ALLTEL adds picture messaging to Axcess wireless data services.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2003 ALLTEL (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AT) is adding Axcess Picture Messaging picture messaging n → (envío de) mensajes mpl con imágenes picture messaging picture n → picture messaging m, messagerie f to its digital wireless data services, allowing customers to take, send and receive color photos with voice and text messages. "Axcess Picture Messaging delivers the latest high-quality wireless sight and sound features to our customers at an attractive price," said Philip Junker, ALLTEL's executive vice president of marketing. "Sharing a special moment while you're in the moment is as easy as making a call, and the phone and service make an excellent holiday gift choice." ALLTEL Axcess Picture Messaging allows customers to snap a color photo, type a text message, add sound and then send that message to any e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address or to another ALLTEL Axcess Picture Messaging phone. Customers also can upload See download. upload - /uhp'lohd/ To transfer programs or data over a digital communications link from a smaller or peripheral "client" system to a larger or central "host" one. Opposite: download. to "My Media," an online album where they can manage their photos. In addition, customers can send photos to other ALLTEL wireless customers, who will receive a text message with a Web site address where they can view the photo online. Other features include customizing caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party. with a photo, so when a family member, friend or business associate calls, their photo is displayed on screen; using photos as wallpaper wallpaper was used in Europe in the 16th and 17th cent. as an inexpensive substitute for costly hangings. The French developed marbled papers, introduced from the East via Italy and used at first for box coverings, into larger sheets for wall coverings and also made for phone screen display; and storing up to 20 photos in the phone. ALLTEL's Axcess Picture Messaging service - available at 600 ALLTEL retail sales outlets - is free for the first month and then $3.95 per month. Customers can enjoy unlimited picture messaging until July 2004. Thereafter, customers can send or receive up to 30 picture messages per month. Additional picture messages can be sent or received for 25 cents per message. The service utilizes the LG LX5450 camera phone, which is priced at $99.95 with a two-year service contract and $149.95 with a one-year agreement. For more information on Axcess Picture Messaging and other ALLTEL Axcess Data Services call 1-800-ALLTEL-9. ALLTEL is a customer-focused communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. with more than 12 million customers and nearly $8 billion in annual revenues. ALLTEL provides wireless, local telephone, long-distance, Internet and high-speed data services to residential and business customers in 26 states. ALLTEL, NYSE: AT www.alltel.com |
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