Going to Europe? Pack Your Wireless Phone!

August 11, 2004 – A new promotion is letting summer travelers to Europe enjoy all-time low prices when they stay in touch using AT&T Wireless.

Customers enrolled in AT&T Wireless’ Discounted International Roaming plan can now talk on their wireless phones for just $.89 per minute while in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland – an additional $.10 per-minute reduction off the plan’s already discounted pricing and a $.40 per-minute savings for customers not already enrolled in the plan. The $.89 per-minute rate also applies to calls made or received in Greece – also a substantial $.40 per-minute reduction off the usual rate.

“AT&T Wireless makes it easy and affordable for travelers to stay in touch, whether they’re visiting Big Ben, the summer Olympics, or points in-between,” said Dave Albright, vice president for international marketing at AT&T Wireless. “The hassles of hotel phones, payphones, and calling cards are a thing of the past.”

“We’re offering travelers to Europe a great price on phone calls, the simplicity of using their own wireless phone for those calls, and the convenience of staying reachable at their own phone number,” Albright added.

AT&T Wireless will waive one month’s service charge for customers who enroll in Discounted International Roaming before September 30, 2004, when this promotion expires. The monthly service charge for Discounted International Roaming is $5.99 and entitles customers to sharply reduced per-minute rates for calls placed and received while visiting more than 20 of the most-traveled European countries. Customers enrolled in the plan also receive discounted rates for calls made from AT&T Wireless’ owned network in the U.S. to other countries.

On a related note, another new promotion from AT&T Wireless offers additional savings to consumers who frequently call abroad from the U.S. AT&T Wireless will waive one month’s service charge of $3.99 for customers who enroll in the company’s Enhanced Discounted International Dialing plan before October 28, 2004. Enhanced Discounted International Dialing offers some of AT&T Wireless’ lowest rates ever on calls to more than 220 countries and territories from the company’s owned network in the U.S. – for example, a per-minute rate of $.06 for calls to the United Kingdom and Taiwan; $.07 per minute for calls to Japan, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, and Spain; and $.09 per minute for calls to Mexico and Hong Kong.

AT&T Wireless has long been a leader in international calling and roaming. In fact, the readers of Business Traveler magazine selected AT&T Wireless as provider of the “Best International Cell Phone Service” for three years in a row. AT&T Wireless customers with a compatible GSM/GPRS phone can place voice calls in more than 140 countries and access data services, such as email and picture messaging, in more than 60 countries. The company also offers dedicated round-the-clock support for customers who are abroad and have questions about placing international calls.

Customers can sign up for Discounted International Roaming by calling 866-293-4634. They can sign up for Enhanced Discounted International Dialing by calling 800-888-7600 or 611 from their AT&T Wireless phone. Consumers can also enroll in either plan at their local AT&T Wireless store and find further information about the company’s international services at www.attwireless.com/callinternational.

Note: As with domestic wireless calls, customers use airtime when calling to or from international locations. If a customer calls abroad while roaming in the U.S., roaming charges may also apply. In addition, certain calls to wireless devices abroad may incur a per-minute surcharge. After the Discounted International Roaming promotion expires on September 30, 2004, the usual low per-minute roaming rates will apply.

Source: AT&T Wireless