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AT&T Tips Off NCAA March Madness With Exclusive Mobile Access to NCAA Basketball Action

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Posted March 12, 2008

AT&T Inc. announced today that the company has ramped up its
mobile offerings for NCAA March Madness. Customers will have exclusive
access to all things NCAA basketball, including video highlights from
each NCAA Tournament game. The highlights are available as Cellular
Video (CV) via AT&T's MEdia(TM) Net NCAA March Madness portal on
AT&T wireless handsets. And for the fourth consecutive year,
AT&T will give fans an unprecedented voice in selecting the winners
of the 2008 Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T, which is the most
prestigious national award given annually to the men's and women's
college basketball players of the year.

Fan voting, through the power and ease of text messaging, will
account for 25 percent of the Naismith Trophy selection process. This
program sets the standard in college athletics for integrating fans
into the voting process and providing them with more input than with
any other major college sports award. AT&T is making the voting
open to other wireless carriers, allowing even more fans to
participate. Other wireless carriers must opt in for their subscribers
to participate.

In early February, CBS Sports' "AT&T At The Half" began
featuring a weekly Naismith Trophy Watch to highlight some of the men's
players in contention for the award. These players and others who have
distinguished themselves throughout the season will be eligible for the
final ballot when it is announced March 23 by the Atlanta Tipoff Club's
Board of Selectors. Fans will be eligible to cast their votes for the
men's player of the year, women's player of the year, men's coach of
the year and women's coach of the year until 11:59 p.m. EDT on April 5.
The men's Naismith Trophy winner will be announced April 6 and featured
during "AT&T At The Half" in the men's national championship game
on April 7. The women's trophy recipient will be announced April 7.

The AT&T MEdia Net NCAA March Madness portal will feature
in-depth information, such as top men's tournament news stories,
scoring updates, polls and NCAA basketball trivia, as well as access to
exclusive video highlights from every game. Hoops fans will also be
able to watch expert bracket analysis, on-court interviews and the
greatest championship moments video footage on CV. This is an extension
of AT&T's goal to deliver exclusive, relevant content to its
customers. During the latter part of the men's NCAA basketball regular
season, AT&T launched Coaches' Corner, a six-week series of candid
video interviews with some of the NCAA's most acclaimed men's
basketball coaches available exclusively as CV content on AT&T
wireless handsets.

"AT&T is pleased to be an NCAA Corporate Champion partner for
the sixth year in a row," said Tim McGhee, director of Sponsorships for
AT&T. "Once again, your AT&T wireless phone puts you courtside
to all the excitement and action surrounding NCAA March Madness."

The AT&T MEdia Net NCAA March Madness portal also features the
AT&T 2008 Bracket Challenge, giving wireless users the power to
make, track and manage their tournament bracket from their wireless
handset. Customers participating in the Bracket Challenge will compete
against each other for a chance to win $10,000. Entrants are invited to
predict the winners of men's tournament games and earn points for
correct picks. Prizes will be awarded in a random drawing among the
eligible entrants within the top 10 percent of overall points earned.
The Bracket Challenge begins at 9 a.m. EDT on March 17 and ends at 11
a.m. EDT on March 19.

Customers can access the AT&T MEdia Net NCAA March Madness
portal on their wireless handset by launching the MEdia Net option and
then visiting the main sports home page. There is no subscription fee
to access the portal, but standard MEdia Net data-usage charges apply.
Customers will need an unlimited data package to access video content.
For more information on the NCAA March Madness portal, visit
http://www.att.com/ncaa.

About AT&T

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the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as
communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration
strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings.
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