Clearly Connecting the Virtual Office: First Offerings in Sprint's Full Suite of Superior Wireless Business Solutions Available in Northeast Ohio.CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1999-- Nation's Fastest Growing Wireless Carrier Takes Aggressive Aim At Northeast “Northeastern” redirects here. For the Boston college, see Northeastern University, Boston. Northeast or north east is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. It is the opposite of southwest. See boxing the compass. Ohio Business Market With The Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. Clear Wireless Workplace Sprint today announced an aggressive push further into the Northeast Ohio business sector with the introduction of The Sprint PCS Clear Wireless Workplace, a new suite of simple wireless solutions for large, medium and small businesses. The first wave of offerings introduced within the new suite feature local PCS-to-PCS calling minutes, off-network calling minutes and text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. services. To facilitate clear, cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. communications for mobile workgroups See workgroup, workgroup-based network and Windows for Workgroups. in the Northeast Ohio area, the Team Option includes 600 local PCS-to-PCS calling minutes and 500 text messages per month. The Travel Option includes a bundle To sell hardware and software as a combined product or to combine several software packages for sale as a single unit. Contrast with unbundle. See bundled software and bundling. of off-network calling minutes (60 to 200 minutes based on monthly plan selection) and 500 text messages. The Team and Travel Options are available to Sprint PCS business customers and may be added to any Sprint PCS Free & Clear Plan for Business $49.99 and up for just $19.99 per month. The Sprint PCS Free & Clear Plans offer customers a single rate, anytime, anywhere on the extensive all-digital Sprint PCS nationwide wireless network and include free long distance calling. "We have delivered the clarity Clarity is the property of being clear or transparent. Clarity can refer to one's ability to clearly visualize an object or concept, as in thought, understanding, and the "mind's eye", as well as the traditional notion of visual perception, that is, with the , coverage and value of Sprint PCS service to every major metropolitan area and established our position as the nation's fastest growing wireless carrier. Now, we're we're Contraction of we are. we're we are taking the momentum and success we've we've Contraction of we have. we've have generated in the market further into the business segment," said Claire n. 1. A small inclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters. List, Northeast Ohio district director of Sprint PCS. "Sprint PCS was the first wireless carrier to introduce simple, nationwide pricing plans featuring a single rate, anytime, anywhere on the extensive all-digital Sprint PCS nationwide network. The Sprint PCS Free & Clear Plans also offer free long distance -- an added benefit that's helping companies manage communications costs. With the new Team and Travel Options, we're enhancing our offer to businesses by providing flexible, value-packed solutions for enhanced growth, productivity and cost control." "The trend toward increased mobility and the use of wireless phones means that 'out of the office' is no longer a drain One side of a field effect transistor. When the gate is pulsed, current flows from the source to the drain, or vice versa depending on the design. See collector. (jargon) drain on communications or productivity," said Jay Highley Highley is a large village in Shropshire, England, on the west bank of the River Severn and on the B4555 road. It forms part of Bridgnorth District. The Royal Mail postcode begins WV15 or WV16. , Sprint PCS vice president, Business Customer Business Unit. "Sprint PCS' clear products and services -- like our Team and Travel Options -- ensure companies can better manage the realities of the virtual office today -- anytime, anywhere, in any situation." Highley added that the Team and Travel Options are just the first of many solutions Sprint PCS will be offering to business customers. "Future offerings in the Sprint PCS virtual office suite will include nationwide two-way 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. allowing businesses to connect to their networks, email and the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the using their Sprint PCS phones to access stock prices, news articles and other electronic information," said Highley. Business customers in Northeast Ohio can subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; the Team and Travel Options by contacting their local Business Sales Representative, National Account Representative, or by calling Sprint PCS Business Customer Care at 888/788-4727. Sprint PCS operates the largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and communities across the country. Sprint PCS has licensed PCS coverage of nearly 270 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information, visit the Sprint PCS web site at http://www.sprintpcs.com. Sprint PCS is a wholly-owned tracking group of Sprint Corporation trading on the NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PCS." Sprint is a global communications company 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 the forefront in integrating long distance, local and 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. services and one of the world's largest carriers of Internet traffic Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks. . Sprint built and operates the United States' only nationwide all-digital, fiber optic optic /op·tic/ (op´tik) ocular (1). op·tic or op·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to the eye or vision. 2. network and is a leader in advanced data communications services. Sprint has $17 billion in annual revenues and serves more than 17 million business and residential customers. -0-
The Sprint PCS Team and Travel Options
Sprint PCS $19.99 Travel Option $19.99 Travel Option
Free & Clear Plan
for Business
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$ 69.99 600 100 500 600 500
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$149.99 1500 180 500 600 500
a)$169.98
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a)Total MRC of Free & Clear Plan plus ONE $19.99 add-on option
(either Team or Travel)
Businesses Stay Wired by Going Wireless -- Facts and Stats -0-
"Corporate Buying of Wireless Services and Equipment," Cahners
In-Stat Group, August 1998
-- Research by leading industry analysts supports Sprint PCS'
aggressive stance in the business market. Cahners In-Stat Group
predicts that while one in four employees use wireless phones for
business purposes today, that figure will grow to one in three by
the year 2000. Additionally, the group predicts wireless budgets
for businesses are expected to increase 50 percent by the year
2002, signaling new opportunities within those segments.
