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LOUISVILLE, Ky. and EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless customers in Bowling Green, Clarksville/Hopkinsville, and Allen, Ky., and Evansville, Ind., 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 quality and coverage where they want it most -- at the office, in their cars, and in their homes. The integration began with Cingular's purchase of the former AT&T Wireless in the fall of 2004. This expansion was part of the company's completed 2005 $67 million investment in its Kentucky network that included the integration of two state-of-the-art networks and the addition of more than 39 new cell sites across Kentucky and the Evansville area 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 Kentucky/Evansville network integration is slated to be completed by mid-year. "The integration of the two networks in Kentucky and the Evansville area gives our valued customers in these cities and counties increased coverage, improved call quality and the ability to make calls in more places, whether they are on the road, at work, or at home," said Jim Thorpe, Vice President and General Manager for Kentucky and Tennessee. "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 Kentucky/Evansville 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 Evansville and Kentucky," said Bill Plantz, Executive Director of Network Engineering for Kentucky and Tennessee. Some newly integrated sites providing enhanced coverage to Cingular customers include: Bowling Green Area: - The Mammoth Cave site, on Louisville Rd. in Smiths Grove, Edmonson County - Near the junction of I-65 and Woodburn Allen Springs Rd. in Woodburn, Warren 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 Allen Area: - On Big Knob, off Fire Tower Rd. in Somerset in Pulaski County - In Laurel County, on 13th Street in London Evansville Area: - The St. Mary's Site, on Monroe Ave. - On Broadway, on the river between Egmont and Dennison 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 (TM) 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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