24.08.2005 11:00:00

SBC Communications and Yahoo! Introduce Music Unlimited Service

Subscription Service Provides SBC Yahoo! Customers with Access to More Than One Million Songs at an Exceptional Value of Only $4.99 a Month

SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC) and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO)today announced the availability of the groundbreaking Yahoo! MusicUnlimited service to SBC Yahoo! DSL customers. SBC Yahoo!(R) MusicUnlimited provides music fans with virtually unlimited music downloadsat only $4.99 per month for an annual subscription or $6.99 on amonthly basis.

The service also allows users to play tunes from a catalog of morethan one million songs, transfer tracks to portable devices, as wellas enjoy the unique ability to share and discover music with friendsthrough SBC Yahoo! Messenger. SBC Yahoo! Music Unlimited enablessubscribers to build personalized music libraries, purchase discounteddownloads, listen to commercial-free Internet radio stations andaccess their subscription service from any Internet-connectedcomputer.

"SBC Companies are committed to leading the industry in therapidly growing online music segment," said Kieran Nolan, SBC vicepresident, broadband consumer marketing. "SBC Yahoo! Music Unlimitedhighlights the best of SBC Yahoo! features and services to providepersonalization and community features unlike anything else in themarketplace."

"From premium radio to an entirely on-demand experience, MusicUnlimited has assembled all the key elements to fulfill consumers'needs," said Dave Goldberg, vice president and general manager, Yahoo!Music. "For a great value, music users get to listen to as much musicas they want, while utilizing superior innovations in playlistgeneration and community features to enrich and expand their musicexperience."

The music unlimited service includes a free music managementapplication which allows users to rip, mix and burn CDs, import andmanage music and transfer music to portable audio devices. Inaddition, songs in the large music library are encoded in the highestaudio quality. SBC Yahoo! customers will continue to enjoy a premiumversion of LAUNCHcast Internet radio that offers more than 150pre-programmed stations, no commercial interruptions, unlimited songskipping, premium audio quality and exclusive genre and artiststations.

SBC Yahoo! Music Unlimited is available for an introductory annualfee of $59.88 or monthly subscription of $6.99. The service alsoprovides access to a music download store, allowing users to purchaseand download songs for $0.99 per track. Subscribers to SBC Yahoo!Music Unlimited are offered downloads at a discounted rate of $0.79per song.

About SBC

SBC Communications Inc. is a Fortune 50 company whosesubsidiaries, operating under the SBC brand, provide a full range ofvoice, data, networking, e-business, directory publishing andadvertising, and related services to businesses, consumers and othertelecommunications providers. SBC holds a 60 percent ownershipinterest in Cingular Wireless, which serves 51.6 million wirelesscustomers. SBC companies provide high-speed DSL Internet access linesto more American consumers than any other provider and are among thenation's leading providers of Internet services. SBC companies alsooffer satellite TV service. Additional information about SBC and SBCproducts and services is available at www.sbc.com.

About Yahoo! Music

Yahoo! Music (http://music.yahoo.com) offers users the mostcomprehensive music-related content, features and informationavailable online. Yahoo! Music provides a wide selection of streamingaudio, the Web's largest collection of music videos, Internet radio,exclusive artist features and music news covering all genres of musicto Yahoo! visitors. Yahoo! is also home to Musicmatch, which offersmusic software and services to help users, manage, enjoy and buy musicthat best matches their unique tastes.

About Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive online productsand services to consumers and businesses worldwide. Yahoo! is the No.1 Internet brand globally and the most trafficked Internet destinationworldwide. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo!'s global networkincludes 25 world properties and is available in 13 languages.

SBC Yahoo! DSL is an information service that combines DSLtransport, internet access and applications from SBC InternetServices, with customized content, services, and applications fromYahoo! Inc. Yahoo!, the Yahoo! Logos and other service names are thetrademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. SBC, the SBClogo and other product names are trademarks of SBC Knowledge Ventures,L.P. All other brand names may be trademarks of their respectiveowners, (C) 2005 SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P. All rights reserved.

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