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BellSouth's Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. Named to List of '50 Most Important Hispanics in Technology and Business' Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology magazine honors Barros second consecutive year ATLANTA, May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth Corporation (NYSE:BLS) today announced that the editors of Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology magazine recently selected Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., Chief Product Officer, to its 2005 list of the "50 Most Important Hispanics in Technology." He also was named to the 2004 list. "I am honored to again be a recipient of this prestigious award," said Barros. "At BellSouth, we strive to have a positive influence on our diverse workforce, as well as with young Hispanics in the communities in which we serve. It is exciting to be part of a company that values such diversity." Honorees are chosen for this annual list because of their outstanding work in the field of technology and their leadership of the institutions that reside there. According to the publication, the list includes many of the nation's highest-achieving Hispanic executives, managers, as well as those in industry research, government and academia. Winners also have demonstrated leadership on a broad front, not only in the workplace but in their communities as well. "Paulino is an exemplary ambassador for BellSouth and is an inspiring leader in the company and community," said BellSouth's Keith Cowan, president -- Marketing and Product Development. "He continues to demonstrate leadership and is most deserving of this recognition." An awards dinner will be held on September 16 in Baltimore, MD in conjunction with the Minorities in Research Science Conference -- a career development and employee recognition event for minorities in the areas of research science and technology. The honorees are featured in the April/May issue of Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology magazine, which is published by Career Communications Group, Inc., a minority-owned talent management and career development company whose mission is to promote career and educational opportunities for minority professionals and students in engineering, technology, and science. About BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia 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(R), 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(R) 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(R) RealPages.com(R) and The Real Yellow Pages(R). More information about BellSouth can be found at http://www.bellsouth.com/ . DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation CONTACT: Media, Angela Brooks of BellSouth Corporation, +1-404-249-2365, or Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/095650.html

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