Cellular One introduces unlimited night & weekend calling for digital customers for only $15 a month; Growing personal use of cellular, coupled with lower costs of digital, prompt generous evening and weekend calling option for digital network users.SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO South San Francisco, city (1990 pop. 54,312), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1908. South San Francisco has several industrial parks; its manufactures include medical supplies and equipment, foods, paint, paper products, consumer goods, and clothing. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 1995-- Cellular One today introduced an add-on A purchase of additional goods before payment is made for goods already purchased. An add-on may be covered by a clause in an installment payment contract that allows the seller to hold a security interest in the earlier goods until full payment is made on the later goods. option to its digital rate plans that allows its digital cellular customers to make unlimited calls during nights, weekends and holidays for a flat rate of only $15 per month. The "Unlimited Night and Weekend Calling" option applies to all calls originating from within the local calling area made during the "off-peak off-peak adj. Not in the period of most frequent or heaviest use: lower rates for telephone calls made during off-peak hours; travelers who take advantage of off-peak fares. " hours of 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., Monday Monday: see week. through Friday, weekends and most holidays.(a) This option will have significant benefits for both business and personal use of cellular, notes Cellular One President Sue Swenson. "People who use their phone during early morning or late evening commutes can realize considerable cost savings. "In addition, non-business use of cellular has mushroomed in the past year, so we created an option that would encourage personal use of cellular while eliminating the fear of being surprised with a big bill," said Swenson. "We know people feel more secure traveling with a cellular phone, or when family members have one. So with this option, parents can loan their phone to a teenager Teenager See also Adolescence. Ah, Wilderness! high-school senior has problems with girls and his father. [Am. Drama: O’Neill Ah, Wilderness! in Sobel, 15] Aldrich, Henry teenaged film character of the 1940s. [Am. who is going to the movies or out with friends during the weekend and still know the extra costs will be capped at $15 a month, no matter how many local calls are made." Cellular One is able to offer this option because of the lower cost of operating a digital network, which has the capacity to handle three times as many calls as the traditional analog network. "The Unlimited Night and Weekend Calling" option is another example of how we are able to pass along our cost efficiencies to our customers in the form of lower airtime air·time n. 1. The time during which a radio or television station is broadcasting. Also called airspace. 2. The time at which a radio or television program is broadcast. rates," said Swenson. Concurrent with the introduction of this option, existing analog customers who switch to digital and also sign up for the "Unlimited Night and Weekend Calling" addition by June 19 will be given both two free months of digital service and the "Night and Weekend" option. "The net benefit of this additional incentive is a direct savings of $100 and over 800 hours of free local calling," said Swenson. In addition, through a special "Digital Conversion Program" that will run through June 30, existing Cellular One analog customers whose monthly usage over a four-month period is 160 minutes or more will also be eligible for a service credit of $100 to $500, depending on their level of usage, for switching to either the Digital Flex A development system for Flash-based applications from Adobe. Introduced in 2004 as a J2EE application, Flex compiles ActionScript code and XML-based user interface descriptions (MXML) into binary Flash files (SWF files). plan or the Digital Corporate Management plan. "The service credit will help offset the extra cost of a digital phone, enabling more of our customers to enjoy the tremendous benefits of our exclusive digital network," said Swenson. Cellular One is the only company in the Bay Area offering digital cellular service. 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. : 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 , CA, and McCaw Cellular Communications, Kirkland, Wash. -0- Note a: Long distance charges apply to calls made outside Cellular One's local calling area (415, 510, 408, 707). CONTACT: Cellular One Heidi Noorany, 415/827-5675 or 253-0323 (pager) or Torme & Kenney Bill Bucy, 415/956-1791 |
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