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Cingular Gives Customers Something to Laugh About Cingular Launches Daily Comics with Mobile Comics Network ATLANTA, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Late in 19th century America, comic strips first began appearing in the Sunday supplements of newspapers. Today, thanks to the combined efforts of Cingular Wireless and FunMail Inc., comics are appearing on wireless phones throughout the country. The new Cingular service, powered by FunMail's Mobile Comics Network(TM) (MCN), launched nationwide today, giving customers access to a variety of daily comics, such as Beatle Bailey and Dick Tracy. "As the demand for mobile entertainment services continues to grow, Cingular and FunMail can help meet that demand by providing some comic relief for our customers," said Jim Ryan, Cingular Wireless VP Data Product Management and Business Segment Marketing. "Our Mobile Comics Network partnership provides our customers with a broad range of comics so they can better personalize their wireless experience and select 'the funnies' that fit their sense of humor." For a one-time $2.99 fee, Cingular customers can pick and receive up to 50 of their favorite comic strips. Subscribers can scroll through each comic at their own pace, save their favorites to view again later, and also rate comics from "Great!" to "Blah!" The top-rated comics are available to the Cingular Comics community at any time. The Mobile Comics Network server formats each comic for the Cingular wireless devices, optimizing the comic to a consumer's screen size. The comics are clear and vibrant on the Cingular phones, and can be easily and quickly downloaded using the using the web at http://www.cingularextras.com/ or directly from their phone by accessing the Wireless Internet. "Mobile Comics Network has worked hard to ensure our comics look great for Cingular customers," said FunMail CEO Adam Lavine. "And with our wide selection of strips, customers can choose comics that speak to their particular interest." MCN offers a broad variety of comics for a spectrum of tastes and lifestyles. Comics available on MCN include Dilbert, Beetle Bailey, Dick Tracy, Rose Is Rose, Hagar the Horrible, Momma, Baby Blues, Zits, Animal Crackers, Bound & Gagged, Los Kitos, Bizarro, Broom-Hilda, Herb and Jamaal, Mother Goose & Grimm, Nancy, Brenda Starr, Ferd'nand, The Other Coast and many more. The premiere Cingular Comic-capable phones currently include the Motorola V400, Motorola T720, and Nokia Series 60 and Series 40. Additional comic-compatible phones will be launched throughout the year. About FunMail FunMail Inc. provides carrier-grade content-driven visual messaging and entertainment solutions for wireless operators worldwide. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Pleasanton, California, FunMail's unique patent-pending technology integrates with existing SMS and MMS messaging networks to upgrade their capabilities to include visual messaging. FunMail is a venture-backed company led by investment group Leo Capital Holdings of Chicago. For more information, please visit http://www.funmail.com/ or write or visit http://www.mobilecomicsnetwork.com/. About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless, a joint venture between SBC Communications (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth (NYSE:BLS), serves more than 24 million voice and data customers across the United States. A leader in mobile voice and data communications, Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(SM), the wireless plan that lets customers keep their unusedmonthly minutes. Cingular has launched the world's first commercial deployment of wireless services using Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) technology. Cingular provides cellular/PCS service in 43 of the top 50 markets nationwide, and provides corporate e-mail and other advanced data services through its GPRS, EDGE and Mobitex packet data networks. Details of the company are available at http://www.cingular.com/. DATASOURCE: FunMail Inc. CONTACT: Kelleigh Scott of Cingular Wireless, +1-404-236-6321, or , or Shannon McCloskey of GCI Group for Cingular, +1-404-870-3770, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ Web site: http://www.funmail.com/

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