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AT&T and Yahoo! Mark Fifth Anniversary of Groundbreaking Broadband Alliance.


Companies Delivering Innovative Web Experiences to Millions of Subscribers

SAN ANTONIO San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837.  & SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE NYSE

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 in full Digital Subscriber Line

Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary
 Internet and consumer voice services company, and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), a leading global Internet destination, today celebrate the fifth anniversary of their landmark strategic alliance to bring broadband Internet See broadband.  services to a wide consumer and small business audience.

Since AT&T and Yahoo!([R]) announced their partnership five years ago, the companies have consistently delivered on their promise to provide a fully integrated, compelling broadband experience to the vast majority of AT&T's 8.2 million high speed DSL Internet customers.

"Our partnership with AT&T has given Yahoo! the opportunity to create truly innovative Internet experiences, not just for the PC but also on consumer televisions," said Steve Boom, senior vice president of Broadband and Mobile, Yahoo! Inc. "The AT&T Yahoo! partnership's success is rooted in our companies' ability to work hand-in-hand to deliver market-leading applications that enable users to take advantage of the power of the Internet."

"Through our relationship with Yahoo!, millions of AT&T's high speed Internet customers have access to the leading broadband experience on the Web," said Rick Welday, chief marketing officer of AT&T Consumer. "We're proud of the content and ambitious features that we've added throughout the years."

AT&T and Yahoo!'s alliance has fostered tremendous growth and product innovation in its co-branded broadband offering and beyond. In 2004, AT&T and Yahoo! announced a multiyear extension of their alliance with the intent to bring the AT&T Yahoo! customer experience beyond the PC, such as to home television. AT&T has extended Yahoo! services for photos, music and video on demand to the AT&T Homezone, a new service that combines satellite TV programming, communications features and high speed Internet in one integrated receiver.

"AT&T and Yahoo! set a new standard by converging their content and communications services," said Nicole Klein, consumer broadband analyst of Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. . "Today, the partnership is recognized as a model in the industry and mirrored by other providers."

AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet service offers subscribers a powerful, customized browsing environment and personalized home page See personal portal. , as well as a full range of Yahoo!'s leading products and services optimized for broadband, including enhanced e-mail with award-winning spam control and additional storage, security, and parental controls This article is about computer options. For the television show, see Parental Control (TV series).

Parental controls are options, typically included in digital television services, computer and video games, or computer software used to access the Internet, that
, premium pop-up blocking, enhanced instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or  capabilities, digital photo tools and storage, and online music and game services. AT&T recently announced several initiatives that simplify residential broadband pricing, add more speed-tier choices to its lineup, and make AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet more convenient to purchase with a flat low rate that doesn't require a 12-month term commitment.

AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet service is available in the company's 13-state incumbent local exchange areas, where high speed Internet service is available: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, California, Nevada and Connecticut.

In the coming months, Yahoo! will celebrate its fifth anniversary with AT&T by offering new features and incentives to consumers.

This AT&T release and other news announcements are available as part of an RSS feed Summaries of Web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. See RSS.  at www.att.com/rss.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . 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 58.7 million wireless customers. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and AT&T products and services is available at http://www.att.com.

About Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! seeks to provide online products and services essential to users' lives, and offers a full range of tools and marketing solutions for businesses to connect with Internet users Internet user ninternauta m/f

Internet user Internet ninternaute m/f 
 around the world. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. .

[c] 2006 AT&T Knowledge Ventures. All rights reserved. AT&T is a registered trademark of AT&T Knowledge Ventures. Subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. provide products and services under the AT&T brand. Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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