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-- Service Now Available in Select Parts of Albany, Ga. and Paducah, Ky.; Service expanded further into New Orleans; Company reaches 10 wireless broadband service markets -- ATLANTA, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move to extend broadband access to more customers, BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) announced today the expansion of BellSouth(R) Wireless Broadband Service into two new markets in its service territory by late October, including select parts of Albany, Ga. and Paducah, Ky. Additionally, service will be expanded in the New Orleans area to include New Orleans East. With these expansions, BellSouth will offer the service in 10 Southeastern markets, including four markets recently launched in September: North Charleston, S.C.; Melbourne, Fla.; Greenville, Miss.; and Chattanooga, Tenn. BellSouth's wireless broadband service offers residential and business customers high-speed Internet access, with downstream speeds up to 1.5Mbps and no phone line needed. The system transmits signals between local radio towers and a small non-line-of-sight desktop subscriber modem and utilizes BellSouth licensed WCS 2.3GHz spectrum. "With BellSouth Wireless Broadband Service, we can reach even more of our customers with high-speed Internet access," said Randy Roberts, vice president, wireless and CPE management - BellSouth. "One of our primary focuses in these latest deployments has been on our rural customers, some whose only opportunity to experience high-speed Internet is with our wireless broadband service." BellSouth wireless broadband customers have the option to use the service at a discount as backup access to the Internet in the event of a wireline network outage. Customers can also choose to bundle a Wi-fi service into their BellSouth Wireless Broadband service. BellSouth was the first major telecom provider to commercially launch wireless broadband using pre-WIMAX technology. The company now offers wireless broadband service in Athens, Ga.; Palatka, Fla.; DeLand, Fla.; Melbourne, Fla.; New Orleans, La.; Greenville, Miss.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; and North Charleston, S.C. BellSouth plans to expand the service to additional cities throughout 2006. For more information or to subscribe for wireless broadband, visit http://www.bellsouth.net/wirelessbb or call 1-877-241-5490. 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 57.3 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/. DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation CONTACT: Nadine Randall of BellSouth, +1-404-829-8724, or Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/ http://www.bellsouth.net/wirelessbb Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/095650.html

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