Cingular Wireless Expanding Arizona Operations

Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, today announced that it is expanding operationsin Arizona this year to support its growing number of customers. Cingularis investing nearly $105 million for network enhancements, extending wireless services, call quality & coverage. In addition, Cingular is adding 19 new retail locations & 89 Radio Shack locations making it even easier for customers to purchase wireless products &d services. The expansion has created more than 180 full-time jobs in Arizona as Cingular, along with its contractors & authorized retailers, hire people to build cell sites & work in new retail locations.

The 2006 investment in Cingular's Arizona network will bring:
- Nearly 200 new cell sites, the addition of portable & permanent generators, & other enhancements to Cingular's ALLOVER(TM) Network*.
- Increased capacity for more calls with a 30% increase in Cingular radio channels
- Enhancements in the Phoenix Metro Area, including N. Scottsdale, Queen Creek, the West part of the Valley & key landmarks, like the new Cardinals Stadium & the airport.
- Expanding access to Cingular's 3G high-speed broadband wireless network throughout the Phoenix Metro Area & beyond.
- Enhancements in the Tucson Metro Area & along Highway 82 from Nogales to Sierra Vista
- Improved coverage in Safford
- Improved service in Prescott & surrounding area
- Additional coverage at the Arizona Snowbowl