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AT&T's Voice and Data Solution Just the Ticket for Tickets.Com

Posted on: Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 12:00 CDT

COSTA MESA, Calif., May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. announced today that Tickets.com, Inc. has extended its relationship with AT&T with a new three-year $2.5 million agreement. AT&T will provide Tickets.com long distance with advanced features, frame relay, business Internet services along with DSL, Managed Internet Service (MIS) and private lines.

Tickets.com is a leading business-to-business ticketing solutions provider for live events. The company facilitates the sale of tickets by enabling venues and entertainment organizations with proprietary and cutting-edge software, retail outlets, kiosks, call centers and an interactive voice response (IVR) system.

The collocation and telephone technology that AT&T provides will support the virtual store front for Tickets.com. Buyers can either purchase tickets online or call into one of the toll-free numbers. Either way, Tickets.com can rely on the consistency and availability of its AT&T services. AT&T's services prove both reliable and scalable during peak ticket sales periods. During peak seasons, AT&T's services have helped Tickets.com handle enormous volumes of ticket sales each day.

"We have been pleased with the reliability of AT&T's services as well as the dependability from the sales and support teams," said Brett Michalak, chief information officer of Tickets.com.

The agreement renews and expands a relationship between the two companies spanning more than 20 years.

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About Tickets.com

Tickets.com, a subsidiary of MLB Advanced Media, LP, the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, is a premier event ticketing solutions and services provider for thousands of top worldwide entertainment and sports venues. For more information visit http://www.tickets.com/

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. 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 and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Knowledge Ventures. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom.

AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Gina Pernetti of AT&T, +1-916-847-8542, gp7182@att.com; orMelanie Kuderka of Tickets.com, +1-714-327-5411, mkuderka@tickets.com

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

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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