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AT&T Continues Expanding Global Network Services Portfolio for Businesses Worldwide

Posted on: Thursday, 23 June 2005, 09:00 CDT

BEDMINSTER, N.J., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T today announced it is further expanding its portfolio of global networking services for business customers and extending them into additional locations in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

AT&T announced global enhancements to its portfolio of IP VPN-based services, hosting, managed services and security offers, including AT&T Internet Protect(SM) and said that by year-end, it will expand the reach and in-country coverage of its global portfolio in the following critical high-growth regions:

* Reach -- AT&T is deploying new access nodes in every region worldwide, including China, Croatia, Cyprus, Ecuador, India, Malaysia, Qatar, Panama and United Arab Emirates. * In-country coverage -- The company said it has established network interconnections with China Netcom and China Telecom. Network interconnections are also being established in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland and the UK. These complement AT&T's previously announced network interconnections with Alestra's network in Mexico and Unisiti in China. Additional interconnections are planned for later in the year.

AT&T also is increasing the breadth of supported access technologies, which have been integrated to provide a consistent end-to-end experience for global business customers. AT&T is providing:

* global WiFi access from more than 9,200 hot spots in key business locations in 36 countries worldwide -- increased from more than 5,000 at the end of 2004 -- and has plans for a total of more than 15,000 by the end of 2005. * wired Ethernet to more than 1,700 locations globally, increased from 1,300 at the end 2004. * DSL expansion into Europe and Asia. * trials of WiMAX technology are being deployed in two key U.S. markets -- New Jersey and Georgia -- with a third site to be announced shortly.

"With these latest enhancements, we continue to drive deeply into the global markets where most of our enterprise customers do business today," said AT&T Chairman and CEO David W. Dorman. "AT&T's continuing investment globally builds on our market-leading position in the United States -- where 40 percent of multi-national companies are headquartered -- and extends our early mover advantage in the global market."

AT&T's global investments and the company's recently announced alliances with Intel and Microsoft underscore the speed with which the company has transformed its business from a traditional telecommunications bandwidth provider to a leading integrator of enterprise and application networking solutions that leverage the flexibility and ubiquity of IP.

Between 2002 and year-end 2005 AT&T will have invested more than $10 billion in capital expenditures to update the network and integrate systems while further rationalizing its cost structure and growing next-generation services.

As early as 1998, AT&T began migrating its U.S. domestic and global networks to an IP-driven architecture, capable of globally deploying, monitoring and managing business customer networks worldwide. The network now has dedicated access to MPLS-based services from more than 1,500 service nodes in 80 countries worldwide. Remote access capabilities extend the reach to 149 countries.

The network is supported by unique network disaster recovery capabilities, allowing AT&T to provide industry-leading service level agreements for global IP performance, including best-in-class metrics in packet delivery and latency.

AT&T also provides managed hosting services from 26 Internet Data Centers worldwide -- 13 within the U.S.; 13 outside of the U.S. In 2004 alone, AT&T opened five new data centers in Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore and London.

About AT&T

For more than 125 years, AT&T (NYSE "T") has been known for unparalleled quality and reliability in communications. Backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs, the company is a global leader in local, long distance, Internet and transaction-based voice and data services.

AT&T 'Safe Harbor'

The foregoing contains 'forward-looking statements' which are based on management's beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made by and information currently available to management. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside AT&T's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. These risk factors include the impact of increasing competition, continued capacity oversupply, regulatory uncertainty and the effects of technological substitution, among other risks. For a more detailed description of the factors that could cause such a difference, please see AT&T's 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This information is presented solely to provide additional information to further understand the results of AT&T.

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NOTE TO EDITORS: Media Briefing Call A media briefing been established for 7:45 a.m. EDT on Thursday,June 23, 2005 with AT&T Sales President Chris Rooney. This can be accessed bydialing: United States: +1-303-590-1113 United Kingdom: +4-207-190-1247 Hong Kong: +52-3002-9738 Belgium: +2-2290-1609 Germany: +9-6958-999-0705 Netherlands: +1-20-794-8505 France: +3-17099-3434 A replay will be available for one week from 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 23,and can be accessed by dialing: US number: +1-303-590-3030 UK number: +0208-515-2499 Int'l number: +44-208-515-2499 Access code: 3333308

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CONTACT: Phil Coathup (U.K.), +44-1527-49-3549, pcoathup@att.com, orKate Rankin (U.S.) +1-908-234-6499, korankin@att.com, both of AT&T

Web site: http://www.att.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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