BellSouth and MCI Sign Commercial Agreement

ATLANTA, April 26 /PRNewswire/ — BellSouth today announced the signing of a commercial agreement with MCI for the provisioning of wholesale local phone services throughout the nine-state BellSouth region in the Southeast.

“BellSouth is extremely pleased with the progress we’ve made in negotiating and signing more than 100 commercial agreements, including this latest agreement with our longtime wholesale customer MCI,” said Rex Adams, president of BellSouth Interconnection Services. “We look forward to evolving our world-class local services to our wholesale customers.”

About BellSouth Corporation

BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. BellSouth has joint control and 40 percent ownership of Cingular Wireless, the nation’s largest wireless voice and data provider with more than 50 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 online and directory advertising through BellSouth(R) RealPages.com(R) and The Real Yellow Pages(R).

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/ .

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