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Is That a Radio in Your Pocket? Sprint Announces New Music Tones From Artists Such as Sheryl Crow and Sting

Posted on: Thursday, 8 January 2004, 06:00 CST

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Electronics Show -- Today Sprint announces the addition of new Music Tones from industry leader Universal Music Group. These new titles join the existing line up of Music Tones from Sony Music Group artists. Sprint was the first U.S. carrier to launch Music Tones, which are ringers that sound like the actual song, last July.

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In 2003, Sprint sold more than 20 million ringers and screen savers. Sprint offers a wide range of polyphonic, animated, voice and Music Tone ringers.

"Sprint has a long line of industry firsts within mobile music: real-time streaming, voice ringers and music tones. The addition of "A" list artists from Universal Music Group to our existing line up of Sony Music Group artists further enables Sprint to bring the latest in music to our customers," said Jeff Hallock, vice president of consumer product marketing for Sprint. "Personalization is very important to our customers and with Sprint's extensive list of ringers, callers instantly recognize their phone - or even the caller - just by hearing the ring."

A sample of the latest Music Tones titles from Universal Music Group includes:

-- Calling by Leona Naess

-- C'Mon C'Mon by Sheryl Crow

-- Crawling in the Dark by Hoobastank

-- Send Your Love by Sting

PCS Vision(SM) customers can purchase Music Tones and other ringers directly on their phones or through http://www.sprintpcs.com/ . On a PCS Vision Phone, customers simply select Menu/ Downloads/ Ringers and Get New. From there, customers can browse the more than one thousand titles offered by Sprint.

Sprint announced 2.7 million PCS Vision customers through the end of 3rd quarter and leads the industry in adoption of advanced wireless data services. PCS Vision from Sprint includes services that allow customers to take and receive pictures from select PCS Phones; browse the Internet at speeds faster than most dial-up connections; check personal and corporate e-mail; watch clips and stream audio for news and music; download polyphonic, animated and voice ringers, and full-color, graphically-rich games and screen savers, all on the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network.

About Sprint

Sprint is a global integrated communications provider serving more than 26 million customers in over 100 countries. With approximately 68,000 employees worldwide and nearly $27 billion in annual revenues, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and an award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint provides local communications services in 39 states and the District of Columbia and operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States. For more information, visit http://www.sprint.com/ .

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CONTACT: Jenny Stevens, +1-212-450-9516,jennifer.l.stevens@mail.sprint.com , or Suzanne Lammers, +1-913-794-2946,slamme01@mail.sprintpcs.com , both of Sprint

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