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- Longest Running Global Program Pays Tribute to Individuals and Organizations that Use Information Technology to Benefit Society- ATLANTA, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) today announced that it is a recipient of the 2006 21st Century Achievement Award presented by the prestigious IDG Computerworld Honors Program. The company received the award for its AMBER Alert Field Notification program that includes partnerships with state law enforcement agencies throughout the Southeast. Through BellSouth's own field dispatch system and the state law agencies, AMBER alerts from the nine-state region are distributed to more than 13,000 technicians in the field. BellSouth, through its employee intranet and the public Internet, also distributes the alerts to its more than 60,000 employees, 100,000 Pioneers and millions of customers through its BellSouth Internet services home page. "This award recognizes the partnerships we've established with state law enforcement agencies," said Rod Odom, president, Network Services for BellSouth. "In addition, it recognizes the BellSouth team that found a unique and significant way to use available technology and our entire BellSouth family to serve the community. We graciously accept the 21st Century Achievement Award presented by the Computerworld Honors Program on behalf of our employees, retirees and customers who help watch over and protect our children." Under its notification process, BellSouth uses its dispatch system to transmit AMBER Alerts, by state, to its technicians over an Internet Protocol link and a wireless data radio network that delivers the alerts on wireless laptop PCs. The technicians are notified of the alert via pagers and whenever they transact business on their laptops. Since BellSouth launched its system in 2003, nearly 100 alerts from across the Southeast have been distributed to the field. "The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children was also instrumental in helping BellSouth with its AMBER Alert notification system," added Odom. "Without their support, our system and the subsequent recognition by Computerworld would not have been possible." BellSouth has shared information and processes regarding its notification system with other companies in the telecommunications industry, including Cingular Wireless. BellSouth Intellectual Property Marketing Corporation (BIPMARK) will offer a royalty-free intellectual property license on this patented innovation to organizations with a field workforce, enabling them to establish a similar notification process within their own organization. "Each year, the Computerworld Honors Program seeks to recognize organizations, from a variety of sectors, for their ongoing efforts to utilize technology in order to benefit society," said Bob Carrigan, Chairman of the Computerworld Honors Program Chairmen's committee and President, IDG Communications. "We are proud to provide a platform to publicly acknowledge these contributions." For almost two decades, Computerworld Honors has acknowledged those individuals and organizations that have used information technology to benefit society. This year's honorees were commemorated during the 18th Annual Laureates Medal Ceremony & Glad Awards Evening on June 5, 2006 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. 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/. About Computerworld Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," is the most trusted source for the critical information needs of senior IT management. Computerworld's integrated offerings form the U.S.-based hub of the world's largest (58-edition) global IT media network through its weekly publication, Computerworld.com Web site, focused conference series and custom research. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 print and online awards for editorial and design excellence, surpassing its direct competition by an order of magnitude. Recognition includes the 2005 Magazine of the Year Award from the American Society of Business Publications Editors and a Jesse H. Neal Award for "Best News Coverage." In print since 1967, Computerworld is the sources for information technology management, with a guaranteed rate base of 180,050, a total print audience of 1,138,000 (IntelliQuest CIMS 2005 Business Influencer Study) and an online audience of over 1 million unique monthly visitors (Omniture). Computerworld is a business unit of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media, research and events company. A privately held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers, including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites, with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide, including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), Macworld Conference & Expo(R), DEMO(R) and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com/ . DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation CONTACT: Brent Fowler of BellSouth Corporation, +1-404-249-2839, or Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/ http://www.computerworld.com/ http://www.idg.com/

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