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BellSouth's Popular BellSouth Answers(R) Bundles Now Available at Cingular Wireless Stores Customers Can Sign Up for Residential Communications and Entertainment Services at Cingular Wireless Retail Locations ATLANTA, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) and Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless company announced today that BellSouth will begin selling its portfolio of residential communications and entertainment services at Cingular Wireless stores across the Southeast. This announcement comes on the heels of BellSouth's regional rollout of a door-to-door sales force and will be expanded to Cingular Wireless stores in all nine states of BellSouth's service area throughout 2005. BellSouth's new retail sales channel began in Atlanta last fall and has expanded into two metros, Charlotte, NC and Columbia, SC. Through its work with Cingular, BellSouth can reach a broader customer base across its service footprint. "Building on our need to meet our customers on their turf, this new sales channel creates a unique environment where customers can speak to highly- trained BellSouth representatives about bundling local, long distance, Cingular(R) Wireless Services, Internet and DIRECTV(R) service," said Jan Funderburg, president - Consumer Services. "Selling our services in Cingular's retail stores has been well received and enables us to cultivate a rapport with our customers, while giving them another avenue to purchase the services from BellSouth that meet their specific lifestyle needs." BellSouth's presence in Cingular stores enhances the BellSouth brand and product awareness, while providing customers with an additional opportunity to learn about the company's popular BellSouth Answers(R) bundles that combine such services as BellSouth(R) FastAccess(R) DSL service, Cingular Wireless Service, and DIRECTV(R) service in a bundled offering, providing greater flexibility and overall increased savings on their monthly bills. "This new BellSouth sales channel is a natural extension of the BellSouth- Cingular relationship," said Steve Sitton, Southeast Region President - Cingular. "Making BellSouth's portfolio of services available at Cingular stores extends BellSouth's reach into the market while complementing Cingular's service offerings. Now Cingular customers in the BellSouth region can benefit from the largest wireless digital voice and data network in the United States as well as BellSouth's many wireline services. And they can get the convenience and simplicity of one monthly bill." BellSouth Answers(R) allows consumers to select the services they need with combined savings of up to $400 a year, depending on the services selected.(1) The bundle product allows customers to save up to $10 a month on each of their wireless, Internet, and digital satellite-delivered television services. About BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., and a parent company of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice and data provider. Backed by award winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available in the market. Through BellSouth Answers, residential and small business customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial-up and high speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular Wireless service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers online and directory advertising through BellSouth RealPages.com and The Real Yellow Pages(R). More information about BellSouth can be found at http://www.bellsouth.com/ . About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving more than 49 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth Corporation (NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the nation -- the ALLOVER(SM) network -- and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier. Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(SM), the wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly minutes. Details of the company are available at http://www.cingular.com/ . Get Cingular Wireless press releases e-mailed to you automatically. Sign up at http://www.cingular.com/newsroom . (1) Up to $400 savings requires subscription to BellSouth(R) Complete Choice(R) plan, BellSouth(R) Unlimited Plan for long distance, BellSouth(R) Dial Internet Service and qualifying Cingular(R) Wireless plan (350 anytime minutes; 5,000 night and weekend minutes). Wireless and Internet services available where facilities permit. Taxes, fees and other charges, including Universal Service Fund, and other conditions and restrictions apply. Savings compare Complete Choice plan vs. regional average price for local service and five most popular features plus additional product savings. Pricing and savings vary by state. Long distance services provided by BellSouth Long Distance, Inc. Additional state mandated charges may apply on certain specified routes. DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation CONTACT: Media, Zealous Wiley of BellSouth Corporation, +1-404-829-8721, or ; or Clay Owen of Cingular Wireless, +1-404-236-6153, or Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/095650.html

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