Enter to Win ''The Fishing Trip of a Lifetime'' Sweepstakes Presented By SouthernLINC...

Enter to Win ''The Fishing Trip of a Lifetime'' Sweepstakes Presented By SouthernLINC WIRELESS

Company enhances second sweepstakes offering exclusive fishing
trip with professional outdoorsmen O'Neill Williams and Tom Mann Jr.
plus a spa or golf package
ATLANTA--(Business Wire)--
Grab your bait and hook! SouthernLINC Wireless, a Southern Company
(NYSE: SO), today announced it will once again host "The Fishing Trip
of a Lifetime" sweepstakes. Professional bass fisherman Tom Mann Jr.
and outdoor enthusiast and television personality O'Neill Williams
have joined together to host one lucky winner and a guest on an
all-expense paid four-day three-night fishing trip off of St. Simons
Island, Ga. This is the second time SouthernLINC Wireless has paired
the two on a trip of this kind.

"The Fishing Trip of a Lifetime" sweepstakes offers one winner and
a guest a trip to the King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort on St.
Simons Island, Ga. Both will enjoy all-expense paid accommodations
while fishing for redfish on a 24-foot off-shore fishing vessel
captained by Capt. Mark Noble, one of the most experienced guides on
St. Simons Island. Tom Mann Jr. and O'Neill Williams will be on board
to participate in the excursion and offer fishing tips to the winner.

"The Georgia coast is a terrific place to catch redfish,
especially in September," said O'Neill Williams. "The winner of
SouthernLINC Wireless' 'The Fishing Trip of a Lifetime' sweepstakes
will win a great fishing experience. Last year's winner called the
trip an adventure to remember."

Beginning April 1, 2008 and ending July 18, 2008, residents of
Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi age 21 and older can enter
to win this exclusive trip. The winner will be announced in August
2008 and the trip will take place Sept. 23-26, 2008.

New to the prize package for 2008 is the addition of a spa or golf
package on St. Simons Island. Because not everyone is a fishing
enthusiast, SouthernLINC Wireless also is offering the winner's guest
the choice of one full-day luxury spa package or the winner can select
a golf package for four at the Hampton Club golf course at the King
and Prince Beach & Golf Resort.

The all-day spa package from Studio412 includes a 90 minute
massage with reflexology, 90 minute facial, 60 minute spa pedicure, 60
minute manicure and paraffin wax, shampoo and blow-dry. Full-day
services include champagne or wine served with lunch. As an
alternative to the spa option, sweepstakes winner and guest can enjoy
a round of golf, at The King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort's Hampton
Club, known for its emerald, manicured fairways, ancient forests, vast
salt marshes, dramatic island holes and comfortable clubhouse
overlooking the lake that adds to the challenge of the course's ninth
hole. Information about Studio412 is available at
http://www.studio412.com/, and The King and Prince Beach & Gold
Resort's Hampton Club information is available at
http://www.kingandprince.com/golf.php.

"The spa or golf gift option really rounds out the experience for
the sweepstakes winner and guest," said Julie Pigott, vice president
of marketing and customer support, SouthernLINC Wireless. "Without a
doubt Tom Mann Jr. and O'Neill Williams will provide a fun,
entertaining and educational experience."

Full sweepstakes details and online entry forms are available at
www.southernlinc.com/fishingtrip. Interested parties may also register
to win at any participating SouthernLINC Wireless company-owned store,
by mail or at any of the 11 Movies Under the Stars screenings that
SouthernLINC Wireless is sponsoring. This season, the Fishing Trip of
a Lifetime Sweepstakes was designed to be one of the added features of
Movies Under the Stars.

The Movies Under the Stars program is a series of family-oriented
films that will be shown free of charge at outdoor venues throughout
the Southeast. This year's Movies Under the Stars event will kick off
April 12 in Mobile, Ala. Other cities include Dothan, Ala.; Vidalia,
Ga.; Montgomery, Ala.; and Tuscaloosa, Ala. For a complete schedule of
movie dates and times, please visit www.southernlinc.com/movies. The
company will have a booth set up at each screening where attendees can
cast their entries for "The Fishing Trip of a Lifetime" sweepstakes.

O'Neill Williams is a fishing aficionado and host of "O'Neill
Outside" that airs on OLN, FSN-South and Sun Sports networks. Williams
also hosts an outdoors-focused radio show that provides listeners with
tips and techniques on hunting and fishing.

Tom Mann Jr. is a former fishing guide with more than 20 years
experience on the professional fishing circuit. Mann is a two-time
champion and nine-time qualifier of the Bassmaster Classic, and has
fished extensively on lakes and rivers from New York to Arizona.

About SouthernLINC Wireless

SouthernLINC Wireless, a Southern Company (NYSE: SO), is an
Atlanta-based regional wireless carrier covering the major metro and
rural areas in Alabama, Georgia, southeastern Mississippi and
northwest Florida. SouthernLINC Wireless bundles multiple
communication options into one phone including Push to Talk two-way
radio, cellular service, text messaging, wireless Internet access and
wireless data. More information about SouthernLINC Wireless can be
obtained by calling 1-800-818-LINC (5462) or visiting the SouthernLINC
Wireless Web site at www.southernlinc.com.

About Southern Company

With 4.3 million customers and more than 42,000 megawatts of
generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is the
premier energy company serving the Southeast, one of America's
fastest-growing regions. A leading U.S. producer of electricity,
Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states and a growing
competitive generation company, as well as fiber optics and wireless
communications. Southern Company brands are known for excellent
customer service, high reliability and retail electric prices that are
significantly below the national average. Southern Company has been
listed the top ranking U.S. electric service provider in customer
satisfaction for eight consecutive years by the American Customer
Satisfaction Index. Visit our Web site at www.southerncompany.com.

**Note: for full terms and conditions of "The Fishing Trip of a
Lifetime" sweepstakes presented by SouthernLINC Wireless, please log
on to www.southernlinc.com/fishingtrip.

SouthernLINC Wireless
Media Contacts:
Lindsey Larkins
Edelman
404-262-3000
Lindsey.Larkins@edelman.com

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