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Next-Generation Voice Service Offers Convenient Integrated Wired and Wireless Features, Reliable Call Quality

San Diego, California, April 2, 2008

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced the availability of AT&T U-verse^SM Voice in parts of the San Diego area, bringing consumers a next-generation digital voice service delivered over the AT&T U-verse Internet Protocol (IP) network. U-verse Voice brings together customers’ AT&T wireline and wireless voice, broadband and TV services with unique features that provide a new level of integration, convenience and control.

AT&T U-verse Voice completes the company’s IP triple play. With U-verse Voice, customers receive a new set of features that highlight the benefits of having advanced video, broadband, wireless and wireline voice services from a single provider — and all on one bill.

AT&T U-verse Voice is a managed IP-based service that is delivered over AT&T’s fiber-rich network, unlike many Voice over IP (VoIP) providers that offer best-effort digital phone services over the public Internet. This allows U-verse Voice customers to enjoy great sound quality and reliability, as well as unmatched calling features that combine with customers’ AT&T U-verse TV, broadband and AT&T wireless services.

"This isn’t about just a bundle. It’s about integration. With U-verse Voice, we’re going beyond basic bundles to make services work together in new and exciting ways — all around you," said Denise Cunningham, AT&T vice president and general manager for the San Diego area. "Local U-verse customers can also enjoy the convenience of having all their services — including wireless — all one bill. That’s a U-verse advantage that’s hard to pass up."

AT&T U-verse Voice has advanced features that go beyond traditional phone service and many competitors’ offerings, including:

• Combined AT&T U-verse Voice and AT&T wireless voice mail with U-verse Messaging, which provides a single voice mailbox that can be accessed from any phone line or PC.
• U-verse Central, an online management portal that gives users the option to easily and conveniently manage their call preferences, voice mail, contacts, call history and more from any PC, in addition to the ability to control call preferences from their home phone.
• An online voice mailbox so that customers can listen to, manage and forward voice mail from the online portal, much like an e-mail inbox.
• Call History, which enables customers to view their most recent incoming and outgoing calls online or to view their most recent incoming calls on their AT&T U-verse TV screen.
• Click to Call, which will initiate a call from the customer’s home phone to any number in a customer’s Call History with one click of a mouse or the U-verse TV remote control.
• An online Address Book that is accessible from any PC and allows customers to Click to Call from their home phone, to create and share contact groups with other U-verse Voice customers or to set up distribution lists for voice messages.
• Locate Me, a feature that provides simultaneous ringing on up to four wireless or landline numbers so that a customer never misses an important incoming call.
• Traditional calling features, such as Call Screening, Call Blocking, Do Not Disturb and privacy settings.

All U-verse Voice customers will have 911 service. Where available via the local 911 network, U-verse Voice customers will have Enhanced 911 (E911) service.

U-verse TV customers can choose from two flexible U-verse Voice calling plans:

• U-verse Voice Unlimited, which includes unlimited local and nationwide minutes to any location in the U.S., Canada or U.S. territories for $40 a month.
• U-verse Voice 1000, which includes 1,000 Call Anywhere minutes to any location in the U.S. or U.S. territories for $30 a month.

A second phone line, which shares the primary line’s calling plan, can be added for $20 a month, and each plan features competitive international rates with no recurring monthly charge. Professional installation is included for new AT&T U-verse TV customers.

AT&T wireless customers who subscribe to an AT&T Unity^SM plan can call any AT&T

U-verse Voice number from their mobile phone as part of the nation’s largest free calling community without using up any wireless Anytime Minutes.

Customers who want additional information on AT&T U-verse can visit http://uverse.att.com.