25 New Sites to be Added Across Kentucky & S. Indiana

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Cingular Wireless Enhances Louisville Network and Coverage
More Than 25 New Sites to be Added Across Kentucky and Southern Indiana This Year


LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's largest wireless carrier is growing its network and meeting the need for enhanced coverage in Louisville. Cingular Wireless today announced that it recently added two new cell sites in the area, ensuring Louisville customers stay connected. These new sites are some of the more than 25 new cell sites Cingular has planned for Kentucky and Southern Indiana before the end of the year.

These new sites serve the following areas:
* East of Louisville, along I-265 and Taylorsville Road.
* Off Central Avenue, near Churchill Downs."The Taylorsville Road site provides enhanced coverage east of the city, including for the new shopping center there, and the new Central Avenue site will provide even better coverage than already exists for Churchill Downs and for customers in and around the University of Louisville," said Jim Thorpe, vice president and regional manager for Cingular's Tennessee and Kentucky market. "We want to provide all of our new and existing Cingular customers in the area with the best network and service possible. These new cell sites are helping us do exactly that."

Cingular Wireless plans to spend more than $85 million on its Kentucky network before year-end, increasing coverage and capacity, building more than 25 new cell sites, adding portable generators and back-up batteries, and offering enhanced new features.