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New Cingular Cell Sites Enhance Network Coverage as Part of $70 Million Investment Plan ROCKY HILL, Conn., May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's largest wireless carrier continues to grow its network in the state of Connecticut. Cingular Wireless today announced that it has added seven new cell sites, providing enhanced cellular coverage for Litchfield County residents. The new coverage includes two sites in Woodbury, on Minortown Road and Good Hill Road, which enhance wireless service along Rtes 6 and 317. In addition, Cingular customers traveling along Rte 7, as well as portions of Rte 202 and Rte 37, will benefit from two new sites in New Milford on Boardman Road and Park Road. In Harwinton, a new site on Hungerford Road improves coverage on Rte 4, as well as portions of Rtes 222 and 72. Cingular has also added a site in Thomaston on Chapel Street and on Industrial Park Road in New Hartford. "We are pleased to have newly expanded coverage in place ahead of the busy summer travel season. Our enhanced wireless service will be a convenience for residents, weekend travelers and tourists to Litchfield County and other areas of the state," said Steve Krom, Vice President and General Manager for Cingular Wireless in New England. "The improvements we've made to our network are significant as we continue investing here to ensure our customers have the best experience possible. We have 65 new cell sites planned for Connecticut this year alone." In addition to the network expansion in Litchfield County, Cingular has recently added another seven new cell sites in Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven, Middlesex and Windham counties. As result of its merger with AT&T Wireless, Cingular customers now enjoy the benefit of more than 600 fully-integrated cell sites in Connecticut. Last year Cingular invested more than $45 million to enhance its network in the state, with an additional $25 million planned in 2006. Nationally, Cingular will invest more than $6 billion expanding and enhancing its network this year. When combined with the company's 2005 network spending, the two-year total approaches $13 billion nationally. Cingular employs nearly 300 people in the state. With 27 company-owned stores, authorized dealers and national retailers, including Radio Shack, Connecticut customers have more than 200 outlets to buy Cingular's products and services. 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: Kate MacKinnon of Cingular Wireless, +1-781-690-5057 (office), +1-508-498-5547 (wireless) or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/

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