AT&T INTRODUCES FIRST STAND-ALONE TELEPHONE ANSWERING SYSTEM FOR CORDLESS PHONES.PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1994--AT&T today introduced a stand-alone telephone answering system that allows access from a cordless telephone A cordless telephone or portable telephone is a telephone with a wireless handset which communicates via radio waves with a base station connected to a fixed telephone line (POTS) and can only be operated near (typically within 100 meters or 328 ft from) its base station . The AT&T Digital Answering System 1756 uses a new capability -- cordless cord·less adj. Having no cord, usually using batteries as a source of power: a cordless telephone. cord remote technology -- to provide many of the features that were previously available only in an integrated answering system/cordless telephone. From the cordless handset The part of the telephone that contains the speaker and the microphone. On a desktop phone, the part you hold in your hand is the handset. On a cellphone, the entire phone is the handset. See multihandset cordless and headset. , the user can privately retrieve messages, delete To remove an item of data from a file or to remove a file from the disk. See file wipe, trash and undelete. 1. (operating system) delete - (Or "erase") To make a file inaccessible. messages, screen incoming calls, intercept intercept in mathematical terms the points at which a curve cuts the two axes of a graph. calls, or monitor sounds in the room where the 1756 is located. The answering system also provides a time/day announcement and 13 minutes of recording time. "The AT&T Digital Answering System 1756 is meeting a real customer need that no one else in the industry has been able to meet," said Paul Reid Paul Reid may be:
Another important feature of the AT&T Digital Answering System 1756 is that it allows callers to leave messages in up to three different voice mailboxes. The unit also gives users privacy by allowing them to listen to messages and record announcements through the cordless handset. "The voice mailbox A simulated mailbox in the computer that holds e-mail messages. Mailboxes are stored on disk as a file of messages, a database of messages or as an individual file for each message. The standard mailboxes are usually In, Out, Trash and Junk (Spam). feature is useful for busy families, home offices, small businesses and anyone else with the need to handle multiple messages," said Reid. "The user is spared the annoyance of delivering messages to others in the household or saving existing messages on the tape until everyone picks them up." The AT&T Digital Answering System 1756 is available in AT&T Phone Centers for a price of $139.00. For more information, customers can call 1-800-222-3111. CONTACT: AT&T Consumer Products
Angela Cowan Ryan, 201/581-4451 (office)
201/895-4284 (home)
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AT&T Consumer Products
David Bikle, 201/581-3938 (office)
201/871-0104 (home)
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