BellSouth Wireless Data to Enable Services From BellSouth MyBiz Interactive On RIM 957 Wireless Handheld.Business/Technology Editors WOODBRIDGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2000 Customers to Have Even More Device Choices with Access to Interactive Messaging PLUS, E-Mail, Other Applications on Critically Acclaimed Handheld The popular RIM 957 Wireless Handheld(TM) will join the ranks of devices that are enabled for BellSouth Wireless See BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network. Data's powerful cutting edge services under BellSouth(R) MyBiz Interactive(SM) beginning in December. The critically acclaimed RIM 957 Wireless Handheld(TM) from Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) See RDRAM. See also RIM. ) is a palm-sized device on which creating and retrieving information is amazingly simple using the optimized keyboard, thumb-operated trackwheel, large, easy-to-read backlit An LCD screen that has its own light source from the back of the screen, making the background brighter and characters appear sharper. screen and intuitive menu-driven interface. Customers of BellSouth Wireless Data, a member of the Cingular Wireless family, will use the RIM 957(TM) to access services under BellSouth MyBiz Interactive such as Interactive Messaging PLUS, news and lifestyle content, business applications and Corporate E-mail PLUS, which is a combination of Interactive Messaging PLUS and the BlackBerry(TM) wireless e-mail solution for Microsoft(R) Exchange environments. Enterprises will be able to choose between the RIM 957 and the RIM 950 Wireless Handheld(TM). "BellSouth Wireless Data's strategy is to ensure that the marketplace has a number of devices to choose from that are enabled by the BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network The name of the Mobitex network in the U.S. when BellSouth acquired all interest in RAM Mobile Data U.S. and formed BellSouth Wireless Data. See Mobitex. (SM), which is the power behind BellSouth MyBiz Interactive," said Donald Kovalevich, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BellSouth Wireless Data. "The RIM 957 is a part of that strategy representing yet another of the most popular wireless data devices available today, including the RIM 950 and Palm VII(TM) connected organizer, that are backed by the BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network." The core of the BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network is based on an international standard for wireless data communications, which provides extensive and seamless coverage nationwide, high reliability, low latency, industry-leading battery saving protocols and other key features. BellSouth MyBiz Interactive offers businesses and individuals the capability to customize their mobile world by selecting different combinations of wireless services for communications, accessing information, performing e-commerce and other applications, all on a single wireless handheld. BellSouth Wireless Data, L.P., headquartered in Woodbridge, N.J., is an expert in providing proven wireless data communications solutions that eliminate the barriers between critical information and mobile users; it also provides telemetry telemetry Highly automated communications process by which data are collected from instruments located at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for measurement, monitoring, display, and recording. and transactions applications. BellSouth Wireless Data operates its wireless data service throughout the United States, covering more than 93 percent of the urban business population located in 492 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and non-MSAs with a total population of 200 million people. Recognized as the industry leader, the company has been the recipient of several major awards from such entities as Microsoft, PC Computing, Frost & Sullivan, Wireless Week and Mobile Insights. E-mail: Bellsouthwd.info@bellsouthwd.com. Web site address: www.bellsouthwd.com. BellSouth Wireless Data is a member of the Cingular Wireless family. Cingular Wireless, a joint venture between SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SBC) and BellSouth (NYSE:BLS See Bureau of Labor Statistics. ), provides wireless voice and data service to more than 19 million customers in 38 states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and two U.S. territories. SBC and BellSouth share control of Cingular Wireless. Cingular operates in 42 of the top 50 markets in the United States. Research In Motion, RIM, The RIM Wireless Handheld family of marks and BlackBerry are trademarks or registered trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. |
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