Mobile Virtual Private Network eliminates data loss risk.

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Mobility XE(TM) ensures handheld- and laptop-based mobile applications remain available for data input and activity even if user travels outside wireless coverage area or across diverse networks. If connection is lost or broken, solution resumes wireless session automatically once mobile device regains contact with wireless network. Mobile VPN provides data compression and optimization capabilities in addition to encrypted tunnel for wireless data.



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Cingular Wireless Eliminates Data Loss Risk With NetMotion Mobility XE



Wireless Users Protected Against Connection Losses on Wireless Devices

ATLANTA, Dec. 18 -- Cingular Wireless today introduced NetMotion Wireless' Mobility XE(TM), which ensures that handheld and laptop- based mobile applications remain available for data input and activity even if the user travels outside a wireless coverage area or across diverse networks. The innovative solution then resumes the wireless session automatically once the mobile device regains contact with the wireless network.

The solution, which is available through Cingular's direct sales organization, is a mobile virtual private network (VPN) that is easily installed on the mobile user's Windows-based device. It provides an encrypted tunnel for wireless data, and allows applications to remain in operation even if the connection to the wireless network is interrupted. When connectivity is regained, the mobile user can resume their work without the need re-start the application, or their VPN. This enhances the productivity of mobile workers needing access to critical data on wirelessly-enabled notebooks and handhelds, such as law enforcement and fire personnel, paramedics and home healthcare nurses.

NetMotion Wireless' Mobility XE(TM) also features data compression and optimization capabilities that give customers the ability to extend even more internal processes and legacy applications into a wireless environment. The solution allows customers to mobilize applications that otherwise would not function well in a wireless environment by reducing protocol overhead and chattiness, and compressing data and Web images. Customers can do so without modifying their applications or upgrading them to special, wirelessly enabled versions, or performing expensive development work.

"Cingular's new Mobility XE(TM) solution from NetMotion Wireless eliminates the risk of having applications interrupted and data lost, particularly when responding to emergency situations," said Laura Johnson, senior director, enterprise solutions, for Cingular Wireless. "Mobile workers are able to pick up where they left off even if they temporarily travel out of coverage. This ability to maintain continuous and secure application access will provide our government customers with an even higher level of comfort and confidence when working in a mobile environment. And the same benefits apply to the enterprise."

"Reliable and continuous mobile access to mission-critical information is imperative for our customers who depend on accurate data and applications without fail," said Tom Johnston, senior vice president, products and marketing for NetMotion Wireless. Mobility XE(TM) is invaluable to any government agency or business where mobile communication plays a role in the organization's success."

NetMotion Wireless' Mobility XE(TM) scales from a pilot program with a few mobile workers to a production installation supporting thousands with ease, making it a viable solution for organizations of varied sizes and demands.

Cingular Wireless counts some 1,800 federal, state and local government agencies as customers, and provides wireless services to 95 of the Fortune 100 companies and more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500.

About Cingular Wireless

Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 58.7 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 www.cingular.com/. Get Cingular Wireless press releases emailed to you automatically. Sign up at http://cingular.mediaroom.com/.

About NetMotion Wireless, Inc.

NetMotion Wireless is the industry leader among mobile VPN solution providers, with over 1,000 customers. Mobility XE(TM), the company's flagship product, enables hundreds of thousands of mobile workers to get connected and stay connected to critical business applications over wireless networks. Because of its outstanding technology, Mobility XE has received more than 20 product awards, including an Editor's Choice designation from Network Computing. For more information about NetMotion Wireless or its products, please visit www.netmotionwireless.com, or call (206) 691-5500.

NetMotion and NetMotion Mobility are registered trademarks of NetMotion Wireless, Inc. Mobility XE is a trademark of NetMotion Wireless, Inc.

CONTACT: John Kampfe of Cingular Wireless, +1-973-637-9387, or wireless, +1-908-432-3473

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