Alltel Offers Weather Radar, Forecasts from The Weather Channel.LITTLE ROCK, Ark. & ATLANTA -- Alltel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AT) and The Weather Channel Interactive are now offering customers radar, forecasts and severe weather information on their wireless phones. Alltel customers can now access The Weather Channel's comprehensive weather data, including current conditions and forecasts for more than 98,000 locations, with 44,000 radar maps covering the U.S. mainland, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , Alaska and Hawaii. Customers can enter a zip code zip code System of postal-zone codes (zip stands for “zone improvement plan”) introduced in the U.S. in 1963 to improve mail delivery and exploit electronic reading and sorting capabilities. or city name to view animated maps that offer the ability to pan and zoom To change from a distant view to a more close-up view (zoom in) and vice versa (zoom out). An application may provide fixed or variable levels of zoom. A display adapter may also have built-in zoom capability. into specific areas. There is also an option to save a favorite destination. "Weather is the most downloaded topic in the news and information category of Alltel's Axcess wireless data services, and we are delighted to make The Weather Channel available to customers," said Wade McGill, vice president of product marketing for Alltel. The service is available from Alltel on a variety of handsets for $4.25 per month. Customers can visit Alltel's Axcess Shop on their wireless phones to download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. the service. "For The Weather Channel, mobile is an ideal environment for bringing trusted information to consumers, including helping them to make travel plans, choosing between a movie or a ballgame, or checking weather conditions that affect their family," said Louis Gump, vice president for Mobile at The Weather Channel. "With Alltel's application, consumers have total control over what information they want to receive, and how often they want to receive it." About The Weather Channel Interactive weather.com, a product of The Weather Channel Interactive and the Web site of The Weather Channel, is the ultimate source of weather on the Web. The site helps users plan their lives by delivering timely current conditions, expert forecasts and relevant lifestyle content for 98,000 locations worldwide. weather.com reaches more than 25 million unique users each month and is the most popular source of online weather, news and information. Its content is currently ranked the 10th most popular 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. Nielsen/NetRatings. The Weather Channel Interactive is the leading provider of broadband and wireless weather products and also provides consumers with unique and customizable products such as Desktop Weather by The Weather Channel and Notify! by The Weather Channel, a personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. weather alert service. About Alltel Alltel is a customer-focused communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. with more than 13 million customers in 27 states and $8 billion in annual revenues. Alltel, NYSE: AT www.alltel.com |
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