AOL Members To Experience The Power Of The BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network.Business & Technology Editors WOODBRIDGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2000 AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Mobile Communicator(SM) Debuts Today on BellSouth Wireless See BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network. Data's Award Winning Nationwide Two-Way Wireless Data Network The BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network The name of the Mobitex network in the U.S. when BellSouth acquired all interest in RAM Mobile Data U.S. and formed BellSouth Wireless Data. See Mobitex. (SM) from BellSouth Wireless Data, a member of the Cingular Wireless family, is the first two-way wireless data network to host America Online's new AOL Mobile Communicator device. The new device, enabled for AOL's popular communications services, became commercially available today over the Intelligent Wireless Network. "We're pleased to welcome AOL to the roster of market makers who rely on the BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network to power their cutting edge wireless data services," said Donald Kovalevich, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BellSouth Wireless Data. "With the help of BellSouth Wireless Data, AOL is giving its members easy and convenient access to its popular AOL Mail and AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. (SM) services when they are away from their PCs so they can stay connected with friends and family." AOL members will be able to quickly and easily check their e-mail and exchange Instant Messages using their AOL Buddy List(R) via the BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network-enabled wireless handheld that features a full keyboard. AOL members will be able to use Mobile Communicator nationwide as BellSouth Wireless Data provides coverage in 492 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and non-MSAs throughout the U.S. The core of the BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network is based on an international standard for wireless data communications, which provides extensive and seamless coverage nationwide, high reliability, low latency, industry-leading battery saving protocols and other key features. The core of the Intelligent Wireless Network is the power behind BellSouth Wireless Data's industry-leading services under BellSouth(R) MyBiz(SM) Interactive, including Interactive Messaging PLUS, as well as such cutting edge solutions as the Palm VII(TM) connected organizer, Fidelity(R) InstantBroker(SM), and the BlackBerry(TM) wireless e-mail solution. About America Online, Inc. Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, VA., is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies, and e-commerce services. About BellSouth Wireless Data BellSouth Wireless Data, L.P., headquartered in Woodbridge, N.J., is an expert in providing proven wireless data communications solutions that eliminate the barriers between critical information and mobile users; it also provides telemetry telemetry Highly automated communications process by which data are collected from instruments located at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for measurement, monitoring, display, and recording. and transactions applications. BellSouth Wireless Data operates its wireless data service throughout the United States, covering more than 93 percent of the urban business population located in 492 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and non-MSAs with a total population of 200 million people. Recognized as the industry leader, the company was the recipient of several major awards during 1999 from such entities as Microsoft, PC Computing, Frost & Sullivan, Wireless Week and Mobile Insights. E-mail: Bellsouthwd.info@bellsouthwd.com. Web site address: www.bellsouthwd.com. BellSouth Wireless Data is a member of the Cingular Wireless family. Cingular Wireless, a joint venture between SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : SBC) and BellSouth (NYSE: BLS See Bureau of Labor Statistics. ), provides wireless voice and data service to more than 19 million customers in 38 states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and two U.S. territories. SBC and BellSouth share control of Cingular Wireless. Cingular operates in 42 of the top 50 markets in the United States. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion