Cingular Wireless Adds 56 New Cell Sites to Network

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Millions in Network Enhancement Initiatives Pay Off in Southern Ohio
Thursday September 23, 9:45 am ET
Cingular Wireless Adds 56 New Cell Sites to Network; 24 Southern Ohio Counties to Benefit


COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless announced that it plans to activate 56 new cell sites by year's end in Southern Ohio, significantly enhancing service for residents and travelers throughout the area. These enhancements are part of a one-year $12 million network investment in Southern Ohio that will further enhance Cingular's GSM network in the region thereby improving call quality, adding capacity and extending the network's reach.
"Cingular continues to go beyond the big cities and Interstates to provide our customers with an advanced network that gives them the ability to make a call when they want and where they want," said Tony Schrader, Director of Sales for Cingular Wireless - Southern Ohio. "Cingular is committed to making its great network even better with ongoing network enhancements that allow us to grow and expand with the communities we serve."

The 21 sites activated so far this year enhance service in the following areas:

Warren County - Enhanced coverage in downtown Lebanon.

Clermont County - Enhanced coverage in the town of Felicity; enhanced
coverage along Route 50 and the town of Owensville.

Grant County - Enhanced coverage along I-75 between Crittenden and
Sherman, Kentucky.

Franklin County - Enhanced coverage in and around Rickenbacker Airforce
Base; enhanced coverage in Lockbourne; Enhanced service in and around
Sawmill Road and Route 161; enhanced coverage in Don Scott Airport.

Miami County - Enhanced coverage along I-75; enhanced coverage in and
around Dayton International Airport; enhanced coverage in South Tipp City

Hamilton County - Enhanced coverage along I-74; enhanced coverage in West
Harrison, Indiana and Harrison, Ohio; enhanced coverage in Grosbeck;
enhanced coverage along Route 126 and Route 27; enhanced coverage in
Dunlap.

Boone County - Enhanced coverage along I-71; enhanced coverage in the
town of Verona, Kentucky.

Darke County - Enhanced coverage along Route 127; enhanced coverage in
and around the towns of Greenville and Wakefield.

Pendelton County - Enhanced coverage in the town of Butler; enhanced
coverage along Route 127.

Delaware County - Enhanced coverage along Route 23 and Powell Road.

Logan County - Enhanced coverage in the town of Zanefield; enhanced
coverage in and around Bellefontaine; enhanced coverage along Route 68
and Route 47.

Butler County - Enhanced coverage in Middletown; enhanced coverage along
I-75.

Clark County - Enhanced coverage along I-70 and Route 40; enhanced
coverage in the Springfield Mall; enhanced coverage along Route 68 and
Route 41.

Perry County - Enhanced coverage in the town of Rushville; enhanced
coverage along Route 22.


"Network quality is a major criteria for customers who are choosing a wireless provider," added Schrader. "Clearer, higher-quality calls, faster data speeds, and extensive coverage are essential in meeting consumers' wireless needs today. And that's what we are focused on delivering."

About Cingular Wireless

Cingular Wireless, a joint venture between SBC Communications (NYSE: SBC - News) and BellSouth (NYSE: BLS - News), 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 is the largest provider of GSM services in the United States, and has a 100 percent digital GSM/GPRS footprint across its service area. It also launched the world's first commercial deployment of wireless services using Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) technology. Cingular also 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 .




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Source: Cingular Wireless

[Fire14]

There are a couple of reasons i like these post's, I see how much Cingular is building there network in the country & know with the merger how much better coverage will get & How much i would like to see AT&T do the same announcments to show how much they have been doing to improve coverage for us AT&T customers. (Not that it will matter too much longer, just wish they had done the same thing)