Dividend Declaration

Bellsouth Corp
22 November 2004


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LeAnn Boucher
BellSouth
404-249-2839
                     BellSouth Board of Directors declares
                            84th quarterly dividend


For immediate release:
November 22, 2004


Atlanta, GA - The board of directors of BellSouth Corporation (NYSE: BLS) today
declared a regular quarterly dividend of 27 cents per common share. The
fourth-quarter dividend is payable Feb. 1, 2005 to shareholders of record as of
the close of business on Jan. 13, 2005.

BellSouth has approximately 1.8 billion shares outstanding in 700,000 registered
shareholder accounts. This is the 84th 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 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 Answers(R), 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.com(R) and The Real Yellow Pages(R).

More information about BellSouth can be found at www.bellsouth.com.


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