AirTouch Cellular Introduces Advanced Digital Service in Southern Idaho.BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 1998--Wireless customers throughout southern Idaho Southern Idaho is a generic geographical term roughly analogous with the areas of the U.S. state of Idaho located in the Mountain Time Zone. It particularly refers to the combined areas of the Boise metropolitan area, the Magic Valley and Eastern Idaho. now have access to the most advanced digital service and time-saving features made possible by Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. ) technology. Never before available in Boise, this advanced technology is only offered through AirTouch Cellular. Marketed under the brand name AirTouch Digital, AirTouch's fully-digital 13 kilobit (thousand bits). For technical specifications, it refers to 1,024 bits. In general usage, it typically refers to an even one thousand bits (see kilo). Also Kb, Kbit and K-bit. See space/time. (unit) kilobit - 2^10 = 1024 bits of storage (1 Kb). Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) service is available from Eagle to Kuna ku·na n. pl. kuna See Table at currency. [Serbo-Croatian, marten, kuna (from the earlier use of marten skins for payment).] and from Caldwell to the Micron Technology Micron Technology ("Micron") NYSE: MU is a multinational company based in Boise, Idaho, USA, best known for producing many forms of semiconductor devices. This includes DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, and CMOS image sensing chips. Plant. "Although other digital wireless services are sold in the Boise area, only AirTouch service is based on the most advanced digital technology available today," said John Griffith John Griffith may refer to:
"We also have put the technology to work for customers in the form of time-saving features that give users the power of a pager, answering machine, Caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party. box and cellular phone in one small package," Griffith said. The new AirTouch Digital services -- available only to AirTouch Cellular subscribers in Boise -- include text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. , voice mail with notification, paging and Caller ID. "The service that's brought the most excitement in markets where AirTouch Digital currently is available is e-mail and Internet messaging," said Griffith. "The feature allows callers to send messages up to 120 characters in length to an AirTouch Digital user via e-mail and the World Wide Web." AirTouch Digital phones operate in both the digital and analog mode, giving customers the ability to use their digital cellular phones throughout most of the country. "With millions of customers on the existing cellular network, high-quality analog service will continue to be the backbone of the wireless industry," said Griffith. "With AirTouch Digital, customers can enjoy the best of both worlds: The most advanced digital service available with high-quality analog included so they can use their AirTouch digital phones in more than 5,500 cities nationwide." In order to enjoy the benefits of CDMA and AirTouch Digital features, customers will need to use dual-mode CDMA/analog phones available to AirTouch Cellular customers from Qualcomm, Audiovox and Nokia. "AirTouch is the largest wireless carrier in the world," Griffith said. "With that kind of experience and expertise backing AirTouch Digital, it promises to deliver unmatched quality and value to customers." AirTouch Communications, based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , is the largest independent wireless company in the world with 31.5 million total global customers. AirTouch has U.S. cellular U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM) is a super-regional cellular telephone provider, serving 5.8 million customers in 189 markets in 26 U.S. states. The company was created in 1983 as a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Since April 2000, John E. operations in 19 states, including 15 of the top 30 U.S. markets: Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. ; San Francisco; San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. ; Atlanta; Detroit; Cleveland; San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. and Sacramento, Calif.; Cincinnati; Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo.; Seattle; Portland, Ore.; Denver, Phoenix, and Minneapolis. AirTouch Digital Features -- Text Messaging: This service allows customers to receive written messages on the display screen of their cellular phones. Messages can be up to 120 characters in length, and callers now can send custom messages to an AirTouch Digital user via e-mail and the World Wide Web. In addition callers can use a dial-up connection with a PC and modem or an AirTouch cellular operator who will take a verbal message and relay it as a text message to the cellular phone. If a phone number is included in the text message, the customer can simply push the SEND button to be immediately connected. -- Voice Mail with Notification: This fully-featured voice mail system alerts a customer -- with a flashing icon on the screen of the phone and five short beeps -- that a voice mail message has been received. With a push of a button, the user is automatically connected to voice mail and can retrieve the message. The screen of the phone constantly updates customers on the number of messages received, the date and time received, and whether they have been marked urgent. -- Call-Back Number: When a cellular customer's phone is busy, turned off or out of the service area, callers can use this feature to send a page and call-back number. Just like a pager, the phone stores the caller's number, allowing the cellular customer to return the call by simply pressing the SEND key. -- Caller ID: The number of the calling party will be displayed on the screen of the AirTouch Digital phone. If the number is stored in the phone's memory, the name of the individual also will be displayed. CONTACT: AirTouch Cellular Patti Finley, 425/603-7503 |
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