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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10r-4

                                SECOND AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                              BELLSOUTH CORPORATION
                      TRUST UNDER EXECUTIVE BENEFIT PLAN(S)

         THIS SECOND AMENDMENT to the BellSouth Corporation Trust Under
Executive Benefit Plan(s) (the "Trust Agreement") is made this 17th day of
December, 2003, by and between BellSouth Corporation, a Georgia
corporation ("Company"), and The Northern Trust Company, an Illinois corporation
of Chicago, Illinois ("Trustee"):

         WHEREAS, Company and Bankers Trust Company, a New York Corporation
("Bankers Trust"), first executed the Trust Agreement on May 23, 1996; and

         WHEREAS, Company on November 1, 2003, appointed Trustee as successor
trustee to Bankers Trust Company; and

         WHEREAS, Company and Trustee, effective November 1, 2003, executed a
First Amendment to the Trust Agreement; and

         WHEREAS, Company and Trustee now desire to amend further the Trust
Agreement, pursuant to Section 12 of the Trust Agreement;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the sections of the Trust Agreement set forth below are
amended as follows, but all other sections of the Trust Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect:

                                       1.

         Section 5(c) is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence therein,
and inserting at the end of Section 5(c) the following:

                  "Furthermore, in addition to such reservation of discretionary
                  authority, prior to a Change of Control, Company may appoint
                  one or more investment managers ("Investment Managers") to
                  manage all or a portion of the assets of the Trust. Company
                  shall notify Trustee of each appointment of an Investment
                  Manager (and of any subsequent changes in any such
                  appointment), in writing, and shall direct each Investment
                  Manager to certify to Trustee the names of all persons
                  authorized to act on its behalf. Trustee may continue to rely
                  upon such instruments until otherwise notified in writing by
                  Company or the Investment Manager, as the case may be. Trustee
                  may conclusively rely upon the determinations of and
                  directions

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                  from Company acting pursuant to the authority reserved in, or
                  an Investment Manager appointed pursuant to, subsection (c) of
                  this Section 5. All fees and expenses of an Investment Manager
                  shall be paid from the assets of the Trust unless paid by
                  Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
                  herein, following a Change of Control, Company may not reserve
                  discretionary authority or appoint an Investment Manager for
                  the management and control of any assets of the Trust and any
                  prior reservation or appointment then in effect shall be
                  nullified."

                                       2.

         Section 5(d) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:

                  "(d) Trustee shall follow the directions of Company or of an
                  Investment Manager regarding the investment and reinvestment
                  of Trust assets (or such portion thereof as may be under
                  management by Company or an Investment Manager pursuant to
                  subsection (c) of this Section 5), and shall be under no duty
                  or obligation to review or to question any direction of
                  Company pursuant to the authority reserved in, or of an
                  Investment Manager appointed pursuant to, subsection (c) of
                  this Section 5, or to review any investment to be acquired,
                  held or disposed of pursuant to such directions, or to make
                  recommendations with respect to the disposition or continued
                  retention of any such investment and Trustee shall have no
                  authority to take any action or to refrain from taking any
                  action with respect to any such assets unless and until it is
                  directed to do so by Company pursuant to authority reserved
                  in, or an Investment Manager appointed pursuant to, subsection
                  (c) of this Section 5. Notwithstanding anything to the
                  contrary in this Trust Agreement, Company shall indemnify
                  Trustee and hold it harmless from any liability or expense
                  (including reasonable attorneys' fees) resulting from acts or
                  omissions of Trustee taken in reliance on directions or the
                  absence of directions from Company pursuant to authority
                  reserved in, or an Investment Manager appointed pursuant to,
                  subsection (c) of this Section 5 or otherwise in connection
                  with Trustee's administration of the Trust consistent with
                  subsection (c) of Section 5."

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                                       3.