-- "Historically, wireless phones were intended for the corporate
elite, particularly executives. Companies now understand that
wireless phones are valuable tools that allow employees to stay
in touch with other employees, customers, and suppliers."
"HAL gets real: Computing trends in the new Millennium," Cahners
In-Stat Group, Press Release, April 13, 1999
-- "'Out of the office' is no longer an excuse. Can't be reached
because you're out of the office? Forget about it. The trend
towards increased mobility will continue among families and
businesses, driving the demand for portability and instant access
to information."
"A Wireless Revolution: Medium and Large Market Wireless
Opportunities," Cahners In-Stat Group December 2, 1998
-- By 2002, medium and large firms (those with 100+ employees) will
spend over $127 billion on wireless equipment and services, up
from roughly $54 billion in 1998. Both strong growth in wireless
communications usage and growing wireless budgets are leading to
increasing wireless opportunities within these segments.
"Mobile User Survey Series -- Looking for the Next Generation of
Wireless User," The Yankee Group, November 1998
-- Nearly 50 percent of Mobile Users -- people who have adopted
mobile technologies (such as a wireless phone or hand-held
computing device) -- cite a home office as their secondary
workspace, while more than 35 percent of Business Travelers
describe a "mobile office," (such as a hotel room or time on the
road) as their secondary workspace.
-- Hours Spent at the Secondary Work Place -- Continuing on the
trend from previous years, workers who have a secondary
workplace spend an average of 15 hours per week at their
secondary workplace. The total average of hours worked per
week is 45, including people who do or do not have a
secondary workplace.
-- Secondary Office Environment -- 41.9 percent of Mobile Users
have a home office as their secondary workspace, and
35.5 percent of Business Travelers describe a "mobile
office" (e.g., hotel room, or time on the road) as their
secondary workspace. Their computing and communications
needs will be met primarily by mobile devices.
-- Commuting/Business Travel -- With the increased mobility
offered by new technologies, business travel is becoming
more accessible because travelers can stay "in touch" with
co-workers back at their primary workspace, thus being more
productive and efficient.
-- Seventy-four percent of Business Travelers spend over 15 days per
month traveling (on average, 16 days per month on the road), and
44% of their trips do not involve an overnight stay. Business
Travelers are the ones spending significant amounts of time
traveling and commuting, time which they can use mobile
technologies to communicate with co-workers, clients, family and
be productive. The services they subscribe to are typically
subsidized by their businesses, thereby creating an opportunity
for carriers to generate revenues through high usage and advanced
services.
-- The percentage of Business Travelers who own a wireless phone is
58.5 percent.
-- Advanced mobile technologies are typically introduced into the
workplace before they are adopted for personal usage. Business
exposure creates opportunities for wireless services to be
infused into personal life styles because the secondary
workplace, if a consumer has one, is often a remote location
requiring use of mobile-enabled technologies. The secondary
workplace is an evolving target market for wireless voice and
data technologies since it bridges business and personal usage.
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