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Penrose to lead all Cingular operations from San Antonio headquarters SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless has named Chris Penrose vice president and general manager of the South Texas market, which includes Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande Valley. Penrose comes to San Antonio from Richmond, VA, where he was vice president and general manager of Cingular's Virginia and West Virginia operations. He replaces Andy Shibley, who was named to lead the company's Los Angeles, CA market, Cingular's largest metropolitan market. In his new role, Penrose will oversee overall business and financial matters for the designated markets in South Texas. "Chris has demonstrated exceptional leadership in the wireless industry, and I can think of no better person to manage this territory and build on its success for the future," said LeAnn Priebe, Central Region President of Cingular Wireless. "I have worked closely with Chris in the past, and I know he is ideally suited to direct our operations in South Texas." "I am excited to have this opportunity to return to San Antonio," Penrose said. "There is so much going on in this business that I look forward to being a part of all the products and services we will bring to our South Texas customers. Our goal-and my objective-is to ensure our customers have a great wireless experience." Prior to his position in Richmond, Penrose was executive director of marketing for the Central Region of Cingular, and was located in Dallas. Most of his 16 years in telecommunications were in marketing and sales management. This will be his third assignment in San Antonio, also having worked in Dallas and Houston. Penrose is a native of St. Louis, MO. He and his wife Anne have two children, an 11-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son. He received his marketing degree and MBA from Indiana University. 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: Frank Merriman of Cingular Wireless, +1-469-229-7613, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://cingular.mediaroom.com/

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