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San Diego, California, October 14, 2009 -- Wildfires. Earthquakes. Mudslides. These are not scenes from the latest Hollywood disaster movie, but the realities of living and working in San Diego and throughout the Golden State. And as wildfire season continues to be an ever present threat in San Diego and Southern California, AT&T* has announced it will hold a Network Disaster Recovery Exercise (NDR) in San Diego at PETCO Park from Oct. 13 to 23, 2009.    » read more »

Dallas, Texas, September 30, 2009 -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced the acquisition of privately-held Plusmo, Inc., a leading provider of cross-platform mobile application solutions, bringing to AT&T an open standards technology that will simplify mobile application development, accelerate innovation and deliver a better application experience for consumers. Plusmo will become a part of AT&T Interactive, and the Plusmo mobile application development platform is expected to be used by multiple AT&T subsidiaries, including AT&T Mobility. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.    » read more »

Dallas, Texas, Wall, New Jersey, September 14, 2009 -- AT&T* and Centennial Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: CYCL) announced today that, assuming timely satisfaction or waiver of all remaining closing conditions including receipt of the required regulatory approvals, they now anticipate the pending acquisition of Centennial by AT&T to be completed early in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2009. On November 7, 2008, the two companies entered into an agreement under which AT&T would acquire Centennial. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Centennial stockholders would receive $8.50 per share in cash.    » read more »

Dallas company to upfit AT&T vehicles with alternative-fuel technology; BAF technologies to convert 600 vehicles with CNG technology in 2009

Dallas, Texas, June 30, 2009 -- AT&T today joined Dallas-based BAF Technologies to announce that conversion of vehicles purchased by AT&T to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is underway. BAF Technologies, the premier provider of natural gas vehicle upfits, will convert 600 Ford E-Series vans to CNG technology in 2009.    » read more »

Report Identifies "Expectations Gap" and the Need for More Support at Home as Major Factors in the Rising Tide of High School Dropouts

Washington, DC, June 4, 2009 -- With nearly one-third of all U.S. public high school students failing to graduate each year, AT&T* today announced results from the latest study conducted by Civic Enterprises and Peter Hart Research with America’s Promise Alliance entitled “On the Front Lines of Schools,” where the voices of our nation’s education practitioners reflect their outlook on the high school dropout crisis.    » read more »

Despite Economy, Study Finds Investment in New Technologies Will Continue in 2009

Dallas, Texas, June 1, 2009 -- The dramatic rise in social networking and mobility trends is presenting new challenges and considerations to companies’ network security, disaster planning and business continuity programs. The good news: businesses are stepping up their technology investment and efforts to meet these challenges despite the economy; and mobile devices are increasingly part of business continuity plans.

These are some of the findings to emerge from AT&T’s* annual study on business continuity and disaster recovery preparedness for U.S. businesses in the private sector.    » read more »

Despite Lower Budgets, Detriot Executives Investing in Business Continuity Planning, Addressing Potential Mobile and Social Networking Threats

Detroit, Michigan, June 1, 2009 -- Despite the current global economy and restructuring auto markets, 70 percent of Detroit companies are investing in new technology in 2009, the highest of all markets surveyed in AT&T’s* annual study of business continuity planning in the private sector. More than half of Detroit companies are doing so in the face of smaller IT budgets than previous years.    » read more »

Dallas, Texas, May 19, 2009 -- AT&T* announced today that global growth consulting company, Frost & Sullivan, has named AT&T Navigator, powered by TeleNav, as the 2009 “Consumer Navigation Application of the Year.” Frost & Sullivan chose AT&T Navigator due to its wide array of features including integrated speech recognition, 3D moving maps, traffic alerts with one-touch rerouting, estimated time of arrival calculation, pedestrian mode, location-based city/state auto-suggest and an accompanying pre-planning website.    » read more »

AT&T Boosts Wireless Coverage, Announces New 3G Markets and Plans to Expand AT&T U-verse Availability

St. Louis, Missouri, May 18, 2009 -- AT&T* plans to add approximately 55 new cell sites throughout Missouri in 2009. It also plans to launch its third-generation (3G) mobile broadband network in Cape Girardeau and Joplin. In February, AT&T completed its St. Joseph 3G launch. Additionally, AT&T plans to expand its existing 3G network in St. Louis.    » read more »

Company Names Charlene Lake to New Post as Part of Commitment to Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability

Dallas, Texas, May 14, 2009 -- AT&T* today announced the appointment of Charlene Lake as senior vice president public affairs and chief sustainability officer.

In this capacity, Lake will lead AT&T’s efforts to achieve a wide range of specific, sustainable business objectives, working with the Public Policy Committee of the Board of Directors, the Chairman’s office, and AT&T’s executive management team to further integrate sustainable business practices across AT&T and its supply chain.    » read more »

$7.5 million investment since 2006 adds significant technology and equipment in EMEA

Dusseldorf, Germany, May 12, 2009 -- AT&T* is expanding its pan-European Disaster Recovery resources with the addition of increased technology, equipment and manpower. With its planned investment this year, AT&T will have invested $7.5 million since 2006 to extend its disaster recovery resources in the EMEA region, as part of an ongoing programme.    » read more »

AT&T is also included on Three of DiversityInc's Specialty Lists for Its Commitment to Diversity in the Workplace and Marketplace

Dallas, Texas, March 13, 2009 -- AT&T today announced that it has once again been recognized for its longstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion across its global operations — most recently by DiversityInc, which named AT&T among its Top 50 Companies for Diversity in 2009. AT&T moved up 20 spaces in the 2009 rankings over last year — from 22nd to 2nd.

AT&T is also included on three of DiversityInc's Top 10 specialty lists, ranking No. 7 among the Top 10 Companies for Recruitment & Retention; No. 1 among the Top 10 Companies for African Americans; and No. 8 among the Top 10 Companies for LGBT Employees.    » read more »

3/11/09 -- Statement from Steven J. Nolan, Chairman of the American Lung Association:

WASHINGTON, D.C., (March 11, 2009) — More than 125 million Americans live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution, some of which is caused by emissions from cars, trucks and heavy equipment, which add smog, soot, carcinogens and toxic chemicals to the air we breathe.

The American Lung Association commends AT&T for its considerable efforts to reduce harmful emissions by investing in cleaner fuel alternatives. By transitioning its fleet of vehicles to use hybrid and compressed natural gas technology, AT&T has positioned itself as a corporate leader in the fight for healthier air.    » read more »

Makes Largest Commitment to Compressed Natural Gas to Date by a U.S. Company; Part of 10-Year Commitment to Spend up to $565 Million on Alternative-Fuel Vehicles

Dallas, Texas, March 11, 2009 -- Through an initiative that highlights the growing demand for cleaner domestic vehicles, AT&T* today announced plans to invest up to $565 million as part of a long-term strategy to deploy more than 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles over the next 10 years. AT&T expects to spend an estimated $350 million to purchase about 8,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles and approximately $215 million to begin replacing its passenger cars with alternative-fuel models.    » read more »

Washington, DC, March 10, 2009 -- For more than a decade, the expansion of wireless and wired broadband connectivity has transformed how we work and live, fostered dramatic new business opportunity and driven economic growth. The demand for connectivity remains strong and AT&T* continues to invest billions in its wireless and wired broadband networks to expand this critical platform for growth.

AT&T plans to invest $17 billion to $18 billion in 2009, in line with its 2007 capital expenditures of $17.7 billion and expected to exceed the planned investment of any other U.S. telecom company.    » read more »