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SouthernLINC Wireless Partners With The Money Tree Inc.

Regional wireless carrier will now sell its Prepaid phone package in eight The Money Tree Inc. locations

ATLANTA – March 7, 2007 – SouthernLINC Wireless®, a Southern Company (NYSE: SO), today announced that its Prepaid phone package will now be available for purchase at eight The Money Tree Inc. locations in Georgia and Florida. Customers in the Georgia cities of Albany, Bainbridge, Douglas, Dublin, Statesboro, and Thomasville, as well as those in Quincy, Fla., and Tallahassee, Fla., will benefit from this partnership. The Prepaid package includes a Motorola i-205 phone, battery charger, 64K SIM card, an instructional booklet and a $10 free starter airtime.

“SouthernLINC Wireless is committed to providing customers with new ways to purchase our products and replenish Prepaid accounts,” said Julie Pigott, vice president of marketing and customer support for SouthernLINC Wireless. “The Money Tree is a great partner for us because they’re in so many of the same towns as our customers who use our prepaid service.”

Headquartered in Bainbridge, Ga., The Money Tree Inc. offers its consumer finance services to residents in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Louisiana.

“The Money Tree’s roots are in the South, just like SouthernLINC Wireless, so there are a lot of synergies between us,” said Brad Bellville, Vice President, The Money Tree Inc. “We’re pleased to be able to offer South Georgia and Northwest Florida consumers a new way to purchase SouthernLINC Wireless’s Prepaid phone package.”

Features of SouthernLINC Wireless’s Prepaid package include unlimited use of SouthernLINC Wireless’s Push to Talk, unlimited night and weekend cell minutes, free incoming text messaging and basic voicemail.

About SouthernLINC Wireless
SouthernLINC Wireless, a Southern Company (NYSE: SO), is an Atlanta-based regional wireless carrier covering the major metro and rural areas in Alabama, Georgia, southeastern Mississippi and northwest Florida. SouthernLINC Wireless bundles multiple communication options into one phone including push to talk, cellular service, text messaging, wireless Internet access and wireless data. More information about SouthernLINC Wireless can be obtained by calling 1-800-818-LINC (5462) or visiting the SouthernLINC Wireless Web site at www.southernlinc.com.

About Southern Company
With 4.3 million customers and more than 41,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is the premier energy company serving the Southeast, one of America’s fastest-growing regions. A leading U.S. producer of electricity, Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states and a growing competitive generation company, as well as fiber optics and wireless communications. Southern Company brands are known for excellent customer service, high reliability and retail electric prices that are significantly below the national average. Southern Company has received the highest ranking in customer satisfaction among U.S. electric service providers for seven consecutive years by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Visit our Web site at www.southerncompany.com.

About The Money Tree Inc.
The Money Tree Inc. was founded in 1987 and operates consumer finance offices in 103 branch locations throughout Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Florida and three used car sale locations in Georgia. On the net: www.themoneytreeinc.com.