         Section 5(e) is hereby amended by substituting "Company pursuant to
authority reserved in subsection (c) of this Section 5" with "Company pursuant
to authority reserved in, or an Investment Manager appointed pursuant to,
subsection (c) of this Section 5" therein.

                                       4.

         Section 5(f) is hereby amended by substituting "Company acting pursuant
to authority reserved under subsection (c) of this Section 5" with "Company
acting pursuant to authority reserved in, or an Investment Manager appointed
pursuant to, subsection (c) of this Section 5" in the introductory language
preceding clause (1) of Section 5(f).

                                       5.

         Section 5(g) is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the
following:

         "Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall vote any proxies for
         such shares of Company Stock held pursuant to this Section 5(g) in its
         discretion."

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Company and Trustee have caused this Amendment to
be executed and their respective corporate seals to be affixed and attested by
their corporate officers on the day and year first written above.

                                 BELLSOUTH CORPORATION

                              By: /s/ Lynn Wentworth
                                 --------------------------------------------
                              Its: Chairman, Trust Asset Management Committee

ATTEST:

/s/ Marcy A. Bass
Its: Senior Corporate Counsel & Asst. Corporate Secretary

         (CORPORATE SEAL)

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         The undersigned, Marcy A, Bass, does hereby certify that he/she is the
duly elected, qualified and acting Assistant Corporate Secretary of BellSouth
Corporation ("Company") and further certifies that the person whose signature
appears above is a duly elected, qualified and acting officer of Company with
full power and authority to execute this Trust Amendment on behalf of Company
and to take such other actions and execute such other documents as may be
necessary to effectuate this Trust Amendment.

/s/ Marcy A. Bass
Senior Corporate Counsel and
Assistant Corporate Secretary
BellSouth Corporation

                                THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY

                                By: /s/ Anita L. Bender
                                Its: Vice President

ATTEST:

/s/ Robert F. Draths

Its:  Assistant Secretary

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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10s-3

                                FIRST AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                       BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                     TRUST UNDER EXECUTIVE BENEFIT PLAN(S)

         THIS AGREEMENT is made this 1st day of November, 2003 by and between
BellSouth Corporation ("BellSouth"), a Georgia corporation, BellSouth
Telecommunications, Inc., a Georgia corporation, wholly-owned by BellSouth
("Company") and The Northern Trust Company, an Illinois corporation of Chicago,
Illinois ("Trustee");

         WHEREAS, BellSouth, Company and Bankers Trust Company, a New York
corporation, ("Bankers Trust") executed the BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.
Trust Under Executive Benefit Plan(s) (the "Trust Agreement") dated the 23rd
day of May, 1996; and

         WHEREAS, BellSouth and Company desire to appoint The Northern Trust
Company as successor trustee to Bankers Trust pursuant to Section 11 of the
Trust Agreement; and

         WHEREAS, BellSouth, Company and Trustee desire to amend the Trust
Agreement pursuant to Section 12 of the Trust Agreement;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the sections of the Trust Agreement set forth below
are amended as follows, but all other sections of the Trust Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect.

                                       1.

         All references to Bankers Trust are hereby amended to refer to The
Northern Trust Company.

                                       2.

         Section 2(d)(4) is hereby amended by inserting "or the Independent
Fiduciary (as defined below) if appointed" between words "Following a Change of
Control, Trustee," and "in its sole discretion" at the beginning of the second
sentence. All subsequent references to the "Trustee" in Section 2(d)(4) are
hereby amended by substituting the word "Trustee" with the words "Trustee or
the Independent Fiduciary if appointed."

                                       3.

         Sections 2(d)(5),(6) and (7) are hereby amended by substituting
"Trustee" with "Trustee or the Independent Fiduciary if appointed" in the third
sentence of section 2(d)(5), the second sentence of section 2(d)(6), and the
first sentence of section 2(d)(7).

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                                       4.

