FORM 3UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
PARDO JAIME CHICO /FA

(Last)(First)(Middle)
175 EAST HOUSTON STREET

(Street)
SAN ANTONIOTX78205

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/26/2008
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AT&T INC. [T]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
XDirector10% Owner
Officer (give title below)Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 13,800
D
 
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
 
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pardopoa1.TXT
by Ann E. Meuleman, Secy., Attorney-in-fact10/03/2008
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and 
appoints 
each of the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary of AT&T Inc., and the 
Director-Secretary's
 Office and the Director-SEC Compliance, each of AT&T Inc., signing singly, the 
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity 
as an
  officer and/or director of AT&T Inc. (the Company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in 
accordance with 
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which 
may be
  necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, 
complete and 
execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the 
United 
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar 
authority; 
and

(3)take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the 
foregoing 
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the 
best interest 
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the 
documents 
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this 
power of 
attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as 
such 
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and 
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, 
necessary, 
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein 
granted, as 
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if 
personally 
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and 
confirming 
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or 
substitutes, 
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and 
the rights 
and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing 
attorneys in 
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not 
assuming, 
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
  with 
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the 
undersigned
  is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the 
undersigned's holdings
  of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier 
revoked by the
 undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this power of attorney to be 
executed as of this 29th day of September 2008.


/s/ Jaime Chico Pardo 
Jaime Chico Pardo



 
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