AirTouch Cellular Offers Pay-As-You Go Voice Mail to Oregon Customers.PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998--AirTouch Cellular customers in Oregon who don't currently subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; regular voice mail service now can enjoy the convenience and flexibility of receiving messages without any monthly fees. The new Message Delivery Service is automatically available to AirTouch customers in Oregon. Message Delivery Service provides a pay-as-you-go alternative to voice mail by charging customers only for messages they choose to hear. Instead of a monthly charge, Message Delivery charges customers a flat fee of 50 cents plus airtime for listening to all messages delivered. The easy-to-use system works on both analog and digital phones and requires no set up by the customer. When callers leave voice mail, the Message Delivery Service calls the AirTouch customer to tell them that messages are waiting and plays a recording of the callers' names. Customers then have the option to listen to any or all of the messages for a 50 cent fee or erase all of the messages and pay nothing. "Message Delivery puts the power of choice in our customers' hands," said Joe Dodson, vice president and general manager of the Northwest Area for AirTouch. "Customers now can have the confidence they won't miss any important calls yet the choice of paying only for those messages they want to hear." If for some reason customers don't want to take advantage of the Message Delivery Service, they can press (star symbol)770 SND SND standardized normal deviation. from their cellular phone to remove the feature. To reactive the service, customers simply press (star symbol)77 SND. AirTouch Communications is the largest wireless company in the world based on the total number of customers served by its ventures. AirTouch serves over 7 million 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. customers and operates in 22 of the top 30 U.S. markets, including 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 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 , 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. , Sacramento, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Seattle; Portland (Oregon), Denver, Phoenix and Minneapolis. |
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