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AT&T Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Latest Asia Pacific Network Service Provider Magic Quadrant

Posted on: Monday, 5 February 2007, 09:00 CST

HONG KONG, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for Asia Pacific Network Service Providers (NSPs) 2006" report. The report evaluates Asia Pacific NSPs on the criteria of ability to execute and completeness of vision.

According to the report, leaders are said to "demonstrate strong vision, especially in terms of defining future market needs. They back their vision by investing ahead of competitors, very often in new or unproven areas, and are generally well-positioned for the future. Significant differences exist between the lead players in terms of strategy and execution, and none excel in all areas. However, their long-term outcome is not clear, as continued challenges in the industry may yet derail their plans."

Gopi Gopinath, vice president AT&T Asia Pacific said, "We are delighted to be positioned in the Leaders' Quadrant in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Asia Pacific Network Service Providers 2006. We believe this demonstrates that AT&T has become even stronger after consolidating our merger with SBC. We believe being positioned in the leaders' quadrant in Asia Pacific is a testament to our customer-oriented approach in bringing superior quality networking services to enterprises across the region through our extensive network."

To view Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Asia Pacific Network Service Providers, 2006" report, please visit http://www.corp.att.com/awards/analysts/gartner.html

About the Magic Quadrant

Magic Quadrant for Network Service Providers, Asia Pacific, 2006 by To Chee Eng is copyrighted Jan. 15, 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is 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.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company in the United States and around the world, with operating subsidiaries providing services under the AT&T brand. AT&T is the recognized world leader in providing IP-based communications services to businesses and the U.S. leader in providing wireless, high speed Internet access, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising through its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding video entertainment offerings to include such next-generation television services as AT&T U-verse(SM) TV. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com/ .

AT&T is a registered trademark of AT&T Knowledge Ventures. Subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. provide products and services under the AT&T brand. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom .

AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Greg Brutus, Regional PR Director, AT&T Inc., +852 2506 5046,greg.brutus@ap.att.com , or Patrick Yu of Fleishman-Hillard Hong Kong,+852 2530 2577, patrick.yu@fleishman.com

Web site: http://www.att.com/http://www.corp.att.com/awards/analysts/gartner.html

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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