RNS Number:3988D
Bellsouth Corp
27 September 2004


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LeAnn Hansen
BellSouth
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                     BellSouth Board of Directors declares
                            83rd quarterly dividend

For release at 1:45PM EST:
September 27, 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
third-quarter dividend is payable November 1, 2004 to shareholders of record as
of the close of business on October 12, 2004.

BellSouth has nearly 1.9 billion shares outstanding in 700,000 registered
shareholder accounts. This is the 83rd 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 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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