Egghead to Carry MediaCom's PhoneMiser Package.SPOKANE, Wash--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1997--Egghead Computer (Nasdaq: EGGS) will be a major reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. of MediaCom Corporation's new money-saving telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. product, PhoneMiser. PhoneMiser is a computer peripheral, software and service package that automatically searches for and delivers to users the lowest possible long distance rates. PhoneMiser consists of a small hardware device that plugs into the parallel port of a Windows 95, Pentium-based computer and connects to the telephone. When the user makes a phone call, the software searches MediaCom's database of long distance carriers and selects the best rate for that call. The customer's bill is consolidated through his or her major credit card, and the cost per call and savings can be displayed on the PC monitor in the PhoneMiser log. MediaCom guarantees that users will always get the lowest rate in their database for every long distance or international phone call made. "Egghead is excited to bring PhoneMiser to the public," said Jim Kalasky, vice president of Merchandising and Advertising for Egghead. "We think this product is a real answer to the confusion of long distance calling plans. We know it's going to be a hit with small business people and home users alike." "We're glad to be working with Egghead," said Robert Pokress, president of MediaCom. "They were among the very first to see the value of PhoneMiser." Egghead, with revenues of $360.7 million for fiscal year 1997, has a nationwide consumer franchise as a reseller of personal computer hardware and software through 86 retail stores, 1-800 Egghead and an Internet site (www.egghead.com). In November of 1996, the company became one of the first major computer products retailers to deliver software programs over the Internet directly to customers' computers. Recently, Egghead acquired Surplus Direct, a direct marketer of previous-version computer hardware and software. Surplus Direct operates an Internet commerce site (www.surplusdirect.com), a catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. business and an Internet auction site (www.surplusauction.com). MediaCom Corporation, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Bedford, Massachusetts Bedford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is within the Greater Boston area, some 15 miles north-west of the city of Boston. The population of Bedford was 12,595 at the 2000 census. , was founded in 1995 by a veteran team of telecommunications entrepreneurs. The company's goal is to bring easy-to-use products and services that deliver the promise of telecom deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. directly to the residential and SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. markets. More information is available at www.phonemiser.com . CONTACT: Egghead, Inc. Jim Kalasky, Vice President of Merchandising/Advertising, 509/922-7031 or The Rockey Company John Hough n. 1. Same as Hock, a joint. v. t. 1. Same as Hock, to hamstring. [ imp. & p. p. os> r>; p. pr. & vb. n. os> n. 1. An adz; a hoe. v. t. 1. To cut with a hoe. , 206/728-1100 jhough@rockey-seattle.com |
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