Cellular South and Over-The-Air Wireless Launch Download Dollars Pre-Paid Cards.Business Editors JACKSON, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2002 Growing Demand for Wireless Entertainment Services Creates Need for First in USA Pre-Paid Download Program Cellular South, a leading regional wireless provider and Over-The-Air Wireless, Inc., a leading developer of high-quality mobile entertainment and media technology have teamed to launch a first in the nation pre-paid card for wireless entertainment. The program, branded Download Dollars, enables Cellular South customers to purchase pre-paid cards at any of the company's 75 retail locations and use the cards to pay for downloadable ringtones, wireless games and images at the company's Web site, www.cellularsouth.com. "As cellular phones have become a part of today's lifestyle, many of our customers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. extended services along with ways to personalize or individualize in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. their phones," said Jana Long, Cellular South director of marketing. "Cellular South's subscribers are now able to access games and images as well as personalize their phones with ringtones from popular performers such as the Beatles, Smashmouth, Alycia Keys, Sugar Ray and many others." The Download Dollars prepaid program extends Over-The-Air's Advanced Content Delivery Platform (ACDP ACDP African Christian Democratic Party (South Africa) ACDP Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens ACDP Accelerated Compensation for Developmental Positions (US DoD) ) technology. ACDP facilitates the distribution of content and services over any wireless network including TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). , CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. . "At Cellular South, we're always looking for new services to offer. Teaming with Over-The-Air-Wireless to be the first carrier in the U.S. to offer prepaid downloadable content cards is just another in a long line of forward-thinking services we make available to our customers," said Long. "We're continually looking for ways to help our carrier customers add value to their consumers with new products and services," said Rick Hennessey, 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. for Over-The-Air Wireless. "We're excited to be working with Cellular South to offer the Download Dollars program, it allows their customers an easy and unique way to access premium content to personalize their phones." About Over-The-Air Wireless, Inc. Over-The-Air-Wireless is a Seattle, Washington  This page is protected from moves until disputes have been resolved on the .The reason for its protection is listed on the protection policy page. company, providing licensed content, delivered through its proprietary application and platform system. Over-The-Air's technology enables the creation, cataloging and delivery of mobile entertainment content and media services to wireless carriers and other content delivery business. Over-The-Air has secured and manages licenses to all the latest music hits and graphics - providing one of the most comprehensive ringtone The audible sound made by a telephone to announce that a call is coming in. The traditional ringtone was in the 440-480 Hz range, but as cellphone usage grew, it became obvious that ringtone differentiation would become important. and graphic catalogues available in the world. General information about Over-The-Air-Wireless is available at www.otawireless.com. About Cellular South Cellular South, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is a leading regional provider utilizing several wireless technologies and licensed to provide wireless service in five southeastern states - Alabama, Arkansas, the Florida Panhandle, Mississippi and Southwest Tennessee - totaling a population of more than five million. Cellular South is dedicated to making this area the best place to own and use a wireless phone. For more information, contact Cellular South at 1-877-CSOUTH1 or visit cellularsouth.com. |
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