Windstream Communications President and CEO Jeff Gardner to Speak at Analyst Conferences.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Jeff Gardner, president and CEO of Windstream Corporation, the new company to be formed through the spinoff of Alltel's (NYSE: AT) landline business and merger with VALOR Communications Group, will speak at the Lehman Brothers Worldwide Wireless and Wireline Conference

Instructions to access the Webcasts of the presentations can be found at www.alltel.com/investors. The public can access the presentations via the Investor Relations portion of the Web site on the day of the conferences. They also will be archived on the Web site for three months.

About Windstream Communications

After separating from Alltel and merging with VALOR Communications Group, Windstream Communications will provide voice, broadband and entertainment services to customers in 16 states. The company will have approximately 3.4 million access lines and about $3.4 billion in annual revenues. For more information, visit www.windstreamcomm.com.

About Alltel

Alltel is a customer-focused communications company with more than 15 million customers in 37 states and nearly $10 billion in annual revenues.

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