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From: Home-Run9/2/2005 11:24:05 PM
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BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- AT&T announced today additional efforts to strengthen the emergency communications infrastructure and calling capabilities throughout the hurricane stricken Gulf Coast community.

"There's no way to quickly rebuild the communities or lives destroyed by a disaster of this magnitude," said AT&T Chairman and CEO David W. Dorman. "But we can facilitate restoration efforts and aid those whose lives have been disrupted by restoring crucial communications along the devastated Gulf Coast."

AT&T has offered its services to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and will establish IP-based calling centers where directed by the federal agency to give evacuees and emergency workers access to free calling.

By employing its AT&T CallVantage(R) Service, the company can quickly provision broadband phone lines allowing callers to make free local and long distance calls to friends and families. The first of these calling centers is expected to be operational within a week's time.

To that end, the company announced the donation of 35,000 AT&T PrePaid Phone Cards for distribution to victims of Hurricane Katrina. The 30-minute cards will be distributed by the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army to aid victims throughout the nation.

And, the AT&T Foundation has increased its cash donation to the Red Cross to $1 million. Additionally, it has quadrupled its matching employee contributions for up to a total of $500,000, and set up a fund through the AT&T Pioneers to assist company employees who have been directly affected by the hurricane
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