ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2003--Cox Communications, Inc., today announced its participation at Salomon Smith Barney's 13th Annual Entertainment, Media, and Telecommunications Conference.

The conference takes place January 6 through 9, 2003 at the La Quinta Resort in La Quinta, Calif. Jim Robbins, President and Chief Executive Officer will present on Wednesday, January 8 at 11:15 a.m. PST, and Chris Bowick, Chief Technology Officer will participate on the CTO panel, which takes place Tuesday, January 7 at 3:30 p.m. PST.

Webcasts of the presentations will be available at the following addresses:

Jim Robbins: http://www.veracast.com/ssb/2003/gemt/71205192.cfm

Chris Bowick: http://www.veracast.com/ssb/2003/gemt/93109254.cfm

Cox Communications (NYSE: COX), a Fortune 500 company, is a multi-service broadband communications company serving approximately 6.3 million customers nationwide. Cox is the nation's fourth-largest cable television provider, and offers both traditional analog video programming under the Cox Cable brand as well as advanced digital video programming under the Cox Digital Cable brand. Cox provides an array of other communications and entertainment services, including local and long distance telephone under the Cox Digital Telephone brand; high-speed Internet access under the brands Cox High Speed Internet and Cox Express; and commercial voice and data services via its affiliate Cox Business Services, LLC. Cox is an investor in programming networks including Discovery Channel. More information about Cox Communications can be accessed on the Internet at www.cox.com/espanol.

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