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BellSouth to Detail New Assets Recovery Process at OSP Expo 2004 OSP Expo to be Held at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Nov. 16-18 ATLANTA, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) today announced the rollout of BellSouth(R) Application for Network Data Inventory Transformation (BANDIT), a network assets recovery process that collects data from inventory, assignment and accounting systems to better locate, utilize and manage its network assets. Details on BANDIT, designed and created by BellSouth, will be provided at OSP EXPO 2004, an annual telecommunications industry conference focusing on outside plant telephony infrastructure solutions. The conference, sponsored by Outside Plant (OSP) magazine, will be held Nov. 16 through 18 at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) in Atlanta. Richard Burns, BellSouth vice president of Centers and Operations Support, will deliver the OSP EXPO keynote address, "BellSouth(R) Application for Network Data Inventory Transformation: Leveraging Spare Assets to Improve the Bottom Line." In addition, three other BellSouth executives will appear on a panel to address, "Winning Capabilities: Technology Planning, Operationalizing Broadband in the Field, and Service Experience." The panel speakers include Jim Becker, BellSouth network vice president of Process Improvement and Industrial Engineering; Gary Ludgood, network vice president of Integrated Network Planning and Implementation; and Hal Henderson, BellSouth network vice president of Network Operations Support. BellSouth has been designated this year's educational partner for OSP Expo 2004. About OSP EXPO The OSP EXPO 2004 is the telecom industry's only "how-to" educational trade show showcasing more than 250 exhibitors, over 50 seminars regular and advanced paid seminars offering attendees the opportunity to receive continuing education credits. For more information about OSP EXPO 2004, call 847-847-462-5760 or visit: http://www.ospmag.com/expo/ . OUTSIDE PLANT Magazine is the proud sponsor of the OSP EXPO attendees can register on-line at http://www.ospmag.com/. About OSP Magazine OUTSIDE PLANT(TM) is owned by Practical Communications Incorporated (PCI), a world class publisher of technology information resources, dedicated to advancing technology businesses with niched magazines and trade shows. Professionals who solve infrastructure problems read OUTSIDE PLANT(TM). This is the ONE resource 22,000 readers use to find realistic infrastructure solutions, products and technologies that help them deploy the broadband networks of today and tomorrow. Now, in its 21st year of publication, OUTSIDE PLANT(TM) reaches the telecommunications directors, managers, engineers, designers and planners in the LEC, CLEC and IOC market. These powerful readers make the investment and purchasing decisions for the broadband networks of the future. For more information, visit: http://www.ospmag.com/ . About BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., 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 CONTACT: Al Schweitzer of BellSouth Corporation, +1-404-829-8741, or ; or Mary Beth McKoane of OSP Expo, +1-847-462-5783, or Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/ http://www.ospmag.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/095650.html

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