Cellular One Helps AT&T Pro-Am Guests Communicate; Company Prepares to Handle Approximately 150,000 Cellular Calls; Provides Wireless Point of Sale Credit Card Transactions.MONTEREY Monterey (mŏntərā`), city (1990 pop. 31,954), Monterey co., W Calif., a port on Monterey Bay; founded 1770, inc. 1850. It is a popular resort, the home of many artists and writers, and one of California's oldest cities. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 1996--Cellular One, the official wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. company to the AT&T Pebble Pebble - A polymorphic language. ["A Kernel Language for Abstract Data Types and Modules", R.M. Burstall & B. Lampson, in Semantics of Data Types, LNCS 173, Springer 1984]. Beach National Pro-Am Golf Tournament, has dramatically boosted its network capacity on the Monterey Peninsula The Monterey Peninsula in central California comprises the cities of Monterey, Carmel, Pacific Grove, some unincorporated area of Monterey County and the private community of Pebble Beach. to service the convergence of more than 120,000 people anticipated at this year's event. In addition to the enhanced network capacity, Cellular One is providing free phones, and voice and data service to the tournament staff. Cellular One has increased its system capacity in the area by 33% optimizing it to handle approximately 150,000 calls during the four day event. The tournament runs from February 1 to February 4. "For the sixth year in a row, we are primed and excited to help people stay in touch at the AT&T Pro-Am," said Steve Chandless, Cellular One general manager for the Monterey Peninsula. "Our enhanced network will easily handle the increased number of calls during the tournament, especially during the heaviest calling periods." The tremendous growth in wireless communications is definitely apparent at the AT&T Pro-Am. Spectators, as well as players, use their cellular phones to stay in touch with their offices and families, make dinner reservations, secure hotel accommodations and even check on flight times. The tournament staff relies on wireless communications to manage the thousands of details for the event including coordinating the logistics for the hundreds of golfers and celebrities, dispatching event staff to specific sites, responding to medical or security situations, and managing special hospitality functions. Additionally, the tournament staff will be using wireless data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. in the retail tents to conduct credit card transactions. The tents, which will be set up throughout the tournament golf courses, will not be equipped with traditional phone lines. Using the cellular network, the staff can wirelessly process customers' credit card numbers and conduct sales transactions. This option increases the flexibility for the tournament staff and enhances their ability to serve customers as they can establish the retail tents anywhere and not be tied to where phone lines are available. Cellular One is the leading cellular service provider and the exclusive provider of digital cellular service in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay . It is a partnership of two communications companies 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. : AT&T Wireless Services, Kirkland, Wash., and AirTouch Communications, 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 . CONTACT: Cellular One Erin Eggleton, 415/827-5702 1-800/592-5495 pager Steve Chandless, 408/647-6010 |
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