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Cingular's Ready for World Series Traffic on Its Cell Sites. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Saint Louis Cardinals aren't the only team in town who has been preparing for the World Series all year long. Cingular Wireless has been putting its network game plan together for over a year. Along with the construction crews for the new stadium, Cingular built cell sites within the Cardinals stadium to ensure customer calls go through without a hitch. This $1 million investment in the stadium brings 69 antennas for Cingular customers' use. "We have a long history in this town and we know how important the Cardinals are to this city," says Nancy Garvey, Vice President/General Manager of Missouri and Kansas for Cingular. "We are confident in our ability to provide our customers with coverage they can count on." Additionally, the carrier has its team standing by to monitor the baseball action and the Cingular network. So go on and make those calls and send those photos while at the game -- the Cingular network will pass your calls without striking out. "Preparation for large events like the World Series is a key aspect of our network planning, but we are also investing for the future," says Garvey. "When it comes to our coverage at the stadium, we've hit a grand slam!" About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 58.7 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: Tara Traycoff of Cingular Wireless, +1-314-543-6435, or +1-314-809-6112 (wireless), or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://cingular.mediaroom.com/

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