AT&T Joins ICRA to Help Make the Internet Safer for Children; Nation's Largest Telecom Company Supports Self-Regulatory Efforts by Internet Content Rating Association.

WASHINGTON -- The Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) today announced that AT&T (NYSE:T), the largest telecommunications company in the United States, joined ICRA. ICRA is a nonprofit organization that exists to protect children from potentially harmful material while preserving free speech on the Internet. AT&T joins other major Internet and communications companies in supporting one of the world's leading self-regulatory efforts on the Web.

"I am thrilled that AT&T is supporting ICRA to protect children from potentially harmful information on the Internet," said Stephen Balkam, CEO of ICRA. "With the prevalence of wirelessly enabled hand-held electronic devices, like cell phones, iPods, and portable game players, harmful and offensive material can now find its way to children in formats other than the traditional desktop computer. Now it's more important than ever that we raise our level of awareness and work to make sure that parents have tools to keep their kids safe while pointing them to the best content on the Net."

Brent Olson, AT&T's assistant vice president of Regulatory Policy, will join the ICRA board of directors. Olson coordinates AT&T's federal and state policies for emerging technologies, such as broadband, IP-based services and video technology services. "As companies, like AT&T, invest in their networks to enable the delivery of more vibrant content over the Internet, it is also important to empower individuals with the necessary tools to make more informed choices about the content they are viewing," said Olson.

"To that end, I'm looking forward to working with ICRA to help further its twin mission of protecting children from harmful content while ensuring that the Internet retains its core attribute of facilitating the free flow of information."

AT&T's participation affirms the increasing importance of child safety on the Internet. The growing number of telecom companies that are working with ICRA signifies that ICRA's purpose is more relevant today than ever. AT&T's priority is to help parents protect their children from objectionable material, regardless of the device it is delivered on: hand-held devices, phones or desktop computers.

ICRA is an international nonprofit membership organization with offices in the U.S. and the U.K., along with representatives in both Germany and Spain. ICRA's members include AOL, British Telecom, CompTIA, GSM Association, Solarsoft, Microsoft, T-Online and Verizon. More than 100,000 Web sites worldwide have already self-labelled, including such brand names as MSN, AOL, Yahoo!(R), T-Online and Hustler, representing millions of Web pages.

About ICRA

The Internet Content Rating Association is a non-profit organization that exists to protect children from potentially harmful material while preserving free speech on the Internet. ICRA is supported by many of the leading Internet industry players: AOL, British Telecom, CompTIA, Microsoft, T-Online, and Verizon. For more information, please visit www.icra.org.

About the New AT&T

AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT&T brand, AT&T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high-speed DSL Internet, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. AT&T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with more than 54 million wireless customers. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and AT&T products and services is available at www.TheNewATT.com.

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