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[October 05, 2005]

Cingular Wireless Turns on 25 New Cell Sites in East Tennessee

BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless customers in East Tennessee now have expanded coverage in their communities thanks to the activation of 25 new GSM cell sites during the last two weeks. GSM, or Global System for Mobile communications, is the world standard for wireless communication, used by more than a billion people in 200-plus countries.
The specific areas benefiting from the new cell sites include:
- KNOXVILLE
- Fifteen of the 25 new sites are located in Morgan and Scott counties
and are providing connecting coverage along Highway 27 from Oakridge
and Wartburg to Kentucky, including Huntsville, Oneida and Winfield,
and along Highway 63 to Interstate 75 in those areas
- Two new sites in the Loudon and Blount County areas are providing
coverage in west Loudon and southwest of Maryville between U.S.
Highway 321 and U.S. Highway 411.

- TRI-CITIES
- Four new cell sites in Greene County are providing coverage in
Greeneville along Interstate 81 and Newport Highway.
- A new cell site in Clinchport is providing coverage west of Gate
City.

- CROSSVILLE
- Two new cell sites are providing coverage in northeast Crossville, in
the Fairfield Glade area, and in southwest Crossville, in the Pomona
community and at the Crossville airport.

- SPARTA/COOKEVILLE
- A new cell site in Sparta is providing coverage along Highway 111
between Sparta and the Cookeville Airport.

"Better coverage is what our customers want and better coverage is what Cingular is delivering," said Jim Thorpe, vice president and general manager for Cingular's Tennessee and Kentucky markets."
Cingular Wireless plans to invest more than $160 million in its Tennessee network before year's end, integrating the Cingular and AT&T Wireless networks, increasing coverage and capacity, building 67 new cell sites, adding portable generators and back-up batteries, and offering enhanced new features. Cingular's local investment is part of a $6.2 billion commitment to enhance and expand its ALLOVER(SM) Network nationwide.
About Cingular Wireless
Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 51.6 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corporation , has the largest digital voice and data network in the nation -- the ALLOVER (SM) Network -- and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier. 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 e-mailed to you automatically. Sign up at http://cingular.mediaroom.com/.
Cingular Wireless

CONTACT: Kelly Starling of Cingular Wireless, +1-561-775-4259, orkelly.starling@cingular.com

Web site: http://www.cingular.com/http://cingular.mediaroom.com/

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