North Carolina is an important market to us. It is our second-largest state with 1.5 million customers. Florida is the largest with 7.5 million customers.

244

The competitive environment remains intense.

218

With Lucent as one of our strategic vendors we will maintain our market leadership in our deployment of wireless voice and data services.

164

This is a company that will be aggressive and innovative in the marketplace.

155

This merger is a natural. With Vanguard Cellular, AT&T can significantly increase its footprint in the eastern U.S., providing additional service offers and availability to our customers.

98