Sale of Interest in Sonofon

Bellsouth Corp
10 December 2003

Jeff Battcher, BellSouth
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           BellSouth's receives $600 million for interest in Sonofon



For Immediate Release:





December 10, 2003



Atlanta, Georgia -  BellSouth Corporation (NYSE: BLS) announced today that is
has agreed to sell its interest in the Danish wireless provider, Sonofon, for
3.68 billion Danish Kroner (currently equaling approximately US$600 million) to
Telenor ASA. BellSouth will receive 3.05 billion Danish Kroner for its 46.5%
equity stake and 630 million Danish Kroner in repayment of its shareholder loan
and accrued interest. Telenor, the incumbent local exchange carrier in Norway,
currently owns 53.5 percent of Sonofon and shares joint control of the company
with BellSouth.



Closing on the transaction is expected by the first half of 2004, pending
regulatory approval by the Danish Telecom Agency and the appropriate competition
European authorities. Upon closing, BellSouth expects to record an after-tax
gain of approximately $285 million in the first half of 2004.



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BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications services company
headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth serves more than 45 million local,
long distance, Internet and wireless customers in the United States and 13 other
countries.

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BellSouth owns 40 percent of Cingular Wireless, the nation's second largest
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