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Cingular Wireless Completes $59 Million Digital Network Enhancement Plan, Prepares to Accelerate Growth in 2005 Additional sites, combined with AT&T Wireless sites, give Arkansas/Oklahoma improved wireless coverage LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless, the country's largest wireless provider, announced that it has installed more than 130 new cell sites throughout Arkansas and Oklahoma in 2004 as part of a $59 million commitment to expand its digital wireless network performance and coverage. Combined with the cell sites from the recently completed merger with AT&T Wireless, Arkansas and Oklahoma now has more than 1,400 cell sites. "While we are pleased with our progress, we will not stop here," said Terry Stenzel, Cingular's vice president and general manager. "In 2003 we made the commitment to complete our advanced data and voice network, and in 2004 we focused on increasing our coverage, particularly in residential areas and rural locations throughout Oklahoma and Arkansas. "We recognize that superior call quality and coverage are two of the most critical factors that determine customer satisfaction. We are moving aggressively to continue what we began last year. Our wireless network is the largest digital voice and data network in America, and Arkansas and Oklahoma are an important part of that network." During 2004, Cingular added new cell sites in the following areas: Arkansas, 51; Tulsa, 59; Texarkana, 8 and Central Oklahoma, 16. Cingular's network growth in Oklahoma and Arkansas exclusively relies on advanced GSM/EDGE technology. GSM is the world standard for wireless communication, used by more than a billion people in 200-plus countries. In fact, more than 70 percent of the world's total wireless market is GSM. What GSM delivers for voice, EDGE delivers for data. EDGE is a high-speed wireless data service that gives customers "third generation" (3G) wireless data services with data speeds typically three times faster than what was available with GPRS. For more information about Cingular, please contact 1-866-CINGULAR or visit http://www.cingular.com/ . ABOUT CINGULAR WIRELESS Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving more than 46 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between SBC Communications (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth (NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the nation and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier. Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(SM), 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 e-mailed to you automatically. Sign up at http://www.cingular.com/newsroom . DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless CONTACT: Frank Merriman of Cingular Wireless, +1-972-774-4802, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://www.cingular.com/newsroom

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