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Six New Cingular Cell Sites Enhance Service as Part of $180 Million Investment ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's largest wireless carrier continues to grow its network in upstate New York. Cingular Wireless today announced the addition of six new cell sites in the Albany area, providing enhanced cellular coverage for Rensselaer, Washington and Saratoga Counties. "We know that having quality wireless service and coverage is not only important to our customers, but to our business. We are absolutely committed to expanding and enhancing our network in upstate New York," said Robert Holliday, Cingular Wireless vice president and general manager, upstate New York. "In fact, we have already improved capacity and in-building wireless coverage by investing over $180 million in the region in the past two years." Three of the six cell sites added to the Capital district this year are in Rensselaer County. Cingular has expanded its coverage with a new cell site in Cropseyville that enhances the wireless experience on Route 2, between Cropseyville and Grafton. In the West Sand Lake area, Cingular customers will benefit from a new site that also serves North Greenbush, Routes 43, 150, 136 (Whiteview Rd.) and Snyder Lake. Additionally, the company has added a site in Pittstown to improve service along the busy Route 7 highway between Pittstown and Hoosick. In Saratoga County, two new cell sites have recently been turned on for Cingular customers. Shoppers at Aviation Mall are benefiting from a new site near Northway Exit 19. And a cell site south of Glens Falls will provide increased coverage along Route 9 (Saratoga Road), Route 32 (Gansevoort Road) and the Northway between Exits 17 & 18. In Washington County, Cingular has activated a new cell site in Easton along Route 29 between Schuylerville and Greenwich that also serves the Washington County Fairgrounds. 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 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: 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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