AirTouch Cellular introduces Prepaid Cellular Service; Pay as you go service doesn't require credit check or monthly contract.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 1997--AirTouch Cellular today launched Prepaid pre·pay tr.v. pre·paid, pre·pay·ing, pre·pays To pay or pay for beforehand. pre·pay  ment n. Cellular Service, a pay as you go option that
allows customers who have been denied cellular service due to past
credit, customers who want a defined monthly spending limit or customers
who simply want seasonal or temporary service to have access to cellular
for the first time.
"As the largest wireless company in Minnesota Minnesota, state, United States Minnesota (mĭn'ĭsō`tə), upper midwestern state of the United States. It is bordered by Lake Superior and Wisconsin (E), Iowa (S), South Dakota and North Dakota (W), and the Canadian provinces , AirTouch AirTouch Communications was a U.S.-based wireless service provider that was created when PacTel Cellular was spun off from Pacific Telesis on April 1, 1994, forming both AirTouch Cellular and AirTouch Paging. Cellular enjoyed a 40 percent growth rate last year. But we still turned away 30 percent of potential customers because of their credit history, their need for temporary service or their desire to control cellular costs," said LeAnn Talbot, vice president and area general manager for AirTouch Cellular in the Midwest. "Prepaid Cellular service doesn't require a credit check and there's no annual contract. Customers can establish service for a day, a month or a year. By pre-purchasing a fixed amount of service parents finally can provide the safety and security of cellular to their children without worrying about uncontrolled charges," Talbot said. To take advantage of Prepaid Cellular service, customers with their own cellular phones simply purchase a $30 AirTouch Prepaid Cellular calling card which is good for up to 30 days. To establish a Prepaid account, customers pay a one-time fee of $40 and must activate each card before use. Cards can be purchased from a local AirTouch Cellular retail partner in the Twin Cities including Small World, Priority One, Auto Sound Electronics, Mobile Phone Co., Mobile Express, Metro Wireless, Mobile Cellular Unlimited, Security Store and Crystal Connections. An automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. greeting Greeting is a way for humans[1] to intentionally communicate awareness of each other's presence, to show attention to, and/or to affirm or suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with notifies customers of the minutes remaining on their prepaid accounts prior to connecting calls. In addition, customers can check the status of their prepaid accounts by staying on the line for 10-15 seconds after a call has ended and a voice response unit updates them on account balance and days remaining before the balance expires. A recording alerts customers when they are approaching their monthly spending limit. Once the prepaid balance has been used, customers have 30 days to activate a new card. Prepaid Cellular calling cards will be billed 85 cents per minute for local calls, $1.20 per minute for long distance and $1.95 per minute when 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. outside a customer's home zone area. In the Twin Cities the home zone includes the entire Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area This article is about the music production team. For the article about population centers, see metropolitan area. Metro Area are a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. . "Prepaid Cellular is another example of AirTouch's continuing effort to offer customers easy to use services that simplify their lives and help them stay in touch," Talbot said. AirTouch Cellular is the brand name for U S WEST NewVector Group Inc. Based in Bellevue, Wash., NewVector has cellular operations in 12 Midwestern, Western and Southwestern states and serves more than 2 million customers. The company is part of the U S WEST Media Group (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UMG UMG Universal Music Group UMG Universidad Mariano Gálvez de Guatemala (Mariano Galvez University of Guatemala) UMG Upgraded Metallurgical Grade (silicon) UMG Unlicensed Medical Graduate ), which is involved in domestic and international cable and wireless networks, directory publishing and interactive multimedia services. CONTACT: AirTouch Cellular Lisa Bowersock, 425/603-7427 |
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