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-- Residential customers can move their services to a new address 24 hours a day, seven days a week -- ATLANTA, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Moving season has arrived - more than nine million families across the United States will change residences between May 15 and Sept. 30.(1) BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) is ready with a fast and easy online service, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to move customers' communications services to a new address within BellSouth's nine- state region. In less than 15 minutes, customers can complete their order to transfer services. "We want to make the process of moving to a new residence easy for our customers," said Rex Adams, Web Development Officer for BellSouth. "That is why BellSouth offers a fast service to transfer current residential services. This online tool is a tremendous benefit to our customers, and helps reduce the stress in their lives during the moving process." Customers who transfer their communications services online with BellSouth by Aug. 31, 2006, will be eligible to receive a $35 Target(R) GiftCard if the order is complete by Sept. 24, 2006.(2) In addition, customers who take advantage of this fast and easy service will receive a free electronic moving announcement to send to friends and family. In addition to moving services, customers may also add BellSouth(R) Long Distance, BellSouth(R) Internet Services, and digital TV service to their existing services at http://www.bellsouth.com/move - saving time and streamlining their moving experience. For more information about transferring existing BellSouth services and to learn about the $35 Target(R) GiftCard promotion, get moving to http://www.bellsouth.com/move. About BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 500 communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth has joint control and 40 percent ownership of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice and data provider with 55.8 million customers. 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 print and online directory advertising through The Real Yellow Pages(R) and YELLOWPAGES.COM(TM) from BellSouth. BellSouth believes that diversity and fostering an inclusive environment are critical in maintaining a competitive advantage in today's global marketplace. More information about BellSouth can be found at http://www.bellsouth.com/. (1) According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 43 million people change residences in a 12 month period. That translates to approximately 17 million families - 55% of those families will move between May 15 and Sept. 30 each year. (2) This offer is available only to existing residential customers who successfully transfer their BellSouth services to a new service address online only at http://www.bellsouth.com/. Customers must place their order between May 1, 2006 and Aug. 31, 2006, with the order successfully completing by Sept. 24, 2006 to qualify. DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation CONTACT: Zealous Wiley of BellSouth, +1-404-986-0330, or Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/ http://www.bellsouth.com/move Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/095650.html

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