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New Cell Sites in Albany Enhance Network Coverage for Cingular Subscribers ALBANY, N.Y., June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's largest wireless carrier continues to grow its network in Albany and the upstate New York region. Cingular Wireless today announced it has added nine new cell sites in the area, providing enhanced service for Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and Washington Counties. Cingular has activated a new downtown Albany cell site serving Central Avenue, US 20 and Western Avenue. This site also enhances coverage at the New York State Parole office, the College of St. Rose, SUNY Albany and Washington Park. In addition, a new site now serves the busy Route 7 corridor between Pittstown and Hoosick in Rensselaer County. Also in Rensselaer County, a site in Troy has been activated to serve Routes 7, 787, 40 & 4, Brunswick and Cohoes Roads. This site provides service to Smarts Pond, Albia Lake, Samaritan Hospital, RPI, and Emma Willard College as well. Cingular customers south of Wynantskill will benefit from a new site serving North Greenbush, West Sand Lake, Routes 43, 150, 136 (Whiteview Rd) and Snyder Lake. The company has also activated a new site in the Latham Circle area to serve the Northway, Routes 7 and 9, as well as Latham Farms and Latham Circle malls. A new Cohoes site now benefits Cingular customers in the downtown area as well as at Peebles Island State Park and in the town of Waterford. And, a new Ormsbee Road site in Saratoga County has been added to improve coverage at Porter Corners and Route 9 N between Greenfield and Corinth. In Washington County, a new site now serves the villages of Schuylerville & Greenwich and Route 29 in addition to covering the Battle Kill Country Club, Ft. Hardy Park, Saratoga Battle Monument and the Washington County Fairgrounds. In Schenectady County, a new site now brings additional service to downtown Schenectady in addition to I-890, Routes 5 & 50 S, Schenectady County Community College, Union College, Steimetz Lake, Iroquois Lake and Collins Lake. "Enhancing our wireless experience is a priority for us," said Robert Holliday, Cingular Wireless Vice President and General Manager, Upstate New York. "We have made significant improvements to our network in the Albany area and we will continue to invest here to ensure our customers have the best experience possible. In fact, we plan to build over 25 new cell sites in upstate New York this year alone." In addition to the network expansion in greater Albany, Cingular is adding new cell sites in the Syracuse, Binghamton, Elmira, Buffalo and Rochester areas. As a result of its merger with AT&T Wireless, Cingular customers now enjoy the benefit of 780 fully-integrated cell sites throughout upstate New York. Last year Cingular invested more than $122 million to build and integrate over 275 cell sites in the upstate region. The company plans to spend an additional $60 million in 2006 to further enhance its network. 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. About Cingular Wireless in upstate New York In the upstate New York area, Cingular covers more than 5.5 million people and extends across more than 18,000 square miles. Cingular employs more than 360 people in the region. With 35 company-owned stores in addition to authorized dealers and national retailers, including RadioShack and Wal-Mart, upstate New York customers have more than 250 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, or wireless, +1-508-498-5547, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://cingular.mediaroom.com/

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