         The following is hereby inserted at the end of section 3(b)(2):

              "Trustee may appoint an independent accounting, consulting or law
              firm to make any determination of solvency required by the
              Trustee under this Section 3. In such event Trustee may
              conclusively rely upon the determination by such firm and shall
              be responsible only for the prudent selection of such firm.
              Trustee shall require that such firm specifically acknowledge in
              its opinion or other determination that BellSouth, Company,
              participants, beneficiaries and creditors may rely on such
              opinion or other determination as third party beneficiaries."

                                       5.

         Section 5(f) is hereby amended by adding "or the Independent Fiduciary
if appointed" immediately after the words "provisions under this Trust
Agreement, Trustee" in the first sentence therein.

                                       6.

         Sections 5(h) and 5A are hereby amended by adding "or the Independent
Fiduciary if appointed" immediately after all references to "Trustee" therein.

                                       7.

         New sections 8(g) and 8(h) are hereby inserted immediately after
section 8(f) as follows:

         "(g) Following a Change in Control, Trustee may appoint an entity or a
         person as an independent fiduciary ("Independent Fiduciary") to act as
         fiduciary under the Plans and this agreement and to exercise such
         responsibilities of the Trustee set forth in sections 2(d)(4), (5),
         (6), and (7) and sections 5(f) and (h) and section 5A pursuant to a
         written agreement between such entity or person and the Trustee. The
         Independent Fiduciary shall certify to the Trustee the names of all
         persons authorized to act on its behalf. In such event, the Trustee
         may conclusively rely upon the determinations of and directions from
         the Independent Fiduciary and shall be responsible only for the
         prudent selection and retention of such entity or person to act as
         Independent Fiduciary hereunder. All fees and expenses of such
         Independent Fiduciary shall be paid from the assets of the Trust
         unless paid by BellSouth or the Company.

         (h) For purposes of Section 3, the phrase "actual knowledge of the
         Trustee" shall mean the actual knowledge of an officer or employee of
         the Corporate & Institutional Services trust administration segment of
         the Trustee and shall not include actual knowledge of personnel in the
         Corporate and Institutional Services banking segment or other separate
         segments of the Trustee."

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, BellSouth, Company and Trustee have caused this
Amendment to be executed and their respective corporate seals to be affixed and
attested by their respective corporate officers on the day and year first
written above.

                                     BELLSOUTH CORPORATION

                                     By:  /s/ Lynn  Wentworth

                                     Its:   Treasurer
ATTEST

/s/  Marcy A. Bass
Its: Senior Corporate Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary

     (CORPORATE SEAL)

         The undersigned, Marcy A. Bass, does hereby certify that he/she is the
duly elected, qualified and acting Assistant Corporate Secretary of BellSouth
Corporation ("BellSouth") and further certifies that the person whose signature
appears above is a duly elected, qualified and acting officer of BellSouth with
full power and authority to execute this Trust Amendment on behalf of BellSouth
and to take such other actions and execute such other documents as may be
necessary to effectuate this Trust Amendment.

/s/ Marcy A. Bass
Senior Corporate Counsel and
Assistant Corporate Secretary
BellSouth Corporation

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                              BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                              By: /s/ MARY JO PEED
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                              Its: Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

ATTEST
/s/ Joyce Clower Irvine
Its:  Assistant Secretary
         (CORPORATE SEAL)

The undersigned, Joyce Clower Irvine, does hereby certify that he/she is the
duly elected, qualified and acting Assistant Corporate Secretary of BellSouth
Telecommunications, Inc ("Company") and further certifies that the person whose
signature appears above is a duly elected, qualified and acting officer of the
Company with full power and authority to execute this Trust Amendment on behalf
of the Company and to take such other actions and execute such other documents
as may be necessary to effectuate this Trust Amendment.

/s/ Joyce Clower Irvine
Assistant Secretary
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.

                                   THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY

                                   By: /s/ ANITA L. BENDER
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Its: Vice President
ATTEST:

/s/ HELEN STIRK
-------------------------
Its:  Assistant Secretary

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