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Grand Opening Event to Take Place During the Week of June 6th MAUMEE, Ohio, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, is making shopping for wireless services more convenient with the opening of a new store at 1392 Conant Street in Maumee. The store will host a grand opening event the week of June 6th. The Maumee location will offer a full range of Cingular products and services, including the most advanced handsets, technology and accessories, and exciting limited-time "Grand Opening" phone specials. For example, through June 11th, visitors to the store may purchase a RAZR for $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a two-year service agreement. In addition, visitor can receive $75.00 off of Cingular's 8125, HP IPAQ and the Treo 650 with a two-year service agreement. "Cingular chose to open a store in Maumee to give our customers more convenience," said Dan Close, store manager for the Maumee location. "We have seen a tremendous growth in this area because consumers see the value Cingular offers, such as Rollover(SM), the largest mobile-to-mobile calling community in the United States, a 30-day no questions asked return policy, no roaming or long distance charges nationwide, and customer-friendly disclosure documents, to name a few." "The investment we are making in this store demonstrates our commitment to aggressively continue to provide better quality service to our customers in Ohio," said Close. "Customers know they can rely on us to meet their needs. That's why they choose us and why they stay with us." Cingular's ALLOVER(TM) network now covers more than 270 million people, and provides service throughout the United States including the top 100 markets. Customers on specific calling plans now have access to the largest mobile-to-mobile calling community in the country -- with access to more than 55.8 million people. Cingular offers simple, competitively priced plans and a next-generation network that provides the latest technology advances, including phones with greater functionality, a wide range of useful features, superior sound quality and high-speed data connectivity. Cingular Wireless offers an all-digital GSM network. GSM -- or Global Systems for Mobile Communications -- is the world standard for wireless communications. It is used by more than a billion people in 200-plus countries, more than 70 percent of the world's total wireless market. The widespread use of GSM technology enables Cingular customers to use a wide variety of GSM "world phones" and devices to make calls in more than 125 countries and access data services in more than 70 countries. For customers interested in wireless data services, the company's EDGE network -- the fastest national high-speed data network in America -- provides average data connections of up to 135 kilobits per second in more than 13,000 cities and towns and in areas along nearly 40,000 miles of highways. 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., 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 releases e-mailed to you automatically. Sign up at http://cingular.mediaroom.com/ DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless CONTACT: Tara Traycoff of Cingular Wireless, +1-314-543-6435, or +1-314-809-6112, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://cingular.mediaroom.com/

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