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AT&T Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Magic Quadrant Report for U.S. Managed and Professional Network Services Providers

Posted on: Monday, 17 July 2006, 12:00 CDT

BEDMINSTER, N.J., July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned AT&T in the leaders quadrant in the "U.S. Managed and Professional Network Services Providers, 1H 2006" report.

Developed as a guide for midsize and large companies to evaluate providers of network IT services, the report examines 12 vendors that deliver IT services in support enterprise network infrastructure and telecommunications.

Vendors were evaluated by Gartner analysts on their ability to execute and completeness of vision, including their current and future market direction, innovation and customer needs. According to Gartner, leaders are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction, and are actively building competencies to sustain their position in the market.

"We believe that AT&T's position in the leaders quadrant for network service providers in this Gartner Magic Quadrant reflects our commitment to serving our customers around the world with the most-advanced IP-based networking solutions and support available today," said Mark Keiffer, chief marketing officer-AT&T Business. "To maintain our position in the leaders quadrant, we will continue to focus on enhancing our portfolio of offerings."

To view the Gartner Magic Quadrant for U.S. Managed and Professional Network Service Providers, please visit http://www.att.com/awards/docs/att_article5_pdf.pdf .

AT&T has one of the world's most advanced and powerful global backbone networks, carrying 5.2 petabytes of traffic on an average business day to nearly every continent and country, with up to 99.999 percent availability.

Business customers benefit from access to a single source for comprehensive local, national, global and wireless services. AT&T provides an industry-leading portfolio of advanced IP and traditional networking solutions for both voice and data. All services are matched with an array of consulting and management services, providing businesses with professional support options for every element of network planning, design, deployment, integration and ongoing management. Enterprise customers also benefit from the industry's most powerful online service portal, AT&T BusinessDirect, which enables a range of automated sales and service functions.

AT&T's success in the global marketplace is evident in the fact that virtually all of the Fortune 1000 companies and all of the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 are customers.

AT&T has been listed in the leaders quadrant in all of Gartner's most recent regional Network Service Provider Magic Quadrants spanning Global, Asia Pacific and the U.S. markets.

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About AT&T

AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT&T brand, AT&T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high speed DSL Internet, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. AT&T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with 55.8 million wireless customers. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and AT&T products and services is available at http://www.att.com/ .

About the Magic Quadrant

Magic Quadrant for U.S. Managed & Professional Network Service Providers, 1H 2006 by E. Goodness, D. Neil, D. Willis (7/11/06); Magic Quadrant for U.S. Network Service Providers, 1H06 by Jay Pultz, David Neil (5/11/06); Magic Quadrant for Network Service Providers, Asia/Pacific, 2005 by C. To, K. Desai (1/16/06); Magic Quadrant for Global Network Service Providers, 2005 by D. Neil, J. Delcroix, J. Pultz, N. Rickard (12/15/05); are copyrighted by Gartner, Inc. and are reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. provide products and services under the AT&T brand.

AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Michael Lordi for AT&T, +1-908-234-3124, mlordi@attnews.us , or,Janet Wyles of AT&T, +1-908-234-6067, wyles@att.com

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