Cincinnati Bell to Launch pix2pc Service.Images Will Be Saved Automatically to Consumer's PC and Favorite Web Destinations with New, Innovative Service from Ontela SEATTLE -- Cincinnati Bell Cincinnati Bell is the dominant telephone company for Cincinnati, Ohio and its nearby suburbs in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The parent company is named Cincinnati Bell Inc. Wireless, a division of Cincinnati Bell Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CBB CBB Celebrity Big Brother CBB College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven (Dutch) CBB Cattlemen's Beef Board CBB Coalition for Buzzards Bay CBB Could Be Better (visual effects) CBB Can't Be Bothered ) and the leading wireless carrier serving Greater Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. , announced today a new service called pix2pc that allows customers to save camera phone pictures to PCs and favorite web destinations quickly and easily. The pix2pc service, powered by Ontela, automatically saves every picture that customers take to their favorite destinations with no wires or connections required. Cincinnati Bell will be the first GSM wireless carrier to offer pix2pc, and will be launching the service immediately. "Camera phones have gained tremendous popularity and as the quality improves customers need an easier, simpler way to save, print and share their photos," said Tim Bracken bracken or brake, common name for a tall fern (Pteridium aquilinum) with large triangular fronds, widespread throughout the world, often as a weed. , director of consumer data for Cincinnati Bell. "With pix2pc, when someone takes a picture with their camera phone it is sent directly to their personal computer and e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address . As a result, the images can be safely stored and used just like images taken with a digital camera." Cincinnati Bell partnered with Ontela after recognizing a growing challenge for camera phone users. In a recent national study, 41 percent of those surveyed said they would actually consider changing wireless carriers in order to get an automatic image saving service on their phones. "Consumers have been clamoring for a way to get pictures off their phones, and with pix2pc, Cincinnati Bell is providing a solution that is so easy anyone can use it," said Dan Shapiro, 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 Ontela. "This means that everyone, even people who don't consider themselves tech-savvy, can use the service." Pix2pc is available on Nokia devices at $2.99 per month for unlimited picture transfer. About Cincinnati Bell With headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio “Cincinnati” redirects here. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation). Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. , Cincinnati Bell (NYSE:CBB) provides integrated communications solutions -- including local, long distance, data, Internet, and wireless services -- that help keep residential and business customers connected with each other and with the world. In addition, businesses ranging in size from start-up companies to large enterprises turn to Cincinnati Bell for efficient, scalable office communications systems as well as complex information technology solutions including data center and managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality . Cincinnati Bell conducts its operations through three business segments: Wireline, Wireless, and Technology Solutions. For more information, visit www.cincinnatibell.com. About Ontela Ontela provides technology infrastructure to wireless carriers that allows consumers to unlock the photos in their camera phones. Founded by veterans from Microsoft, Real Networks and Expedia in 2005, Ontela is an innovator in mobile imaging headquartered in Seattle, WA. The company's patent-pending PicDeck[TM] platform moves images automatically from camera phones to PCs, online albums and imaging services with just a shutter click. |
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