BellSouth 82nd Dividend

Bellsouth Corp
28 June 2004


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LeAnn Hansen
BellSouth Media Relations
404-249-2839

BellSouth Increases Dividend Eight Percent

Dividend raised 42 percent over last nine quarters

For Immediate Release:
June 28, 2004


Atlanta - The board of directors of BellSouth Corporation (NYSE: BLS) today
approved a quarterly dividend of 27 cents per common share, an eight percent
increase from the previous level of 25 cents per common share. Over the last
nine quarters, BellSouth has increased its quarterly dividend 42 percent from 19
cents per common share to 27 cents per common share. The second-quarter dividend
is payable August 2, 2004 to shareholders of record as of the close of business
on July 13, 2004.

BellSouth has nearly 1.9 billion shares outstanding in approximately 700,000
registered shareholder accounts. This is the 82nd consecutive quarterly dividend
declared by BellSouth.


About BellSouth Corporation


BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in
Atlanta, Georgia, and a parent company of Cingular Wireless, the nation's second
largest wireless voice and data provider.

Backed by award winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most
comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available in the
market. Through BellSouth AnswersSM, residential and small business customers
can bundle their local and long distance service with dial up and high speed DSL
Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless service. For
businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long distance voice
and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers online and directory
advertising through BellSouth(R) RealPages.comSM and The Real Yellow Pages(R).

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