Clearnet Launches Straightforward, Fixed-Rate US Roaming Service for PCS Clients.SCARBOROUGH, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1998--Clearnet Communicati(NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CLNTF) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :NET.A.) (ME:NET.A.) Clearnet Communications Inc. ("Clearnet") today launched an automatic roaming service that provides Clearnet PCSTM clients with extensive digital coverage across 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. , without the confusion of inconsistent airtime and long distance charges or fluctuating exchange rates. "Our goal was to ensure that Clearnet 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. is as simple and straightforward to use in the US as it is in Canada. The last thing people need when traveling south of the border are unexpected communications costs, confusing rate plans or varying airtime charges," said George Cope, Clearnet's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Our fixed-rate, automatic Clearnet PCS US roaming service means clients using their phones in the US face no surprises when they get their bills." Clearnet PCS clients needn't worry about fluctuating exchange rates or surcharges when roaming in the US. All Clearnet PCS local calls made in the US are billed by the second at Cdn. 95c per minute. Roaming charges appear on clients' regular Clearnet PCS invoices. "US roaming is a valuable enhanced service Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; for Clearnet PCS clients, as well as a significant new source of revenue for Clearnet," said Robert McFarlane For the Canadian politician, see . Robert Carl "Bud" McFarlane (born July 12, 1937), was National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan from 1983 to late 1985 and was one of the major players in the Iran-Contra Affair. , Clearnet's Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. All Clearnet PCS clients are able to roam in the US without the need to "sign up" in advance, and their Clearnet PCS phones are ready to travel, complete with features such as voice mail and call waiting at no extra charge. Partnerships with PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. of Dallas, Sprint PCS of Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It encompasses parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest in Missouri, which includes counties in both Missouri and Kansas. and WirelessNorth of Plymouth, Minnesota Plymouth is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 68,978 at the 2005 census, making it the seventh largest city in the state of Minnesota. Plymouth operates under a council-manager form of government. enable Clearnet to provide automatic digital PCS roaming in hundreds of major US cities, including: Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fort Worth, Honolulu, Houston, Jacksonville, Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Oakland, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Tampa, Tucson, Tulsa and Washington, D.C. "Partnering with several American leaders in digital PCS allows Clearnet to immediately offer clients roaming services not only in top business destinations such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago but also in states heavily frequented by Canadian vacation travelers, including Florida, California, Texas and Arizona," added Cope. In Canada, Clearnet has launched digital Clearnet PCS service in the greater metropolitan areas of Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa-Hull, Vancouver, Toronto and Ontario's Golden Horseshoe. Clearnet PCS phones actually work everywhere traditional cellular phones work in Canada. Clearnet's unique dual-mode phone, built exclusively for Clearnet by Sony, operates as a digital phone in digital service areas and as a cellular phone in the balance of Clearnet's national service area. Clearnet's PCS roaming service joins another simple and straightforward US roaming plan: Mike's Green Card ServiceTM. Introduced last year, Mike's Green Card Service allows clients on Clearnet's digital MikeTM network to roam across the United States and be billed at their regular home airtime rates. Clearnet (TSE, ME - NET.A; NASDAQ - CLNTF) is a leading Canadian wireless communications company that operates three separate wireless networks: digital Clearnet PCS nationally, the digital Mike network in Ontario and Quebec (and Western Canada later in 1998), and analogue dispatch communication services across Canada. Founded in 1984 and a public company since 1994, Clearnet is an independent Canadian controlled and managed company. Clearnet's employee roster has grown tenfold since 1994 to almost 2,000 people in Clearnet's offices, switch centres and dealerships nationwide. To learn more about Clearnet, please visit the company's Web site at www.clearnet.com
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