Actiontec Announces Summer Getaway Promotion; New Call Waiting Modems from Actiontec Receiving Overwhelming Response.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 1999-- Celebrating the overwhelming response to the recent release of its groundbreaking Call Waiting Modems, Actiontec Electronics Actiontec Electronics, Inc. is a company headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, that designs and sells networking and broadband equipment. They are best known for the Actiontec MI424WR router that is given to Verizon customers. , Inc., a leading manufacturer of data communication products, announced today the Actiontec Summer Getaway Promotion. Contestants in the Summer Getaway Promotion are eligible to win great getaway biking prizes including a $14,500 value grand prize the 1999 BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. R 1200 C, the state-of-the-art in cruising motorcycles! Additional prizes are a Cannondale Full-Suspension Mountain Bicycle, with a $1500 retail value and a Bike E Recumbent Bicycle A recumbent bicycle is a bicycle which places the rider in a seated or supine position (rarely, in a prone position). Recumbents hold the world speed record for a bicycle and were banned from international racing in 1934. , valued at $1,100. "With their industry standard-setting performance, unique user-productivity features, and Linux support, the unique Call Waiting Modems have generated an unprecedented response," said Alex Hewko, VP of Channel Sales and Marketing for Actiontec. "The Summer Getaway Promotion is our way of sharing the excitement." Ensuring vital calls are not missed while users are surfing the Web or checking e-mail, the unique Call Waiting Modems, the 56K Internal PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Call Waiting Modem and the 56K External Call Waiting Modem, permit users to screen incoming telephone calls without interrupting their on-line connection. With such advanced features as voice mailbox, telephone answering machine, Internet phone (1) See IP phone and softphone. (2) (Internet Phone) The first VoIP telephone service in the U.S., introduced in early 1995 by VocalTec Communications Ltd., Fort Lee, NJ (www.vocaltec.com). Using a Windows softphone, calls could also be made to a regular phone. software, and background fax, the modems turn PC's into full-featured home office communications centers. Based on the Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group chip set, the modems deliver powerful advantages in performance, innovation and upward compatibility. For maximum versatility, the Call Waiting Modems include support for all of today's popular PC operating systems: DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, WindowsNT, and Linux, the widely-endorsed and fast growing challenger to the Microsoft Windows operating system. To enter the promotion, contestants must complete the Online Promotion Registration Form at http://www.actiontec.com between July 1, 1999 at 8:00AM (PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there ) and September 30, 1999 at 12:00PM (PST). Entries are limited to one per household and/or email address. Contestants must be eighteen or over to enter and win, and a legal resident of and currently living in the continental United States United States territory, including the adjacent territorial waters, located within North America between Canada and Mexico. Also called CONUS. excluding New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Florida, Alaska and Hawaii. Employees and their immediate families of Actiontec Electronics, Inc., its parent, affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. , advertising and sweepstakes agencies, the sponsors and prize donors are not eligible. Only one prize per household will be awarded. Winners will be announced on or about October 8, 1999. The Prizes Described as "a motorcycle which you simply cannot see enough of, yet still help you to keep your sights on the endlessness of it all," the grand prize R 1200 C BMW awakens emotions whilst at the same time complying in full with state-of-the-art standards in motorcycle technology. The first prize Cannondale Full Suspension Mountain bike features beefy beefy, beefyness 1. in dog conformation, used to describe overdevelopment of musculature in the hindquarters. 2. in cattle, used to designate the desirable physical conformation of a beef animal, but an undesirable character in dairy cattle. rims, a wide gear-range for a variety of terrain, powerful brakes, and handlebar-mounted shifters. The full suspension bike has shock absorbers Shock absorbers See: Circuit breakers at both wheels, providing extra comfort and helping control steering, braking and acceleration by keeping the tires in steady contact with the trail. The next step in the evolutionary cycle, the Bike E Recumbent Bicycle second prize offers a suspension system so plush that it filters out both the largest potholes and the smallest road vibrations. The bicycle provides an unparalleled ride, increasing rider comfort and control. About Actiontec Actiontec Electronics, Inc. is a significant global player in the data communications marketplace. The company's product line includes a complete line of Home Networking products, Mobile and Desktop Fax/Modems, and Ethernet cards, as well as Internal and External PC Card Read/Write Drives for SmartMedia, CompactFlash and ATA Flash PC Cards. Actiontec products have been recognized with a Best of Show award at Retail Xchange, the Editors Choice award from CNET's computer.com, and an Editors Choice award from Computer Retail Week. Actiontec products are available through national distribution and retail outlets, the Actiontec online store (at www.actiontec.com), as well as through private label and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and relationships. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, and maintains branch offices in Philadelphia, PA, Government Sales in Arlington, VA, and International Sales in Irvine, CA. For more information contact Actiontec by phone at 408-752-7700 or on the Web at http://www.actiontec.com. Actiontec and the Actiontec logo are trademarks of Actiontec Electronics, Inc. All other product names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion