[Time Warner Cable and Sprint launch Mobile Access integrating Time Warner Cable's products with Sprint's wireless service making it possible to wath TV, send and receive emails, access the web and more all on a Sprint mobile phone.]

Cincinnati -- Time Warner Cable and Sprint announced the launch of Mobile Access in the Cincinnati-Dayton Region. Mobile Access integrates Time Warner Cable's Digital Telephone, Digital Cable, and Road Runner products with Sprint's wireless service to bring mobility and convergence to customers. Time Warner Cable and Sprint customers will now be able to take their home-based services with them when they leave their homes, making it easier, more convenient and more cost-effective to keep in touch, stay informed and be entertained.

Mobile Access leverages the unique capabilities of Time Warner Cable and Sprint to deliver a set of services that clearly distinguish this wireless service from its competitors. Current benefits of this service include the ability to:

* Make and receive unlimited calls between the wireless phone and home Digital Phone without using any plan minutes;

* Watch select news, sports, weather, movie trailers and entertainment channels or view select Time Warner Cable channels, live, right on the Sprint wireless phone;

* Send and receive email from the customer's Road Runner account and other popular email accounts;

* Surf the web and join web-based chat rooms, instant message and more;

* Provide the customer with one integrated voicemail box. Customers will still have the ability to keep separate mailboxes and receive free text alerts on their wireless phone when they get voicemail messages on their home digital phone;

* Have unlimited call forwarding from the Sprint wireless phone to the home Digital Phone service, so customers never miss any important calls or messages;

* Receive one integrated Time Warner Cable bill for all four services.

In the future, additional benefits will be announced, including enabling a customer to program their DVR from their mobile handset.

"It's always been about being able to take your office with you," said Kevin Gleason, area vice president for Sprint. "Now it's about taking the things that are most important to you at home (television, Internet, phone) with you, wherever you go."

Mobile Access is user-friendly. There is no complex navigation and no new interface to learn. As an example, customers' cable TV channel guide will appear on their mobile phone just as it does on their home television.

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