GTE and Precision Systems to offer enhanced services to wireless carriers.ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 1996--GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. and Precision Systems Inc. (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 :PSYS PSYS Pressure Systems (weather forecasts) PSYS Pseudo System PSYS Public Access Catalog System ) have announced that 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) TSI TSI Total Solar Irradiance (sum solar light in energy per unit of time) TSI Trading Standards Institute (UK) TSI Transportation Safety Institute (US DOT) plans to offer a variety of enhanced services to the wireless industry based on Precision Systems UniPortd Enhanced Services Platform. The initial offerings would include Voice Activated Dialing, Single Number Service and Simultaneous Ring. In addition, GTE plans to develop and offer custom-integrated solutions based on Precision Systems UniPort Platform. These enhanced services are designed to help carriers improve customer loyalty and increase revenue by giving consumers the features they want from their wireless service, said Rolando Espinosa, GTEs vice president- general manager. We're pleased to offer services that will help carriers meet customer expectations. The enhanced services GTE plans to offer include: Voice Activated Dialing, which allows users to dial telephone numbers simply by speaking the number, name, or word for the person being called. This hands-free connection is ideal for cellular drivers, allowing them to concentrate on the road instead of fumbling with touch-tone keypad entries. Single Number Service, which allows incoming callers to dial a single phone number routed to subscribers wherever they may be, based on predetermined pre·de·ter·mine v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines v.tr. 1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: schedules. Before searching for the subscriber, a call screening function records the callers name and relays this information to the subscriber, who may elect to accept or deny the call. Single Number Service is an ideal solution for the mobile professional. Simultaneous Ring, which will ring up to eight separate phone lines at the same time to locate the subscriber. Callers dial a single phone number and the first party who answers one of the ringing phones is connected to the callers. This is an ideal service for people who find themselves near one of several telephones at various times of the day. Live demonstration of these services will be available at both companies booths at the CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. Trade Show in Dallas March 25 through March 27. GTE Telecommunication Services, a Tampa-based unit of GTE Corp., is a leading provider of advanced services to wireless providers. Its line of more than 25 product solutions help carriers worldwide generate new revenues, fight fraud, increase customer retention, improve operational efficiencies, launch personal communications services See PCS. (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. ) networks, enable global roaming and expand into new markets. It is also a leading innovator of stand-alone, solar-powered call boxes, having installed almost 13,000 call boxes 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. and seven other countries. Precision Systems Inc. develops, sells, and supports network-based software solutions which enable the provision of enhanced communications services. The company's suite of software products create carrier differentiation by empowering wireless and wireline communications providers to be first-to-market with value-added service offerings. CONTACT: Precision Systems Inc., St. Petersburg Kirsten Kern, 813/572-9300, ext. 3214 or GTE Telecommunication Services Mike Flanagan, 813/273-3939, 813/444-3695 mobile |
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