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Eight New Cingular Cell Sites Enhance Service as Part of $60 Million Build Plan ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's largest wireless carrier continues to grow its network in upstate New York. Cingular Wireless today announced the addition of eight new cell sites in the Rochester area, providing enhanced cellular coverage for Monroe, Ontario and Orleans Counties. "Enhancing our wireless network is a constant priority for us," said Robert Holliday, Cingular Wireless Vice President and General Manager, upstate New York. "We continue to invest in upstate New York to ensure our customers have the best experience possible." Four of the eight sites added to the Rochester area this year are in Monroe County. In the city of Rochester, back-to-school shoppers at the Irondequoit Mall will enjoy increased coverage from a new cell site that also benefits nearby Rochester General Hospital. In addition, Cingular has added new service to Fairport along Routes 31, 52 and 50. New cell sites now serve Cingular customers in Penfield along Routes 250, 441, 34 and 18 as well as in Greece on NYS Route 390N and the areas surrounding Barnard Park, Nemets Field and Columbus Park. In Orleans County, Cingular has added its second cell site to the town of Albion, servicing Main Street, and Routes 31, 31A and 98. And, in Ontario County two new cell sites provide increased coverage in the Village of Victor and just north of the Thruway along I-90, I-490 and Routes 96 and 9. An additional cell site in Italy located in Yates County also benefits Cingular customers in parts of Ontario County near Routes 21, 37, 53 and 245. Last year Cingular invested more than $122 million to build and integrate more than 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 its network this year. When combined with the company's 2005 network spending, the two-year total approaches $13 billion nation wide. About Cingular Wireless in upstate New York In the upstate New York region, 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 area. With 35 company-owned stores in addition to authorized local 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 57.3 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(R) 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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