AccessLine Technologies announces launch of commercial service in Tokyo; "One Number Service" debuts in Japan.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 1996--AccessLine Technologies announced today that AccessLine services are now commercially available to customers in Tokyo. AccessLine's premier One Person, One Number(R) service is being marketed in Tokyo under the name "One Number Service" through a joint venture established by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (日本電信電話株式会社 (NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform ), NTT DoCoMo (NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc., Japan) Founded in 1991, NTT DoCoMo is a spinoff of Japan's NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) which provides wireless services, including cellular, paging, satellite and maritime and in-flight telephone services. , and AccessLine. The availability of AccessLine services in Tokyo has met with a strong wave of interest -- thousands of customers have already called to reserve their "One Numbers" in anticipation of today's launch, and thousands more have made inquiry in response to promotions begun last week. The One Number Service joint venture now has 21 partners. In addition to the three founding partners, 16 others (including AT&T, France Telecom, and Hyosung Telecom) were announced in March, and today it was announced that Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. and International Digital Communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. Inc. have also joined the partnership. 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. Mark Louison, president of One Number Service Inc., "the launch of One Number Service marks a significant foray into Verb 1. foray into - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" raid encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my the `multimedia era,' and the joint venture provides a strong base to support the growing trend of personal communications." The service, available beginning today to customers in metropolitan Tokyo, will soon be available in other markets all across the country. "We are gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. that One Number Service is now available in Tokyo," said Gene Oates, director of software engineering for AccessLine in charge of the Tokyo installation. "This is AccessLine's biggest installation to date and a big day for all of us who have been involved in this project -- the system is performing beautifully." One Number Service is a service mark of One Number Service Inc. in Japan and of AccessLine Technologies Inc. in other countries of the world. CONTACT: AccessLine Technologies Inc. Kimberly Tassin, 206/654-1001 ktassin@accessline.com NOTE TO EDITORS: In the Internet/email address noted in this news release, there is an "at" symbol between ktassin and accessline.com. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. |
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