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Special Offer for Consumers Recycling Unwanted Cell Phone Equipment PACIFIC NORTHWEST, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless is encouraging consumers to commemorate Earth Day by donating unwanted cell phone equipment at special recycling events to be held at four locations in the Pacific Northwest this weekend on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. For those donating old equipment and joining in the company's recycling efforts, Cingular is offering 15% off of any one accessory item at the time of the donation. Cingular is the only wireless carrier to partner with the Environmental Protection Agency in its Plug-in To eCycling Campaign, an effort to increase the national recycling rate and protect the environment. In 2005, Cingular collected nearly a quarter million pounds of mobile phones, batteries, and accessories for reuse, resale and recycling through its collection programs nationwide. "We are proud to partner with the EPA and the community to do all we can to protect our environment," said Mike Maxwell, vice president and general manager for Cingular Wireless in the Pacific Northwest. "We hope these events across the Pacific Northwest will serve as a reminder to everyone that recycling wireless equipment is an easy, painless way to save our precious resources." The special recycling events will be held at four Cingular Wireless stores in the Pacific Northwest this weekend only, April 21, 22 and 23 during business hours. * Seattle - Northgate Mall * Spokane - Spokane Valley Mall * Tri-Cities - Richland, Winco Plaza * Oregon City - 1900 McLoughlin Blvd. Consumers may donate unwanted wireless phones, accessories, and batteries, regardless of the manufacturer or carrier to receive 15% off of one accessory at the time of donation this weekend. About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 55.8 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between AT&T 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 releases emailed to you automatically. Sign up at http://cingular.mediaroom.com/. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless CONTACT: Anne Marshall of Cingular Wireless, +1-206-331-1498, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://cingular.mediaroom.com/

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