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SouthernLINC Wireless Introduces the Motorola® i833

ATLANTA – August 21, 2006 – SouthernLINC Wireless®, a Southern Company (NYSE: SO), today announced the availability of the Motorola i833 phone to consumers. Designed by Pininfarina®, the Italian enterprise responsible for the cut and shape of major car designs such as Maserati®, Fiat®, and Ferrari®, the Motorola i833 is a stylish addition to SouthernLINC Wireless’s handset product offering.

The Motorola i833 is a small, multi-functional, lightweight phone that offers a variety of features including GPS capabilities, InstantLINC Push to Talk, browser, text messaging capabilities, pre-loaded Java tools, games and an expanded contacts list with up to 600 entries.

This multi-functional phone not only boasts a variety of advance features, but also flaunts a streamlined and stylish new design. The i833 features a translucent internal lens, sleek exterior body, grill-like external speaker, and is preloaded with ring tones and wallpapers that keep with the high performance automotive theme.

“As one of the smallest iDEN phones ever made, the i833 phone is a fashionable addition to our growing handset portfolio,” said Bob Dawson, president and CEO of SouthernLINC Wireless. “SouthernLINC Wireless continues to offer customers the latest and greatest in handset technology.

The i833 is now available at any of the 12 SouthernLINC Wireless retail stores, through an authorized SouthernLINC Wireless dealer or online at www.southernlinc.com.

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 Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of Seamless Mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you get and stay connected simply and seamlessly to the people, information, and entertainment that you want and need. We do this by designing and delivering "must have" products, "must do" experiences and powerful networks -- along with a full complement of support services. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.8 billion in 2005. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit http://www.motorola.com.

About Pininfarina
With a history dating back to 1930, Pininfarina is today one of the leading service company within the automotive industry, able to offer to the OEM's creative solutions based on its know-how and flexibility through each stage of Concept & Design, Product & Process Engineering, Niche Vehicle Manufacturing, as a full-cycle turn-key partner, or a provider of specific services. The company has more than 3,000 employees and operations in Italy, France, Germany, Sweden, Morocco and China. The current car input includes 5 new models: Volvo C70, Alfa Romeo Brera and Spider, Ford Focus CC, Mitsubishi Colt CZC. Among the other customers: Ferrari, Maserati, Peugeot-Citroën, Renault, Jaguar, Honda, Daewoo, Hyundai, AviChina, Brilliance, Chery, Changfeng, JAC. Pininfarina Extra, the Group company dedicated to interior and product design, has been operating since 20 years; among its customers: Motorola, Jacuzzi, Lavazza, Snaidero, 3M. Its CEO is Paolo Pininfarina (Vice President of Pininfarina Group).

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