Cingular Wireless Customers Can Receive AMBER Alerts by Phone (News Release)   5/17/2005 - 939 views,

Cingular and others in the wireless industry have joined with the National
Center for Missing & Exploited Children(R) (NCMEC) to distribute Alerts to
consumers who request notification of an abducted child in their area.
“This is yet another example of how wireless communications can improve
the quality of our lives in ways both great and small,” said Stan Sigman,
President and CEO of Cingular Wireless.

“We encourage our customers to sign up for AMBER Alerts because it’s an
opportunity to help the community,” Sigman added. “It’s one service that we
hope our customers will never need to use but, if they do, it can make a
profound difference. That’s why Cingular will do its part to make the Wireless
AMBER Alerts program successful.”

“We are extremely pleased that Cingular is a strong supporter of the
Wireless AMBER Alerts Initiative,” said Ernie Allen, President and CEO of the
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. “We applaud Cingular’s
commitment to public safety.”

Customers capable of receiving text messages can
visit http://www.wirelessamberalerts.org
or http://www.cingular.com/AMBERalerts to sign up to receive geographically
specified Alerts for up to five zip codes. (If you enter an Atlanta zip code,
for example, you will receive Alerts for the Atlanta metropolitan area.) In
addition, customers can modify their subscriptions or unsubscribe at any time.

If an AMBER Alert is issued, customers will receive a text message with
pertinent details about the missing child and contact information for
reporting a sighting. There is no cost for Cingular customers to sign up to
receive AMBER Alerts, and customers will not be charged for actual AMBER Alert
messages they may receive.

Since 2003 Cingular has participated in the AMBER Alert program by
forwarding Alerts to network technicians, as these employees are often on the
road. Participating employees receive AMBER Alerts originating in their home
states.