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Use the Express Lane When Moving BellSouth Eases Transition With Convenient Online Service ATLANTA, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- With millions of consumers moving each year from May through September, BellSouth has created an easy-to- use online service to help customers streamline the transfer of BellSouth services to their new homes. With convenient 24 hour a day, seven day a week online access, current BellSouth residential customers can now go to http://www.bellsouth.com/move and transfer their existing services to a new service address. Customers who transfer their services online with BellSouth between May 1, 2004, and August 31, 2004, will be eligible to receive a $30 Target(R) GiftCard if they complete their move by September 24, 2004. 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. "Moving can be one of the most stressful times in a person's life," said Jan Funderburg, president of BellSouth Consumer Services. "With more than 40 million* people relocating each year, we want to make the process of moving easier for our customers. That is why BellSouth offers a simple online solution to transfer current residential services. This online tool is a tremendous benefit to our customers, and reduces the stress in their lives during the moving process." In addition to moving services, customers may also add BellSouth(R) Long Distance and BellSouth(R) Internet Services to their existing services at BellSouth.com/move -- saving time and streamlining their moving adventure. "Increasingly, many companies are developing online services to aid customers when they move," said Joe Harrison, president of the American Moving and Storage Association. "BellSouth, for example, provides residential customers with a fast and convenient way to move BellSouth services and even sign up for new services online. The beauty of the Internet is that it's available 24 hours a day so people can plan a move at a time that's most convenient for them." For more information about transferring your existing BellSouth services, and to learn about the $30 Target(R) GiftCard promotion, get moving to http://www.bellsouth.com/move . 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 second 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(SM), 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(sm) and The Real Yellow Pages(R). More information about BellSouth can be found at http://www.bellsouth.com/ . About American Moving and Storage Association The American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA) is a national trade association representing more than 3,400 professional moving and storage companies. Detailed consumer-related information and tips regarding moving can be found on their Web site at http://www.moving.org/ . *About 43 million people relocate in the United States each year. Source: American Moving & Storage Association (AMSA). DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation CONTACT: Zealous Wiley of BellSouth Corporation, +1-404-829-8721, or Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/ http://www.bellsouth.com/move http://www.moving.org/

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