TracFone Wireless Extends Service for Those Affected by Hurricane Gustav

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Tue Sep 2, 2008 4:06pm EDT

MIAMI, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Cell phones are never more important than
during a natural disaster, when they serve as a lifeline to keep people
connected with police, emergency rescue and government agencies, in addition
to friends and relatives. With that in mind, TracFone Wireless, the nation's
largest prepaid cell phone provider, is providing extended free cell phone
service to ensure its customers will maintain service during the recovery and
aftermath of Hurricane Gustav.
    TracFone is extending its service expiration dates for all customers in
the affected areas of Hurricane Gustav, as defined by FEMA. Any TracFone or
Net10 subscriber who is in these affected areas and has a service expiration
date in the next 10 days will receive an extra 10 days of service at no extra
charge.    According to FEMA, these affected areas include:

    -- Alabama - All 67 counties
    -- Louisiana - All 64 parishes
    -- Mississippi - All 82 counties
    -- Texas - 61 counties (visit www.fema.gov for the complete list)


    About TracFone Wireless, Inc.
    TracFone Wireless, Inc. is the largest prepaid mobile phone service
provider in the U.S., and has been the leader in the 12 years since it was
founded. TracFone is a subsidiary of America Movil (NYSE: AMX), the fourth
largest mobile phone company in the world, and the largest in all of the
Americas with more than 163 million mobile phone subscribers - more than AT&T,
Verizon and Sprint. America Movil is traded on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol AMX, and has been named top technology company by Business
Week for the past 2 years (Technology Hot 100). For more information, visit
www.tracfone.com.
SOURCE  TracFone Wireless, Inc.

Michael Sias, +1-561-391-8717, msias@reevespr.com, for TracFone Wireless,
Inc.
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