Codemasters Online Gaming Selects AT&T for Robust Hosting Services

In an increasingly buoyant gaming market, Codemasters is rapidlyexpanding its gaming portfolio, launching into the massivelymulti-player online (MMO) games arena with two new titles -- RF Onlineand Dungeons and Dragons: Stormreach. AT&T's hosting solutions areexpected to give them a flexible, reliable, powerful hosting platformthat can provide bandwidth on demand to support thousands of users whoplay each other in real time over the Internet.

"AT&T has just the sort of reliable, robust infrastructure weneeded to launch into the MMO games market," said Mark Fowlis, networkoperations manager for MMO at Codemasters Online Gaming. "We willcontinue to look and use the latest advances in technology to enhancethe gaming experience for our customers. MMO games are becomingbigger, faster and more impressive than ever before, and the hostingrequirements for the technology we use more demanding. AT&T'sworldwide presence, large-scale datacenters and IP infrastructure allprovide Codemasters with the international platform we need today aswell as future growth capacity."

AT&T will provide Codemasters with co-location services to houseCodemasters state-of-the-art servers in secured, world-class InternetData Centers in Amsterdam and Boston.

"AT&T is excited about supporting one of the world's leadingbrands in gaming," said Bill Archer, president of AT&T EMEA. "We'reseeing tremendous demand for our hosting capabilities all over theworld -- and gaming is one of our fastest-growing markets. Thisagreement clearly demonstrates the fact that we are the preferredchoice for companies that want to focus on their end users while AT&Tmanages their infrastructure. We help keep online play fast andfurious, by ensuring the highest level of reliability through ourglobal IP network and business continuity services."

About Codemasters

Codemasters is a leading developer and publisher of best-sellinginteractive entertainment products for a global audience on currentand future gaming platforms and channels. Established in 1986, thecompany's dominant brands include Colin McRae Rally, TOCA Race Driver,LMA Manager, Brian Lara Cricket and Operation Flashpoint. The companyis headquartered in Southam, Warwickshire U.K. and maintains Europeanoperations in Germany, France, Spain, and Benelux. The company has itsU.S. headquarters in New York. More information about the company andits products is available online at http://www.codemasters.com.

About the New AT&T

AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holdingcompanies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globallyunder the AT&T brand, AT&T companies are recognized as the leadingworldwide providers of IP-based communications services to businessand as leading U.S. providers of high-speed DSL Internet, local andlong-distance voice, and directory publishing and advertisingservices. AT&T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in CingularWireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with morethan 52 million wireless customers. Additional information about AT&TInc. and AT&T products and services is available at www.TheNewATT.com.