BellSouth Announces Plans For Public Communications Unit.Business Editors & Technology Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2001 BellSouth (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BLS See Bureau of Labor Statistics. ) today announced that in a continuing effort to focus on strategic business objectives, the company has made the decision to exit the payphone payphone Noun a coin-operated telephone payphone pay n → Münztelefon nt; (card phone) → Kartentelefon nt business. The company will begin transitioning out of the business immediately and will complete the transition by December 2002. BellSouth is notifying the public and payphone location providers nearly two years in advance to allow sufficient opportunity for the identification of other technologies, or the selection of an alternative provider from the scores of independent payphone providers in the southeast. "This decision will allow BellSouth to focus on its core broadband, Internet and digital network offerings, as well as domestic wireless data and voice business and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. ," said Charlie Coe, President of BellSouth Network Services. "BellSouth has carefully evaluated the market trends in the payphone business which indicate that our customers are opting for the new technology options we provide, including wireless telephones and interactive pagers," Coe continued. BellSouth has approximately 143,000 payphones in the southeastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The payphone industry experienced declines in payphone usage for a number of years, but since 1998 usage levels have decreased dramatically. In addition, the payphone industry has had to contend with decreases in the rates long distance carriers pay to payphone service providers for 800- number and other "dial-around" types of calls. About BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications services company headquartered in Atlanta, GA, serving more than 44 million customers in the United States and 16 other countries. Consistently recognized for customer satisfaction, BellSouth provides a full array of broadband data and e-commerce solutions to business customers, including Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. and other Internet services. In the residential market, BellSouth offers DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary high-speed Internet access, advanced voice features and other services. BellSouth also provides online and directory advertising services, including BellSouth(R) RealPages.com. |
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