Cellular One launches long distance service; customers to benefit from greater convenience and greater savings.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)--Aug. 29, 1996-- Cellular One 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 today announced that it is adding a new service to provide customers with greater savings and convenience -- its own cellular long distance service. As of tomorrow, customers can have the convenience of receiving all of their cellular charges, local air time and long distance on one bill from Cellular One. Additionally, customers can also save money as Cellular One's long distance rates will be 10 percent lower than AT&T's standard cellular long distance rates. "Customers have been telling us that they want Cellular One to provide both their local and long distance cellular service. Thanks to the changes brought about this year by the Telecommunications Reform Act, Cellular One can now provide what customers want," said Rich Weiss, product marketing manager for Cellular One. "In addition to the potential cost savings and the convenience of receiving all of their charges on one bill, customers can also have all of their billing questions answered through one Customer Care center. Customers want high quality, good value and convenience -- and we provide that now even better then before." Prior to the Telecommunications Act There are several laws named the Telecommunications Act
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. companies with affiliations to RBOCs were prohibited from offering their own long distance service. Cellular One in the Bay Area, a partnership of AirTouch Communications and AT&T Wireless Services, fell into that category. Cellular One customers were required to choose a separate long distance carrier and they received a completely separate bill for those charges. Both new and current customers can take advantage of Cellular One's long distance service. New customers will sign up for Cellular One long distance when they activate their service. Existing customers can select the new long distance service by contacting Cellular One's Customer Care department or sending in a response card that is being mailed to them. About Cellular One Cellular One is the leading cellular service provider and the exclusive provider of digital cellular service in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. 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 , and AT&T Wireless Services, Kirkland, Wash. Cellular One's Internet address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. is http://www.cellone-sf.com. CONTACT: Cellular One, South San Francisco Erin Eggleton, 415/827-5702 or 888/691-7195 (pager) or Torme & Kenney, San Francisco Steven Freemire, 415/956-1791 |
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