SouthernLINC Wireless President and CEO Don Horsley Re-elected to CTIA Board of Directors

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Sep 16, 2014, 11:00 ET

ATLANTA, Sept. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SouthernLINC Wireless, a Southern Company (NYSE: SO), announced today that President and CEO Don Horsley has been re-elected to the board of directors of CTIA–The Wireless Association^®.

"I am pleased to be able to continue to serve with CTIA in their mission to advocate on behalf of the wireless industry," said Horsley. "My goal is to represent the concerns of the regional carrier as they relate to the industry issues we are facing," he continued.

Horsley will serve on CTIA's 31-member board of directors through the end of 2015. CTIA announced its election results earlier this month at Super Mobility Week in Las Vegas. Based in Washington, D.C., CTIA-The Wireless Association® is an international nonprofit membership organization that has represented the wireless communications industry since 1984. Members include wireless carriers, suppliers, and manufacturers of wireless voice and data services and products.

In addition to serving on the CTIA board, Horsley serves as a member of CCA's board of directors. CCA is another industry organization that works to educate policymakers on the key issues that affect the wireless industry. Horsley was named president and CEO of SouthernLINC Wireless in August 2011. He concurrently serves in the same capacity for Southern Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of SouthernLINC Wireless.

Providing service to the southeast for more than 18 years, SouthernLINC Wireless is dedicated to delivering highly reliable Push To Talk (PTT) and other wireless services across Alabama, Georgia, southeastern Mississippi and the Florida panhandle. Government, utilities, first responders and companies with a need for mission critical communications choose SouthernLINC Wireless for their original iDEN PTT technology.

About SouthernLINC Wireless
SouthernLINC Wireless, a Southern Company (NYSE: SO), is an Atlanta-based regional wireless carrier with network coverage in the major metro and rural areas of Alabama, Georgia, southeast Mississippi and northwest Florida. SouthernLINC Wireless combines multiple communication options, including Push To Talk two-way radio (PTT), cellular service, wireless Internet access, wireless data, and text and picture messaging, into one hand-held device. For more information, please call 1-800-818-LINC (5462) or visit www.southernlinc.com.

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About Southern Company
With 4.4 million customers and nearly 46,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is the premier energy company serving the Southeast through its subsidiaries. A leading U.S. producer of clean, safe, reliable and affordable electricity, Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states and a growing competitive generation company, as well as fiber optics and wireless communications. Southern Company brands are known for energy innovation, excellent customer service, high reliability and retail electric prices that are below the national average. Southern Company and its subsidiaries are leading the nation's nuclear renaissance through the construction of the first new nuclear units to be built in a generation of Americans and are demonstrating their commitment to energy innovation through the development of a state-of-the-art coal gasification plant. Southern Company has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Defense and G.I. Jobs magazine as a top military employer and listed by DiversityInc as a top company for Blacks. The company received the 2012 Edison Award from the Edison Electric Institute for its leadership in new nuclear development, was named Electric Light & Power magazine's Utility of the Year for 2012 and is continually ranked among the top utilities in Fortune's annual World's Most Admired Electric and Gas Utility rankings. Visit our website at www.southerncompany.com.

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