AT&T Wireless Services eliminates roaming charges in Florida for digital customers.WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 1996--AT&T Wireless Services has announced the elimination of "roaming The ability to use a communications device such as a cellphone or PDA and be able to move from one cell or access point to another without losing the connection. " charges for all digital cellular customers in the state of Florida effective Monday. With the new "Florida Calling" service enhancement, roaming charges (the additional fees or higher airtime air·time n. 1. The time during which a radio or television station is broadcasting. Also called airspace. 2. The time at which a radio or television program is broadcast. rates incurred by customers who make cellular calls from outside their home calling area) will be a thing of the past for digital customers. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Bill Oberlink, AT&T Wireless Services Southeast Regional President, "This is another step in an ongoing process to offer digital customers advanced, cost-effective technologies." "Florida Calling" will be available to AT&T Wireless Services digital customers and new digital subscribers on currently offered rate plans. Customers on older rate plans can be upgraded to new rate plans to receive the service by calling 1-800-822-3551. "We anticipate that the new `Florida Calling' program can save our customers between 30 to 70 percent on their current roaming charges -- this is a real advantage for our customers on the go," said Oberlink. "These are permanent savings. This is not a short-term promotion, but a long-term rate restructure." Customers who take advantage of "Florida Calling" will be charged their regular home calling "peak" or "off peak" rate as long as the call is made or received from within the state of Florida. For instance, an Orlando customer will no longer be charged additional roaming charges for calls made from Miami or Tampa. In addition to "Florida Calling," digital customers also have access to advanced technologies such as Caller Caller may refer to one of the following:
a state of being more than usually active. In biological systems this is usually brought about by chemical or electrical means. Commonly said of pharmaceutical and chemical products. dialing, voice mail and message waiting indicator Message Waiting Indicator (MWI) in telephony, is a Bellcore term for an FSK-based telephone calling feature that illuminates an LED on select telephones to notify a telephone user of waiting voicemail messages on most North American public telephone networks and PBXs. . AT&T Wireless Services Inc., is the nation's largest provider of cellular service offering wireless voice and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. . The company has nearly five million cellular customers and licenses to eventually cover 80 percent of the U.S. The company is the nation's fifth largest messaging service provider and world class leader in air-to-ground communications service. CONTACT: AT&T Wireless Services, West Palm Beach Noel Perkins, 407/865-8998 or 407/353-0222 |
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