Notify! by The Weather Channel(R) and BellSouth delivers customizable
weather information; Customers can receive urgent hurricane and tornado
warnings anytime, anywhere
ATLANTA, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth (NYSE: BLS) and The Weather
Channel Interactive today announced the availability of Notify! by The
Weather Channel(R) and BellSouth. This new service provides customers with
detailed, customized alerts of severe weather, including tornado warnings,
severe thunderstorm warnings and flash flood warnings, delivered to their
home phones, mobile phones, e-mail addresses or text pagers.
"Notify! delivers detailed weather warnings to BellSouth customers in
real time so they can always be prepared if severe weather strikes," said
Paulino Barros, chief product officer - BellSouth. "We help them control
how they are contacted about weather impacting their area."
The catastrophic weather conditions of 2005 emphasize the need for
timely weather warnings. Notify! enables customers to customize alerts and
choose how and when they want to receive news of impending severe weather.
In addition, they can have alerts delivered to up to three phones, plus
text pager and e- mail. Customers also select which type of severe weather
alerts they wish to receive on each device, and if they wish for silent
periods. As soon as local severe weather warnings are issued, BellSouth
customers will be informed.
"When the weather becomes severe, it is critical that people have a
reliable service that will deliver the weather information they need," said
Joe Fiveash, senior vice president/general manager for The Weather Channel
Interactive. "Working with BellSouth will give us a great opportunity to
provide that service to their customers in the southeast."
Customers can sign up for a 30-day free trial by visiting
http://www.bellsouth.com/weather. After the trial period, an annual fee of
$49.99 will be billed to the customer's credit card.
About BellSouth Corporation
BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 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 54.1 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 The Weather Channel Interactive
The Weather Channel Interactive is the leading provider of broadband
and wireless weather products including weather.com, The Weather Channel
Desktop, and The Weather Channel Mobile. weather.com, the Web site of The
Weather Channel, is the ultimate source of weather on the Web helping users
plan their lives by delivering timely current conditions, expert forecasts
and relevant lifestyle content for 98,000 locations worldwide. weather.com
reaches more than 25 million unique users each month, is the most popular
source of online weather, news and information and is the most trusted
source of online weather information according to Nielsen//NetRatings. The
Weather Channel Interactive also provides consumers with unique and
customizable products such as Desktop Max, Notify! and a full lineup of
mobile services including downloads, messaging, mobile Web, and mobile
video.
SOURCE BellSouth Corporation
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http://www.bellsouth.com/
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CONTACT:
Zealous Wiley of BellSouth, +1-404-829-8721,
or zealous.wiley@bellsouth.com ; or David Blumenthal of The
Weather Channel Interactive, +1-770-226-2611, or
dblumenthal@weather.com
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