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WESTWOOD, Mass., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless customers now have a significantly enhanced wireless experience in New England. New England customers are now served by more than 2100 cell sites in the region. Cingular announced today that the company has completed the combination of its two networks, integrating 893 former AT&T Wireless cell sites into the Cingular network. "We have increased the number of cell sites for Cingular customers in New England by 83 percent since before the merger," said Steve Krom, vice president and general manager for Cingular Wireless in New England. "With the addition of new cell sites and the completion of the integration of the two networks, the wireless experience for our customers has dramatically improved, equal to what other wireless carriers complete over several years." In addition to completing the integration of the networks, Cingular has turned on 70 new cell sites this year in New England with additional sites planned to go online before the close of the fourth quarter. By the end of 2006, Cingular's two-year network investment in the region will surpass half a billion dollars. Nationally, Cingular plans on investing more than $6 billion to expand and enhance its network this year. When combined with the company's 2005 network spending, the two-year total will approach $13 billion nation wide. About Cingular Wireless in New England Cingular's network in New England covers more than 13.6 million people and extends across 62,000 square miles. Cingular employs more than 700 people in the region. With 84 company-owned stores in addition to authorized local and national retailers, including RadioShack, New England customers have approximately 800 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(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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