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AT&T Introduces ‘City Savings’ a Unique and Innovative Enhancement to International Calling

9/24/2003

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Consumers now save on calls to over 220 countries worldwide and, with “City Savings,” receive even lower per-minute rates to 31 cities in 12 countries

New offer is part of AT&T’s growing bundle of consumer communications services

MORRISTOWN, NJ—(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--September 24, 2003--AT&T (NYSE: T) today announced a unique enhancement to its AT&T AnyHour Advantage with the introduction of “City Savings(SM).” For $3.95 a month, AT&T’s enhanced lead offer now provides consumers the ability to call 31 popular cities in 12 countries at significant savings.

This unique AT&T offer responds to consumers’ requests for innovative offers to international destinations they call most. With City Savings, customers will enjoy discounted rates to select cities of up to 41 percent. For example, a customer who calls Mexico might not have a need or desire to make calls to all of the country, but instead may prefer to call selected cities such as Monterrey or Mexico City. With City Savings(sm), that customer will pay only 10 cents per minute instead of the current country rate of 17 cents, a savings of 41 percent%. Similarly, calls to select cities in China and India will have low per-minute rates from 10 cents to 28 cents, resulting in discounts of up to 33 percent.

“Our exclusive City Savings(sm) pricing, demonstrates AT&T’s commitment to providing consumers significant show value to consumers with innovative calling plans tcalling hat meet their specific requirementsneeds,” said Kevin Crull, senior vice president, AT&T Consumer.

The AT&T AnyHour Advantage(sm) with City Savings(sm) includes low rates to more than 220 countries worldwide, 7 seven days a week, 24 hours a day on direct-dialed calls made from home. This new offer can be bundled with other AT&T calling plans that include domestic and local calling, with state-to-state rates as low as 7 cents-per-minute. For more information on these enhanced plans, customers can call 1- 800-222-0300 ???????? or visit http://www.att.com/global

CITY SAVINGS(sm) PRICING
PER MINUTE
COUNTRY CITIES RATE *
------- ------ ----------
Brazil Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro $.14
China Beijing, Fuzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin .10
Colombia Bogotá, Cali, Medellín .15
India Bangalore, Baroda, Jalandhar, Calcutta,
Hyderabad,Madras, Mumbai, New Delhi .28
Korea Seoul .08
México Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara .10
Peru Lima .20
Poland Krakow, Warsaw .15
Russia Moscow, St. Petersburg .15
Taiwan Taipei .07
Ukraine Kiev, Odessa .22
Venezuela Caracas .18

* Calls to mobile phones or other wireless devices will be billed at the country rate and may incur additional per minute mobile termination charges.

About AT&T

AT&T (http://www.att.com) is among the premier voice and data communications companies in the world, serving businesses, consumers, and government. The company runs one of the most sophisticated communications networks in the United States, backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs. A leading supplier of data, Internet and managed services for the public and private sectors, AT&T offers outsourcing and consulting to large businesses and government. The company is a market leader in local, long distance and Internet services, as well as transaction-based services like prepaid cards, collect calling and directory assistance. With approximately $37 billion of revenue, AT&T has about 40 million residential customers and 4 million business customers, who depend on AT&T for high-quality communications. AT&T has garnered several awards for outstanding performance and customer service.

AT&T ‘Safe Harbor’

The foregoing contains "forward-looking statements" which are based on management's beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made by and information currently available to management. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside AT&T's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. For a more detailed description of the factors that could cause such a difference, please see AT&T's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This information is presented solely to provide additional information to further understand the results of AT&T.



Source: Hispanic PR Wire


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