Ameritech Officially Opens Its New Home On The Internet: www.ameritech.com.

CHICAGO--Jan. 16, 1995--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Just as it is doing in its communications business activities, Ameritech is reaching beyond the Midwest with the site of its server and home page on the Internet -- www.ameritech.com. Ameritech now is accessible to people around the globe, around the clock.

"Our new presence on the Internet is a logical extension of our core business of linking people and information resources in ways that are friendly, efficient and easy to use," said Richard C. Notebaert, Ameritech Chairman and chief executive officer. "The Internet and commercial on-line services are experiencing phenomenal growth. Sales of multimedia computers for home and business use are setting records. A growing number of people clearly want easy, on-line access to information."

"People who surf the Net have been watching us experiment with our server for some time now," said Notebaert. "Our Internet server team has been working hard to set a new standard, balancing the power of the technology with warm, friendly, useful attributes we believe that users want. We're excited about the potential of this new medium for communicating interactively with our customers, shareowners, business partners and the entire Internet community."

Ameritech's Human Factors department was involved in the company's home page and server development process every step of the way to ensure user-friendliness.

"Our philosophy is if it doesn't work for people, it doesn't work," said Rick Omanson, a behavioral psychologist with the Human Factors department. "We've spent the past few months testing and tweaking our entire server to make sure it was approachable, friendly and easy to use. That's what our customers have come to expect from us."

The Ameritech server has been designed to make information easily accessible for all Internet users -- whether they're equipped with the latest multimedia (sound, graphics and video) capabilities or the simplest text-only browser. It is designed to work with any browser application, including WinGopher, the popular Internet graphical interface offered by Ameritech's Library Services unit. WinGopher brings point and click functionality, pull--down menus and an enhanced bookmark feature to Internet navigation.

Initially, Ameritech is offering communications solutions information to users with interests in education resources, library services, consumer services, small business, and wireless communications.

In addition, visitors to the Ameritech server will have access to the following information:

o Historical and current financial and company information

o News releases and related background materials

o Product and service descriptions

o Product and service customer service numbers

o Feedback forms

o Extensive search capabilities

o Pointers to other Ameritech Web sites

o Pointers to other interesting sites on the Internet

o Photos of products, service demonstrations and company officials

o Company logos and graphics

Going forward, Ameritech will be updating company, product and service information on a daily basis.

Ameritech will invite visitors to submit their own or other favorite sites to be considered for inclusion in the Ameritech Internet InfoCenter -- a dynamic collection of links to unique sites on the Web. As part of its "grand opening" the company also is offering a free memento to the first 1,000 site visitors who sign an electronic "guest book."

"Ameritech absolutely intends to be part of the fun and adventure of pioneering the Internet information frontier, as well as a serious player on the Internet," said Notebaert. "This announcement is just the beginning. We're committed to continually developing our presence, and to the future of the Internet itself."

Ameritech is a member of CommerceNet, a non-profit consortium of organizations building an open Internet-based infrastructure for electronic commerce. The company also will offer local access to the Internet and is one of four organizations in the U.S. selected by the National Science Foundation to offer a Network Access Point, a meeting point for Internet service providers.

Ameritech, one of the world's largest communications companies, helps more than 13 million customers keep in touch. The company provides a wide array of local phone, data and video services in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. Ameritech is creating dozens of new information, entertainment and interactive services for homes, businesses and governments around the world.

One of the world's leading cellular companies, Ameritech serves more than 1.4 million cellular and half a million paging customers, and holds cellular interests in Norway and Poland. Ameritech owns interests in telephone companies in New Zealand and Hungary and in business directories in Germany and other countries. Nearly 1 million investors hold Ameritech (NYSE: AIT) shares.

CONTACT: Mike Brand, Ameritech 312/750-5219

(mike.brand(at)x400gw.ameritech.com)