FEATURE/GTE lowers rates for calls on its inflight Airfone service.OAK BROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--Nov. 19, 1996-- Company enhances $15 maximum charge with per-minute rate for shorter calls GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) today said airline passengers are saving money when making shorter calls on the Airfone service. The company now offers a low per-minute rate of $2.99 set-up, $3.28 per minute for short calls while continuing its $15 maximum charge per call. "We want airline passengers to be as comfortable with the Airfone service as they are with their cellular, home and office telephone," said Katherine Harless, GTE Airfone president. "By reducing the price, we hope people will consider inflight telephone service a reasonable and valuable way to communicate with co-workers, business associates, clients, family and friends. "Just as you would use your car, home or office phone, the Airfone service can help you when you're late, when you forget, when you remember, when things go right, when things go wrong, when you want to stay in touch," Harless said. In May, GTE introduced the industry's first flat-rate calling plan for inflight telephone calls. For $15 maximum, airline passengers can talk as long as they like on the Airfone service. The new per-minute rate, which went into effect Nov. 1, is for people who want to pay less for a one or two minute call, Harless said. GTE Airfone, based in Oak Brook is the industry leader and provides airborne airborne /air·borne/ (ar´born) suspended in, transported by, or spread by air. airborne, adj carried through the air. In health care settings, viruses or bacteria may become airborne, e.g. telecommunication telecommunication Communication between parties at a distance from one another. Modern telecommunication systems—capable of transmitting telephone, fax, data, radio, or television signals—can transmit large volumes of information over long distances. systems serving passengers on more than 1,800 commercial aircraft representing 26 domestic and international carriers. The company also provides the service for the MagnaStar System, which provides telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. for the corporate jet market. GTE Airfone is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of GTE Corp., which is the largest U.S.-based local telephone company and a leading cellular-service provider 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. . Additional information about GTE can be found on the Internet at http://www.gte.com. Contact: GTE Airfone Laura Littel, 630/575-1385 (after 6 p.m. 773/935-8802) e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address : llittel@gte.com |
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