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Disney Mobile and Cingular Wireless Team to Deliver Rich, Downloadable Content for Cingular Customers Initial Offerings include Full Lineup from the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures Presentation of A Pixar Animation Studios Film, "The Incredibles" as well as an Exclusive Save The Day Sweepstakes SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless is teaming with Disney Mobile to allow Cingular customers to access the magic of Disney and Pixar characters anywhere, anytime from their mobile phones. The two companies announced today at CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2004 that Disney Mobile content, including ringtones, graphics, games, multimedia messaging and more, is now available directly from Cingular handsets and via the Web at http://www.cingular.com/media. Downloads range in price from $1.99 for ringtones and wallpapers to $5.99 for games. This latest offering to Cingular wireless customers features a rich, colorful suite of downloadable content from some of Disney Mobile's latest offerings, including mobile content from the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures presentation of A Pixar Animation Studios film, "The Incredibles" ( http://www.cingular.com/incredibles ). Based on leading characters from the film, including Mr. Incredible, Mrs. Incredible, Violet and Dash, the service includes voice and polyphonic ringtones, mobile games and color graphics. Also available will be Disney favorites such as Mickey, Ariel and Winnie the Pooh. "Cingular is a premier carrier in the U.S., and we're pleased to be working with them to offer Disney and Pixar entertainment to their customers, even when they are on the go," said Larry Shapiro, executive vice president and general manager, North American Mobile for The Walt Disney Internet Group. "Our new lineup for 'The Incredibles' is a great example of the fun, dynamic content Cingular customers now have access to from Disney Mobile." "Teaming with the Walt Disney Internet Group gives Cingular customers another means to personalize and enhance their wireless experience by downloading content featuring some of the most beloved animated characters of all time," said Jim Ryan, vice president of data product management and business marketing, Cingular Wireless. "Whether it's classic Mickey and Donald or newbies from Pixar, Mr. and Mrs. Incredible, we are confident Disney Mobile content will receive rave reviews from our customers." In addition to this downloadable-content offering, Cingular and Disney Mobile are presenting "The Incredibles" Save the Day Sweepstakes. Throughout the month of November, each time a Cingular customer downloads any of "The Incredibles" content, they will automatically be entered in the sweepstakes. The grand prize is a seven night Hawaiian vacation for four people. Complete details can be found at http://www.cingular.com/incredibles . Disney Mobile content is available from Cingular phones via MEdia net or on the web at http://www.cingular.com/media . About Walt Disney Internet Group Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) provides strategic leadership and operational management for The Walt Disney Company's (NYSE:DIS) Internet properties including category leaders Disney.com, ESPN.com and ABCNEWS.com. A market leader in developing and distributing entertainment and informational content to new platforms, WDIG is committed to creating and delivering products for broadband distribution including: ABC News On Demand, a subscription video news service that offers the Internet's first 24-hour, live Internet-only news channel and top ABC News programs for on demand viewing; Disney Connection; and WDIG Motion, a proprietary video technology for broadband users. Through relationships with some of the world's largest wireless carriers, WDIG distributes content and services to wireless users under the Disney brand. Additionally, WDIG has led the way in developing interactive content for televised programming through its Enhanced TV service. Steve Wadsworth is president of WDIG, which is headquartered in North Hollywood and has operations in Seattle, New York, Orlando, Tokyo and London. About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless, a joint venture between SBC Communications (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth (NYSE:BLS), serves more than 25 million voice and data customers across the United States. A leader in mobile voice and data communications, Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(SM), the wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly minutes. Cingular is the largest provider of GSM services in the United States, and has a 100 percent digital GSM/GPRS footprint across its service area. It also launched the world's first commercial deployment of wireless services using Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) technology. Cingular also provides corporate e-mail and other advanced data services through its GPRS, EDGE and Mobitex packet data networks. Details of the company are available at http://www.cingular.com/ . Get Cingular Wireless press releases e-mailed to you automatically. Sign up at http://www.cingular.com/newsroom . About Pixar Animation Studios Pixar Animation Studios (NASDAQ:PIXR) ( http://www.pixar.com/ ) combines creative and technical artistry to create original stories in the medium of computer animation. Pixar has created and produced five of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time: Academy Award(R)-winning Toy Story(1995); A Bug's Life(1998); Golden Globe-winner Toy Story 2(1999); the Academy Award(R)-winning Monsters, Inc.(2001); and the Academy Award(R)- winning Finding Nemo. Pixar's five films have earned $2.6 billion at the worldwide box office to date. The Northern California studio's next two film releases are The Incredibles (November 5, 2004) and Cars (holiday 2005). DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless CONTACT: Media, Kim Kerscher of WDIG, +1-818-623-3266, or ; or Karen DeMarco of mPRm Public Relations, +1-323-933-3399, or ; or Kelleigh Scott of Cingular Wireless, +1-404-236-6321, or Web site: http://www.cingular.com/ http://www.cingular.com/newsroom http://www.cingular.com/incredibles http://www.cingular.com/media http://www.pixar.com/

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