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SouthernLINC Wireless Announces New Prepaid Service Plan and Q Comm International Partnership

ATLANTA – February 14, 2006 – SouthernLINC Wireless®, a Southern Company (NYSE: SO), today announced the introduction of its new Prepaid service plan in conjunction with the migration of the company’s prepaid platform. SouthernLINC Wireless’s Prepaid service plan offers customers the option to pay as they go with no monthly bill, no contract and no credit checks, making it a popular choice among mobile phone users with varying monthly mobile phone needs.

SouthernLINC Wireless’s new Prepaid service plan now presents current and future subscribers with a host of new service offerings such as:

• New lower rate plans
• Only pay for InstantLINC mobile to
mobile when you push to talk

• Incoming and outgoing text messaging
• Three-way calling

Existing Prepaid customers will not need to reactivate service nor will they experience an interruption in service as the platform is converted.

SouthernLINC Wireless is migrating to a new in-house MiBAS prepaid platform that allows for better control, pricing flexibility and feature enhancements. “Our goal is to provide our Prepaid customers with a wider variety of mobile phone features and enhancements,” said Julie Pigott, vice president of marketing and customer support for SouthernLINC Wireless. “We have undertaken this platform migration and partnered with Q Comm International to better service our current and future prepaid subscribers.”

SouthernLINC Wireless has partnered with Q Comm International (Amex: QMM; QMM.WS), a prepaid transaction processor, to replenish Prepaid customer cards. Q Comm International will serve as SouthernLINC Wireless’s leading prepaid distribution vendor. Q Comm will also deliver replenishment cards to Q Comm merchants throughout the southeast allowing more locations for customers to choose from when replenishing their cards.

"With comprehensive southern coverage, superior customer service and network reliability, SouthernLINC Wireless is a compelling addition to our suite of leading prepaid products,” said Mike Keough, CEO of Q Comm International. “Our prepaid products bring additional revenue to merchants at the point of sale, and provide consumers the popular products that fit their lifestyles. Today's announcement demonstrates our ongoing value proposition to merchants and consumers alike, and we are pleased to be working with a regional leader like SouthernLINC Wireless."

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.