition of more than 66 new cell sites across the state last year. The integration of the AT&T Wireless and Cingular Wireless networks involves choosing the best cell sites from both, eliminating duplicate equipment, and then placing everything on a common network platform. The entire Tennessee network integration is slated to be completed this year. "The integration of the two networks in Tennessee gives our valued customers in these cities and counties increased coverage, improved call quality and ability to make calls in more places," said Jim Thorpe, Vice President and General Manager for Tennessee and Kentucky. "Our network is the foundation of our business, and we are continually working to make it even stronger than it already is." The outcome of the Tennessee integration project is new GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) coverage in areas where it was nonexistent, or expanded and enhanced GSM coverage in other areas. GSM is the world standard for wireless communication, used by more than a billion people in 200-plus countries. "Almost overnight our network was transformed, giving our customers access to more sites in more places, and we are not stopping. This year we will continue to invest and expand our network across the state," said Bill Plantz, Executive Director of Network Engineering for Tennessee and Kentucky. Some newly integrated sites providing enhanced coverage to Cingular customers include: Nashville Area: - In Franklin along Hwy. 431 near Berry's Chapel Road - In Brentwood on Old Smyrna Road - In the Metro Courthouse in downtown Nashville - In Coffee County, on McMinnville Hwy. near Morrison - In Cannon County, on Old Manchester Hwy. in Woodbury Knoxville Area: - A Lake City Overlook site, on Echo Valley Rd. in Andersonville - In northeast Knox County between Clinton Hwy. and I-75 - Two sites extending Crossville city coverage along Hwy. 70 and west to Fairfield Glade - In Morgan County along Hwy. 27 near Huntsville - In Winfield in Scott County, along Hwy. 27 extending coverage to the state line - In Loudon County, on Hubbard Rd. in Lenoir City Chattanooga Area: - In Lupton City on Hixson Pike Road. - In Polk County, on West County Line Rd. in Delano - In Old Fort, on Hwy. 411, serving Polk County Clarksville/Hopkinsville Area: - On Old Brownfield Road in Dover, Stewart County - Near 101st Airborne Pkwy. and U.S. 79 - On Old Madisonville Rd. in Hopkinsville Dyersburg Area: - On East Johnson St. in Newburn - Off Hwy. 210S in Dyersburg ABOUT CINGULAR WIRELESS Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 54.1 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between AT&T Inc., formerly SBC Communications Inc., (NYSE:T), 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(SM), 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: Laurie Parker of Cingular Wireless, +1-615-221-3690, or wireless, +1-615-202-3463, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://www.cingular.com/newsroom

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