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Cingular Lets Customers Talk Free to Friends & Family in Puerto Rico From the Big Parade NEW YORK, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- What: As millions of people line the streets this Sunday for the National Puerto Rican Day parade, Cingular makes it easier than ever for friends to call loved ones on "the enchanted island." Since Puerto Rico is one of Cingular's 22 markets, customers who have friends and family in Puerto Rico can keep in touch and share the experiences of the parade for FREE! Cingular offers the following ways to talk for free to loved ones in Puerto Rico: - Free calling to and from Puerto Rico with Cingular Nation calling plans - Free calls to Puerto Rico with Cingular Region plans - Free Mobile-to-Mobile minutes with Cingular Nation GSM plans In addition, customers can take advantage of Cingular's photo messaging capabilities by sending a photo from the parade to friends back home. Cingular's robust selection of camera phones makes it easier than ever for customers to "snap & send" photos instantly. Background: Cingular Wireless, a joint venture between SBC Communications (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth (NYSE:BLS), serves more than 25 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 unused monthly 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: Cingular Wireless CONTACT: Jessica Reigle of Ketchum, +1-404-879-9235, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/

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