More Kansas City Customers Gain Video Choice, Innovative Features With AT&T U-verse TV

More Kansas City Customers Gain Video Choice, Innovative Features With AT&T U-verse TV

U-verse TV and Suite of New Interactive Features Now Available to More Than 130,000 Living Units

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- More Kansas City residents and their televisions can break free from cable. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced that AT&T U-verse(SM) TV and Internet services are now available to more than 130,000 living units in the Kansas City area.

Since introducing U-verse TV services in the Kansas City area in March 2007, AT&T has made the service available to more customers on an ongoing basis and plans to continue expanding on both sides of the state line.

In addition, Kansas City-area customers can now enjoy a suite of new U-verse TV features -- currently available for all local U-verse TV customers at no extra charge -- that further differentiate the service from cable, including:

   -- AT&T U-bar, which brings customizable weather, stock, sports and      traffic information to the U-verse TV screen, without interrupting the      current program. Customers who also subscribe to AT&T Yahoo! High Speed      Internet can personalize the U-bar from their AT&T Yahoo! home page to      display weather at specific locations, their personal stock portfolio      and scores for their favorite sports teams.   -- YELLOWPAGES.COM TV, which lets U-verse TV customers easily search for      local businesses and other information via their TV screen.   -- AT&T Yahoo! Games, so U-verse TV customers can now play their favorite      online games -- including Sudoku, Solitaire, JT's Blocks, Mah-jongg      Tiles and Chess -- on the TV screen.    

"More Kansas City customers can pick up the phone or go online and order U-verse TV today, and why wouldn't they?" said Mark Thompson, AT&T vice president and general manager for Kansas. "With innovative features and access to more HD channels than cable -- all for a great value -- we're sure that Kansas City customers will agree that U-verse TV is cooler than cable."

AT&T is the only national provider to offer a 100 percent Internet Protocol-based television (IPTV) service, making AT&T U-verse TV one of the most advanced television offerings available anywhere. AT&T is deploying next-generation video services, including AT&T U-verse TV, to connect people with their world, everywhere they live and work, and do it better than anyone else.

Kansas City customers who want additional information -- or to find out if AT&T U-verse is available in their area -- can visit http://uverse.att.com/, visit any local AT&T retail store or send their address to kcuverse@att.com to receive information from a local representative on AT&T Advanced TV services.

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About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com/.

(C) 2008 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom.

AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet provided by AT&T Internet Services with customized content, services, and applications from Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo!, the Yahoo! logos and other product and service names are the trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc.

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Source: AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Don Brown of AT&T Inc., +1-785-276-5992, dbrown@attnews.us

Web site: http://www.att.com/

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