AT&T to Provide Advanced Communications Expertise for Al Madina A'Zarqa City Development

AT&T to Provide Advanced Communications Expertise for Al Madina A'Zarqa City
Development

AT&T to provide expertise and know-how to Al Madina A'Zarqa - a major
infrastructure project for the Sultanate of Oman

MUSCAT, Oman, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Blue City Company 1 (BCC1),
and AT&T*, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to deliver the
design for advanced communications services and related infrastructure. Al
Madina A'Zarqa is a major infrastructure project in Oman, a development of a
new city of 200,000 people. BCC1 has been created to deliver Phase 1 of the
project.

Under this agreement, Blue City Company 1 will work with AT&T to develop
telecommunications services that will be rolled out to residential customers
and businesses in the development, a 32 square kilometer city being
constructed in Al Sawadi, a 60-minute drive from Oman's capital Muscat.

Consisting of 20 5-starhotels and housing 200,000 residents, the development
is expected to radically expand the tourism facilities in the Sultanate of
Oman. By centering its economic development on tourism, trade, sports and
wellness, medicine and healthcare, education and entertainment, the
development is expected to generate large scale employment opportunities for
Omani nationals, promote freehold property ownership for both nationals and
expatriates, and serve as a leading hub for business and leisure activities in
the Sultanate.

AT&T will provide expertise in areas such as product development, business
modeling and technical support for advanced technologies as IPTV, Video on
Demand, and other Internet Protocol based services, as well as communications
infrastructure design and network management.

"We are very proud to announce our relationship with AT&T," said Richard
Russell, PE, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Blue City Company
1. "At Al Madina A'Zarqa, it is our goal to provide state-of-the-art
facilities to our residents and visitors. AT&T shares our vision and working
with them will help us provide the highest quality and service standards. Al
Madina A'Zarqa will be at par with the world's leading cities."

Al Madina A'Zarqa will give visitors the connection to the most advanced and
powerful global backbone networks. "The development is very important to the
country; it will be an integral part of the transformation that is going to
take place in Oman, in line with His Majesty's Vision 2020," said Mark Fuller,
Chief Technology Officer of Blue City Company 1. "Our technology strategy will
have an impact at national levels in terms of an economic and social
development perspective providing a unique experience as a connected
community," Fuller added.

"We are pleased to take part in the creation of a new city in Oman. This is a
very opportune time to be part of the vision of Al Madina A'Zarqa to make this
a world class city development," said John B. Gibson, President, AT&T Middle
East and Africa. "We are confident that this agreement with Al Madina A'Zarqa
will provide a solid foundation to support their vision to provide advanced
technologies to the new city."

AT&T is a premier global communications holding company, providing services
around the world. Earlier this year AT&T announced plans to invest
approximately $1 billion in 2009 to continue building out its global network,
while driving new services and network-based applications to businesses.
Spurred by continued demand for business applications made possible by the
proliferation of high speed communication networks and mobile devices
worldwide, the investment will focus on network infrastructure, services and
support.

Over the past three years, AT&T has made significant investments in the Middle
East. AT&T's global network provides services for multinational companies
throughout the MEA region and offers customers access to its advanced
portfolio of IP based managed communications services including hosting,
security and worldwide connectivity.

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subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of
AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array
of network resources that includes the nation's fastest 3G network, AT&T is a
leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services.
AT&T offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless
phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services
under the AT&T U-verse(SM) and AT&T | DIRECTV(SM) brands. The company's suite
of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in
the world. In domestic markets, AT&T's Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM
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Niall Hickey of AT&T, +44 207 663 5076, mobile, +44 771 577 1451,
nhickey@emea.att.com; or Margarita Filippoti, Marketing Director of Blue City
Company 1, +968 2449 9707, mfilippoti@bluecityoman.com