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BellSouth Makes Moving Your Communications Services Easy

 -- Residential customers can move their services to a new address 24 hours
                        a day, seven days a week --

    ATLANTA, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Moving season has arrived - more than
nine million families across the United States will change residences
between May 15 and Sept. 30.(1) BellSouth (NYSE: BLS) is ready with a fast
and easy online service, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to
move customers' communications services to a new address within BellSouth's
nine- state region. In less than 15 minutes, customers can complete their
order to transfer services.
    "We want to make the process of moving to a new residence easy for our
customers," said Rex Adams, Web Development Officer for BellSouth. "That is
why BellSouth offers a fast service to transfer current residential
services. This online tool is a tremendous benefit to our customers, and
helps reduce the stress in their lives during the moving process."
    Customers who transfer their communications services online with
BellSouth by Aug. 31, 2006, will be eligible to receive a $35 Target(R)
GiftCard if the order is complete by Sept. 24, 2006.(2) 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.
    In addition to moving services, customers may also add BellSouth(R)
Long Distance, BellSouth(R) Internet Services, and digital TV service to
their existing services at http://www.bellsouth.com/move - saving time and
streamlining their moving experience.
    For more information about transferring existing BellSouth services and
to learn about the $35 Target(R) GiftCard promotion, get moving to
http://www.bellsouth.com/move.
    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.
    (1) According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 43 million people
    change residences in a 12 month period. That translates to approximately
    17 million families - 55% of those families will move between May 15 and
    Sept. 30 each year.

    (2) This offer is available only to existing residential customers who
    successfully transfer their BellSouth services to a new service address
    online only at http://www.bellsouth.com. Customers must place their order between
    May 1, 2006 and Aug. 31, 2006, with the order successfully completing by
    Sept. 24, 2006 to qualify.


SOURCE BellSouth Corporation




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    CONTACT:
    Zealous Wiley of BellSouth, +1-404-986-0330,
    or zealous.wiley@bellsouth.com