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SouthernLINC Wireless Ensures Customers Benefit From Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS) Capability

ATLANTA – June 06, 2007 – SouthernLINC Wireless, a Southern Company (NYSE: SO), is taking steps to ensure all of its customers own phones equipped with Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS) technology, which automatically provides 911 operators, who are equipped to receive the information, with the caller’s approximate location in the event of an emergency.

Effective immediately, SouthernLINC Wireless is actively reaching out to its customers without AGPS-enabled phones and giving them the opportunity to choose from a Motorola i265, Motorola i355, Motorola i560 or Motorola i670 at no cost and without requiring a contract extension to ensure that they can benefit from the AGPS technology. All of these phones are AGPS capable. The free phone offer without a contract extension applies only to SouthernLINC Wireless customers who have an active phone that is not AGPS capable.

“For several years now, SouthernLINC Wireless has been educating customers on the benefits of owning AGPS-equipped phones and offering various upgrade opportunities,” said Bob Dawson, president and CEO, SouthernLINC Wireless. “The current SouthernLINC Wireless offer is one of the most the most significant endeavors within the industry to ensure customers have the opportunity to own an AGPS capable phone.”

In 1999, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandated that all wireless carriers implement technology enabling outfitted 911 centers to automatically receive a caller’s latitude and longitude coordinates to identify his/her location. Today, SouthernLINC Wireless’ entire suite of phones is AGPS-enabled.

For more information, visit: http://www.southerlinc.com/e911.asp

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.