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Cingular Wireless Provides Service and Handsets to United Service Organizations Centers in Texas(Comtex Business Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) ARLINGTON, Va., , 2006 (U.S. Newswire via COMTEX) --Cingular Wireless, the country's largest wireless provider, has partnered with the United Service Organizations (USO) to make it easier for service men and women to stay in touch with their loved ones. Cingular is donating wireless handsets and free service to USO centers in Houston (Bush and Hobby airports), and at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. Each USO location will receive seven Cingular wireless phones for service members to make local and long-distance calls nationwide. In addition, the Houston USO airport centers also will receive five wireless phones. USO staff at the four centers also will receive five wireless phones for their professional use. "We owe our men and women in uniform a huge debt of gratitude for their sacrifice and commitment," said LeAnn Priebe, president of Cingular's Central Region, which includes Texas. "Our partnership with the USO shows our appreciation for all these brave Americans do. We are proud to help service members and their families make a special connection that they will long remember." Ken Fincher, USO regional director of development, said, "We welcome the addition of Cingular Wireless to the list of corporations helping to fulfill the USO's mission in Texas. This is another way we say 'thank you' to our men and women in uniform." ----- About the USO For more than 65 years, the USO (United Service Organizations) has been providing morale, welfare and recreational services to U.S. military personnel and their families. The USO is a nonprofit, charitable organization, relying on the generosity of the American people to support its programs and services. The USO is supported by Worldwide Strategic Partners AT&T Inc., BAE Systems North America, Clear Channel Communications, The Coca- Cola Company, Military Channel, S & K Sales Co., TriWest Healthcare Alliance and The Walt Disney Company. Other corporate donors, including the United Way and Combined Federal Campaign (CFC-0600), have joined thousands of individual donors to support the USO. For more information on the USO, please visit our Web site at http://www.uso.org. ----- About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 57.3 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(r) 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. --- http://www.usnewswire.com Tiane Harrison of USO, 703-908-6433, or [email protected] ; or Frank Merriman of Cingular, 469-229-7613, or [email protected] Copyright (C) 2006, U.S. Newswire |