Dividend Declaration

Bellsouth Corp
27 November 2000




FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:                        Jeff Battcher
                                             BellSouth Corporation
                                                      404-713-0274

                          BELLSOUTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                        DECLARES 68TH QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

ATLANTA - November 27, 2000 - BellSouth Corporation (NYSE: BLS), one of the most
widely held companies in the nation, declared a regular quarterly dividend of
$0.19 per common share.

The dividend is payable February 1, 2001 to shareholders of record on January
11.

This is the 68th consecutive quarterly dividend declared by BellSouth since its
formation in 1984. As of October 31, the company has nearly 1.9 billion shares
outstanding in approximately one million registered shareholder accounts.

About BellSouth Corporation

BellSouth Corporation is an integrated communications services company
headquartered in Atlanta, GA serving more than 41 million customers in the
United States and 16 other countries. BellSouth, consistently recognized for
customer satisfaction, provides residential, business and wholesale customers
with integrated voice, video and data services to meet their communications
needs. BellSouth is a Fortune 100 company with total revenues exceeding $26
billion.

About Cingular Wireless (a joint venture with SBC Communications)

Through Cingular Wireless, the nation's second largest wireless company,
BellSouth provides innovative wireless voice and data services. Cingular
Wireless serves 19 million subscribers and reaches 190 million potential
customers with the most robust set of services in the wireless industry,
including interactive messaging in addition to attractive national rate plans
and bundles of other communications services.