AT&T to Add 75 New Cell Sites in North Carolina This Year

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — As people’s lives
become increasingly mobile and fast-paced, AT&T* is expanding its North
Carolina network to help customers keep up with the speed of life. AT&T
announced today it plans to add some 75 new cell sites throughout North
Carolina in 2009, and nearly 600 throughout the Southeast Region. The planned
sites are part of AT&T’s ongoing expansion of its 3G network, the nation’s
fastest 3G network, according to recent data compiled by leading independent
wireless research firms.

AT&T invested more than $200 million in its North Carolina wireless
network from 2006 to 2008. As part of the its 2009 investment, AT&T plans to
launch 3G service in Wilmington, Asheville, Hickory, Greenville and Havelock
and expand its 3G footprint in Charlotte, Concord, Raleigh and Greensboro,
totaling more than 220 cell site activations.

“North Carolinians have known for generations that they can depend on AT&T
to continually deliver the most advanced communications services and
technologies,” said Cynthia Marshall, president, AT&T North Carolina. “Today’s
announcement illustrates that even though our industry and technologies have
changed over the years, our commitment remains strong. Continuing to grow and
enhance our networks enables us to fulfill our mission of connecting customers
with their world, everywhere they live and work, and doing it better than
anyone else.”

Some of the counties that will benefit from the 2009 network build-out
plan include:

    -- Piedmont/Triad -- Forsyth, Guilford, Caswell
    -- Piedmont/Greater Charlotte Metro -- Mecklenburg, Gaston, Union, Lincoln
    -- Mountains/Western NC -- Buncombe, Henderson
    -- Coastal Plain -- New Hanover
    -- Coastal Plain/Eastern NC -- Hyde, Carteret, Craven, Onslow, Pitt
    -- Coastal Plain/Eastern NC -- Cumberland
    -- Piedmont/Greater Triangle Area -- Wake, Durham, Wilson, Franklin,
       Halifax, Harnett, Northampton, Orange, Person

“AT&T’s 3G wireless network gives our customers the ability to stay
connected to the information and content that is most important to them,” said

Alison Hall, vice president and general manager, (Carolinas) AT&T Mobility and
Consumer Services. “We will continue to bring the world of converged wireline
and wireless services to our customers in North Carolina.”

In addition to AT&T’s recent wireless network enhancements, customers have
access to the wireless network with the best global coverage, as well as the
nation’s premier lineup of innovative wireless and wireline products and
services, including iPhone 3G, an AT&T exclusive. With the expansion of AT&T’s
retail services in North Carolina, customers have a new way to shop and
experience AT&T’s extensive portfolio of wireless, broadband, wireline and
video products and services.

AT&T added nearly 200 new cell sites in North Carolina last year and
launched its high speed 3G network in Jacksonville and Fayetteville.

AT&T’s 3G network is now available in nearly 350 U.S. major metropolitan
areas including Charlotte, N.C., Raleigh, N.C., Greensboro, N.C.,
Jacksonville, N.C., Fayetteville, N.C., Columbia, S.C., Greenville, S.C.,
Charleston, S.C., Spartanburg, S.C., and Clemson, S.C., and Myrtle Beach, S.C.

The AT&T 3G wireless network delivers LaptopConnect users typical downlink
speeds ranging between 700 kilobits per second (Kbps) and 1.7 megabits per
second (Mbps), and faster uplink speeds ranging between 500 Kbps and 1.2 Mbps.
The super-charged network opens the door to a new era of advanced mobile
services, devices and feature-rich audio and video content, such as AT&T Video
Share(SM), a first-of-its-kind technology that allows users to share live
video during a wireless call.

AT&T’s wireless network is built on the GSM standard — the most open and
widely used technology in the world. AT&T’s wireless devices work in more than
200 countries and regions.

For more information about AT&T’s coverage in North Carolina or anywhere
in the United States, consumers can go to
http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/. The online tool can measure the
quality of coverage based on a street address, intersection, ZIP code or even
a landmark.

    * AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and
      affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

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