SouthernLINC Wireless Coming to Tallahassee; Regional Carrier Expands

    Business Editors

    ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2005--SouthernLINC Wireless(R), a Southern Company (NYSE: SO), today announced that it will expand its regional footprint to include Tallahassee, Fla. in the fall.
    The company currently offers service to customers in Alabama, Georgia, southeastern Mississippi and northwestern Florida.
    "For the past nine years, we have been building a solid reputation as a reliable wireless provider in rural areas and in major cities throughout the Southeast," said Bob Dawson, president and CEO of SouthernLINC Wireless. "With our move into Tallahassee we are providing an even greater value to our current customers, as well as offering a new communication option to businesses and consumers throughout the state capitol."
    SouthernLINC Wireless provides integrated services via Motorola's iDEN(R) technology including InstantLINC(SM) Mobile to Mobile, phone service, text messaging and data access.

    About SouthernLINC Wireless

    SouthernLINC Wireless covers 127,000 square miles in the Southeast, including major metro and rural areas in Alabama, Georgia, southeastern Mississippi and northwest Florida. Using Motorola's iDEN(R) technology, SouthernLINC Wireless combines multiple communication services into one handset or installed device including InstantLINC(SM) Mobile to Mobile, cellular service, text messaging, wireless Internet access and wireless data. More information about SouthernLINC Wireless can be obtained by calling 1-800-818-LINC (5462) or visiting the SouthernLINC Wireless Web site at www.southernlinc.com.

    About Southern Company

    With more than 4 million customers and nearly 39,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is the premier super-regional energy company in the Southeast and a leading U.S. producer of electricity. Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states, a growing competitive generation company, an energy services business and a competitive retail natural gas business, as well as fiber optics and wireless communications. Southern Company brands are known for excellent customer service, high reliability and retail electric prices that are 15 percent below the national average. Southern Company has been named three consecutive years No. 1 on Fortune magazine's "America's Most Admired Companies" list in the Electric and Gas Utility industry. Southern Company has been ranked the nation's top energy utility in the American Customer Satisfaction Index five years in a row. Southern Company has more than 500,000 shareholders, making its common stock one of the most widely held in the United States. Visit the Southern Company Web site at www.southerncompany.com.

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CONTACT: For SouthernLINC, Atlanta Edelman John Moore, 404-262-3000 john.moore@edelman.com or SouthernLINC Wireless Rae Howard, 678-443-1525 x2rhowar@southernco.com

KEYWORD: GEORGIA FLORIDA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRODUCT SOURCE: SouthernLINC Wireless

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