BellSouth Expands Service

ATLANTA -- In its sixth launch of wireless broadband service in six months, BellSouth (NYSE: BLS) announced today that BellSouthR Wireless Broadband Service is now available in DeLand, Fla.

BellSouth's wireless broadband service offers residential and business customers high-speed Internet access, with downstream speeds up to 1.5Mbps and no phone line needed. The system transmits signals between local radio towers and a small non-line-of-sight desktop subscriber modem and utilizes BellSouth licensed WCS 2.3GHz spectrum.

"BellSouth Wireless Broadband Service aids in our efforts to continuously extend the reach of our broadband service," said Marshall Criser, president of BellSouth Florida. "The deployment of this exciting new service in DeLand is just another example of how BellSouth is paving the way in wireless broadband."

BellSouth was the first major telecom provider to commercially launch wireless broadband using pre-WIMAX technology. The company initially deployed the service last August in Athens, Ga., and has since deployed in Palatka, Fla.; New Orleans, La.; Gulfport, Miss.; Biloxi, Miss.; and now DeLand, Fla. BellSouth plans to expand the service to additional cities throughout 2006.

"For many people, wireless broadband may be their first opportunity to experience high-speed Internet," continued Criser. "BellSouth Wireless Broadband Service can offer those and other customers a high-speed Internet solution with the flexibility they want, the simplicity and security they need and the affordability they have come to expect from BellSouth."

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