AT&T U-verse Introduces New Interactive Features in the Austin Area

AT&T U-verse Introduces New Interactive Features in the Austin Area

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Customers in Central Texas now have even more reasons to choose AT&T U-verse(SM) TV. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced that Austin-area customers now have access to a suite of new U-verse TV features that further differentiate the service from cable.

The new interactive features -- available to customers at no extra charge -- include:

-- AT&T U-bar, which brings customizable weather, stock, sports and
traffic information to the TV screen. Customers who also subscribe to
AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet have the option to personalize the
U-bar from their AT&T Yahoo! home page to display weather at a
specified location, their personal stock portfolio and scores for their
favorite sports teams.
-- YELLOWPAGES.COM TV, an intuitive new way to search for local businesses
and other information via AT&T U-verse TV.
-- AT&T Yahoo! Games, available on the television screen, including
Sudoku, Solitaire, JT's Blocks, Mah-jongg Tiles and Chess.

"Less than a month after our initial U-verse launch, we're enhancing our service to deliver new and innovative features to Austin-area consumers," said Adrian Cardwell, Austin market manager for AT&T. "These features, available to all U-verse TV customers at no extra cost, are a great example of how we'll continue to grow and expand U-verse services in Central Texas."

AT&T is the only national provider to offer a 100 percent Internet Protocol-based television (IPTV) service, making AT&T U-verse TV one of the most advanced television offerings available anywhere. AT&T U-verse has been recognized as the 2007 Best Business Strategy by industry analyst firm Stratecast.

The deployment of next-generation video services, including AT&T U-verse TV and AT&T Homezone(SM), reflects AT&T's strategy to connect people with their world, everywhere they live and work, and do it better than anyone else. Customers seeking additional information on AT&T U-verse -- or to find out whether it's available in their area -- can visit http://uverse.att.com/.

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About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) 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/.

(C) 2007 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom.

Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logos and other product and service names are the trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: rolf.gatlin@fleishman.com

Source: AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Jodi Bart of AT&T Inc., +1-512-495-7173, jbart@attnews.us

Web site:

http://www.att.com/
http://uverse.att.com/

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