Cellular South Debuts Netbook With Built-In 3G High-Speed Mobile Broadband

Customers Can Purchase Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Netbook Online and at all
Cellular South Stores Beginning Today

RIDGELAND, Miss., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellular South, a leader in wireless
solutions and innovation and the nation's largest privately-owned wireless
communications provider, today became one of the first U.S. wireless carriers
to sell the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook with built-in 3G high-speed mobile
broadband data.

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"We're excited because this device promises to provide our customers with the
ultimate in mobile connectivity and freedom through anytime, anywhere access
to the Internet," said Kevin Hankins, chief operating officer for Cellular
South. "With superior coverage and the best 3G high-speed data network, our
customers can now go beyond the confines of wi-fi to achieve truly mobile
on-the-go access to the Internet for news, weather, information, sports, video
content, social networking, shopping and entertainment."

The powerful mini-computers - hybrid devices between traditional smartphones
and standard notebook laptop computers - are growing in popularity with
students, social networkers, workers on the go and professionals.

"All of the research shows that demand is going to steadily increase for
netbooks, especially among consumers who are searching for a lightweight, more
portable alternative to a laptop," said Wade Smith, director of product
development and management for Cellular South.

With its unique multi-touch and gesture pad, the Mini 10 netbook has a compact
10.1 inch screen, weighs just 2.6 pounds and features an edge-to edge
keyboard. Other features include built-in 3G high-speed mobile broadband data
service from Cellular South, a 160 GB hard drive, 1 GB of memory, built in web
cam, an Intel Atom Z520 processor and Microsoft Windows XP Home.

PRICING
The lightweight, inexpensive portable computing device costs $199 after a $50
mail-in rebate with a new two-year mobile broadband agreement for new and
qualifying customers. The company offers built in 3G mobile broadband data
plans that are among the industry's most affordable, including:

-- A $59.99 monthly plan with a 5 GB monthly data allowance and 30 cents
per megabyte overage*
-- A $39.99 a month plan with a 500 MB monthly data allowance and 30
cents
per megabyte overage*

-- For a limited time only, students can get a $29.99 a month plan with
the
same 500 MB monthly data allowance and 30 cents per megabyte overage*
-
a 25 percent discount off the $39.99 a month plan - making the
netbook
a must-have for the back-to-school season.

The first 2,400 customers to place a netbook order also will receive a free
USB thumb drive containing the original Transformers movie - just in time for
the recently released "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" movie.

Smith said the devices have become the preferred method of accessing social
networking applications like Facebook and Twitter and remote, web-based access
to business networks and databases. "Consumers, especially mobile on-the-go
workers and those interested in social networking, are demanding the freedom
to be connected whenever and wherever and they want more functionality than a
smartphone or PDA can offer and more portable connectivity than a laptop can
offer," he added. "Netbooks are a perfect fit for them. They're fun and
functional - designed as the ultimate in portable computing and access to the
Internet."

Netbooks also will come with assistance from Cellular South's industry-leading
online and in-store Discover Centers, which show customers how to get the most
out of the device's functionality, features and applications. "Through
Discover Center content and training online and in stores, consumers will be
surrounded with opportunities for training and discovering personal uses of
netbooks enabled by Cellular South's 3G high-speed data network," Smith said.

The netbook market debut follows on the heels of a recent announcement by
Cellular South that it will be among the first wireless carriers in the nation
to offer a smartphone later this year featuring the Android open source
platform developed by the Open Handset Alliance(TM). The Open Handset
Alliance is a partnership of more than 40 global mobile industry leaders.

About Cellular South
Cellular South is a privately-owned diversified mobile communications company
passionately committed to helping customers get the most out of their wireless
devices and services. The nation's largest privately owned wireless
communications provider accomplishes this goal by providing the most reliable
and advanced 3G nationwide wireless voice and data network, offering
industry-leading family and unlimited flat rate voice, text and mobile web
plans, and through its online and in-store Discover Centers, which give
customers easy, simple and convenient tools, tips, advice and information on
how to get the most out of their mobile phone. For more information, visit
www.cellularsouth.com.

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* Note: For billing purposes 1,000 Kilobytes (KB) equals 1 Megabyte (MB) and
1,000 Megabytes (MB) equals 1 Gigabyte (GB).

SOURCE Cellular South

Dave Miller of Cellular South, +1-601-974-7725, dnmiller@cellularsouth.com