Cingular Built Into New Dell Notebooks
29 Mars 2006 - 4:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
New Dell Notebooks Can Be Customized with UMTS/HSDPA-based
BroadbandConnect Service ATLANTA, March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Dell
devotees now can have Cingular Wireless' critically acclaimed
BroadbandConnect service built into their mobile systems beginning
today with the availability of a new line of Dell Latitude(TM)
notebooks. The new Dell Latitude D620 and D820 notebooks can be
configured with Cingular's UMTS/HSPDA-based 3G technology onboard,
giving customers global wireless data capabilities from day one. In
the U.S., Latitude users now have mobile broadband access in all
BroadbandConnect markets launched by Cingular in 2005 -- and in
most major markets by the end of this year -- with seamless
high-speed EDGE network coverage outside those areas in 13,000
cities and towns. Overseas, they can use their Latitude notebooks
wirelessly in conjunction with EDGE or GPRS data service in more
than 100 countries worldwide. "The new Dell Latitude notebooks
configured with Cingular's BroadbandConnect service represent a
complete, self-contained package -- a fantastic new computing
device with unparalleled global wireless capabilities built-in,"
said Jeff Bradley, vice president, business data services, for
Cingular Wireless. "This simplifies the wireless experience for
business users by making it seamless. There's no longer any need to
purchase and bring along a separate wireless card or search for a
WiFi hot-spot when traveling domestically or abroad." Cingular's
BroadbandConnect service uses UMTS/HSDPA technology -- the global
standard and natural 3G evolutionary path for GSM providers. In the
U.S., it provides average download speeds between 400-700 kilobits
per second (kbps), with bursts to more than one megabit per second
(mbps). Cingular's EDGE network, the largest national high-speed
wireless data network in the U.S., provides average download speeds
of up to 135kbps. BroadbandConnect is available today in 16 U.S.
markets covering 52 cities. Markets include Austin (TX), Baltimore,
Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Portland
(OR.), Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA.),
Seattle, Tacoma and Washington, D.C. It is expected to be online in
most major markets in the U.S. by the end of this year. The new
Dell Latitude D620 and D820 notebooks are available immediately
through http://www.dell.com/. Latitude customers can activate
Cingular's BroadbandConnect service directly from Dell and are
billed monthly by Cingular. Unlimited monthly BroadbandConnect
service is $59.99 per month with a two-year contract and qualified
voice contract. Beginning in late Q2, customers will be able to
sign-up for Cingular Data Connect international plans. These will
offer two international wireless data monthly usage plans -- a
North American plan ($109.99 for 100MB) for travel within Canada
and Mexico and an Overseas plan ($139.99 for 100MB) -- both include
unlimited domestic usage on Cingular's domestic data networks. The
Overseas plan will provide access in more than two dozen countries,
with service planned to be offered in Australia, Canada, China,
France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain
and other major areas in Asia and Europe. Cingular Wireless
provides wireless services to 95 of the Fortune 100 companies, and
counts more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500 and over 1,200
federal, state and local government agencies as customers. 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 a leader in third
generation wireless technology. Its 3G network is the first widely
available service in the world to use HSDPA (High Speed Downlink
Packet Access) technology. 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
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http://cingular.mediaroom.com/ DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless
CONTACT: John Kampfe, +1-973-637-9387 (office), +1-908-432-3473
(wireless) Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://www.dell.com/
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