AT&T Hosts First Metro NY Bilingual 'Cell Phones for Seniors' Event in Chinatown...

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Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:00am EDT

AT&T Hosts First Metro NY Bilingual 'Cell Phones for Seniors' Event in
Chinatown June 10

AT&T Volunteers Tutor Senior Citizens on How to Text Grandkids and More at
Free Educational Seminars

NEW YORK, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* announced today the
expansion of its popular public service initiative -- Cell Phones for Seniors
-- designed to benefit New York City's mature adult population. With a nod
towards the city's diverse community, AT&T will hold its first-ever
Cantonese/Mandarin bilingual event in the city at the Chinese-American
Planning Council's (CPC) Open Door Senior Center located at 168 Grand Street
in Chinatown on June 10 from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

"AT&T's free educational program is a wonderful way to provide our seniors
with a better understanding of all the advantages available from today's
wireless technology," said David Chen, Executive Director for the
Chinese-American Planning Council. "Providing useful and cost effective tips,
encouragement and better access to these communications devices is very
empowering for our members."

Participants are encouraged to bring their mobile phones, regardless of which
wireless carrier they currently use. The session will cover everything from
mobile phone basics, such as controlling the volume, to checking voice mail to
storing a number in the phone's address book. Seniors can also learn about how
to send text messages and share pictures on their phones. With the help of
translators, provided by the CPC, AT&T volunteers will provide hands-on
demonstrations and one-on-one instructional support.

AT&T communicates to customers in 160 languages around the world and offers
the broadest global coverage of any U.S. provider, with voice roaming
available in more than 200 countries; access to e-mail, the Web and data
applications in more than 170 countries; and access to mobile broadband 3G
networks in more than 70 countries.

For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit www.att.com.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and
affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

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SOURCE  AT&T Inc.

Ellen Webner of AT&T, Office, +1-973-775-1321, Wireless, +1-201-532-7292,
ellen.webner@att.com
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