Ericsson to Provide Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems with Flexible Rate Plans and New Features for Prepaid Subscribers.OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm -- Ericsson, the world's leading telecommunications supplier, and Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Dobson Cellular Systems, Inc., is a wireless telecommunications provider in several regions of the United States, including Alaska, Arizona, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Systems, the largest independent provider of wireless services to rural America, today announced an agreement for hosted prepaid pre·pay tr.v. pre·paid, pre·pay·ing, pre·pays To pay or pay for beforehand. pre·pay  ment n. wireless
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Ericsson will host a full range of new features and flexible rate plans for prepaid subscribers of Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems and will migrate the company's existing prepaid customers onto its new, advanced hosted services platform, company officials said. Under the new agreement, Cellular One prepaid subscribers will have access to Ericsson's industry leading portfolio of ringtones, wallpaper wallpaper was used in Europe in the 16th and 17th cent. as an inexpensive substitute for costly hangings. The French developed marbled papers, introduced from the East via Italy and used at first for box coverings, into larger sheets for wall coverings and also made selections and downloadable games. "We are committed to providing our customers with the service, features and flexibility they want. Through our partnership with Ericsson, we are able to quickly move to meet our customers' needs," said Thomas K. Roberts, Chief Marketing Officer for Cellular One. "Offering these features to our prepaid subscribers will not only enable us to keep our customers longer, but will also help attract new subscribers." Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems will rely on Ericsson's powerful infrastructure, integration, management and hosting expertise to provide a seamless and smooth transition for its customers. "We are very pleased to be selected by Cellular One to host such a strategic service," said Angel Ruiz, President of Ericsson Inc. "More and more wireless service providers are migrating to hosted solutions and experiencing reduced costs and faster time to market with new features and additional revenue streams. We are committed to helping these operators gain a competitive edge and quickly meet consumer demand in an exciting and dynamic market." Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet See broadband. communications through its continuous technology leadership. Providing innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson is helping to create the most powerful communication companies in the world. Read more at http://www.ericsson.com About Cellular One Cellular One is a trade name of Dobson Cellular Systems, a subsidiary of Oklahoma City-based Dobson dob·son n. See hellgrammite. [Probably from the name Dobson.] Noun 1. dobson - large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait hellgrammiate Communications Corporation (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 :DCEL DCEL Doubly-Connected Edge List DCEL Direct Current Electro-Luminescent ). The company owns and operates more than 70 wireless markets in 17 states. For more information on the products and services of Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems, visit: www.celloneusa.com. About Ericsson's 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 Offering Ericsson has the telecom industry's most comprehensive managed services offerings, ranging from designing, building, operating and managing day-to-day operations of a customer's network, to hosting service applications and enablers, as well as providing network coverage and capacity on demand. As the undisputed leader in managed services, Ericsson has officially announced more than 100 managed services contracts with operators worldwide since 2002. In all current managed services contracts, excluding hosting, Ericsson is managing networks that together serve over 100 million subscribers worldwide. |
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