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Associated Press News Wire (ap@telecom-digest.org) Wed, 10 May 2006 10:21:42 -0500
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Cingular Wireless Pulls Ringtone From Its Web Site the Company Calls 'Blatantly Offensive'
The Associated Press
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Cingular Wireless LLC pulled a ringtone from its
The cell phone company became aware of the ringtone, which uses mixed
The newspaper reported in its online edition Tuesday that the ringtone
"Por favor, put the oranges down and step away from the cell phone. I
Hispanic activists called the product racist.
"It's horribly offensive and a disgusting thing," Brent Wilkes,
Cingular removed the $2.49 ringtone, among thousands available for
"Needless to say, we deeply regret and apologize for it ever being
The ringtone became available between late February or early March and
Cingular officials were reviewing the process used to screen
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