Cingular Wireless Invites Kids to Rock Out and Parents to Chill Out at Vans Warped Tour(R) '06

Cingular Wireless Invites Kids to Rock Out and Parents to Chill Out at Vans Warped Tour(R) '06

Cingular Customers Can Enjoy Lots of Wireless Extras at Summer Music Festival

ATLANTA, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless is the official wireless sponsor of Vans Warped Tour(R) 2006 -- one of the hottest concert tours on the planet. The Vans Warped Tour(R) is the longest running touring music festival in the U.S., where featured bands play on eight different stages throughout the concert setting, giving fans a chance to hear a variety of music genres from punk, ska, emo, heavy metal and hip hop.

Cingular is offering its customers the opportunity to opt-in to receive information on Vans-related content, such as band line-ups and autograph session schedules for shows in their home town. They can also purchase Vans Warped Tour(R) artist ringtones and live tones, for $2.49, as well as exclusive graphics for $1.49. Cingular has partnered with InfoSpace (NASDAQ:INSP), a leading provider of content and technology in North America, to produce and license tones with participating bands and their labels.

Other benefits for Cingular customers include:

- VIP Entrance -- Cingular customers get express entrance into the venue
by simply showing their Cingular phone.
- Signing Stage - At Cingular's signing stage, some of the hottest bands
on the tour stop by to meet fans and sign autographs.
- Ink Your Phone Booth -- Cingular customers can have their Cingular
phone personalized by tattoo artists while at the show.
- Artist Alerts -- Cingular customers get a heads up on their handset
about when an artist will appear and how to win a chance to 'skip the
line' at the signing stage to meet their favorite bands.

"The Vans Warped Tour(R) offers us a great opportunity to showcase our wireless technology, while staying connected to our young customers through the artists and events they want to see and hear," said David Garver, executive director, segment marketing and sponsorships, Cingular Wireless.

Cingular is also the official sponsor of the Reverse Daycare tent, which offers kids a safe place to drop off parents who accompany them to the concert. While the kids are jamming with their favorite bands, parents can mingle in an air-conditioned tent and try out some of Cingular's latest products and services or simply just relax, watch a movie and enjoy a cool beverage.

Later this summer, Cingular will give its customers access to actual recorded video footage of live performances through Cingular Sounds Live at Vans Warped Tour(R). Cingular will also offer Live Tones of select band performances, allowing fans to set one of the actual Warped Tour performances as their ringtone.

For more information about the Vans Warped Tour(R), check out www.cingularsource.com/warped . There you can get the tour schedule, sign up for alerts and check out fan photos from the tour.

About Cingular Wireless

Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 55.8 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and BellSouth Corporation (NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the nation -- the ALLOVER(TM) network -- and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier. Cingular is a leader in third generation wireless technology. Its 3G network is the first widely available service in the world to use HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology. 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 emailed to you automatically. Sign up at http://cingular.mediaroom.com/.

Source: Cingular Wireless

CONTACT: Kelleigh Scott Beal of Cingular Wireless, +1-404-236-6321, or
kelleigh.scott@cingular.com

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

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