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Sun Microsystems' Ann Wettersten to Deliver Sun's Wireless Vision During WAVE 2001 Speech

URL(s): www.cingularinteractive.com/wave2001

WOODBRIDGE, N.J., April 18, 2001-- Head of Sun's Wireless Efforts Joins Visionaries Stephen Carter, Guy Kawasaki & Carl Yankowski on Keynote Speaker Roster

Top industry executive Ann Wettersten, who is leading the wireless efforts of Sun Microsystems, Inc., will be a keynote speaker at the WAVE 2001 (Wireless Alliances and Vision Exchange) conference presented by Cingular Wireless at the Alladin Resort in Las Vegas, May 14-16.

Wettersten, Sun's Vice President, Wireless Business Group, will speak on Wednesday, May 16. She will discuss the impact of compelling, smart services on the wireless market and strategies for developers and service providers who want to excel in this rapidly growing space. Sun has led the industry to standardize interfaces for location, context, content, and convenience in the end-to-end wireless architecture, and Wettersten's keynote will emphasize the role of open standards like Java(TM) technology, XML, and IP in enabling this innovation.

Wettersten will be a part of a high-powered roster of keynote speakers at WAVE 2001, including high-tech visionaries Guy Kawasaki, CEO of Garage.com, Carl Yankowski, CEO of Palm, Inc., and Stephen Carter, President and CEO of Cingular Wireless. Dale Irvine, Firm Director/CIO, West Sector Technology, for Deloitte & Touche, will be the featured speaker during the WAVE 2001 luncheon on Tuesday, May 15.

WAVE 2001 will offer a wide variety of business and technology sessions designed to demonstrate the advantage of wireless data solutions that utilize the Cingular Wireless networks, including Mobitex, GPRS, GSM and TDMA. Sessions will include in-depth discussions, as well as demonstrations and presentations from industry experts, leading platform and solution providers, manufacturers and corporate end-users.

Developer workshops on May 17 are designed for commercial and corporate developers to walk away with the tools needed to immediately begin the development process on various Cingular Wireless networks including Mobitex, GPRS, GSM and TDMA.

Sponsorships are sold out for WAVE 2001. Major sponsors include Palm Inc., Sun Microsystems, Panasonic Personal Computing, Ericsson, Research In Motion, Siebel Systems, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Certicom, Geoworks, Mobile Data Solutions, Inc. (MDSI) and GlobeRanger.

For more information on WAVE 2001 or to register for updates, please go to www.cingularinteractive.com/wave2001.

Cingular Wireless is the second largest wireless carrier in the U.S., and is dedicated to self-expression and customer-friendly service. As a leader in mobile voice and data communications, Cingular, a joint venture between SBC Communications and BellSouth, currently serves more than 20 million customers nationwide. Cingular offers customers advanced technologies in simple, cost-effective ways that permit them to tap the creative potential of wireless through their own self-expression. Details of the company are available at www.cingular.com.

Cingular Wireless' business unit, Cingular Interactive, headquartered in Woodbridge, N.J., is an expert in providing proven wireless data communications solutions that eliminate the barriers between critical information and mobile users; it also provides telemetry and transactions applications. Cingular Interactive operates its wireless data service throughout the United States, covering more than 93 percent of the urban business population located in 492 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and non-MSAs with a total population of 200 million people. Recognized as the industry leader, the company was the recipient of several major awards from such entities as Microsoft, Smart Business, FedEx, PC Computing, Frost & Sullivan, Wireless Week and Mobile Insights. Web site address: www.cingularinteractive.com.

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