New Directory Assistance for Toll Free Number Goes Live.HURST Hurst, city (1990 pop. 33,574), Tarrant co., N Tex., a suburb of Fort Worth; inc. 1952. Helicopters, aviation parts, draperies, and bedspreads are manufactured. , Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1997--At 6:00 a.m. Central Time, Universal Directory Services, Inc. (UDSI UDSI Universal Directory Services, Inc ) officially launched its new directory of toll free numbers live operator service. The new service can be reached by dialing 1-800-555-1414; there is no charge to the consumer. The only alternative service, that is widely available, is operated by AT&T at 800-555-1212. However, the directory service is overwhelmingly only 800 customers provided service through AT&T. UDSI service is open to all carriers and allows even the 800 business owner to list directly with operators. With AT&T having a decreasing marketshare of working 800 numbers, the consumer calling 800-555-1212 for directory assistance may find a significant number of times the AT&T operator does not have the business or toll free number requested. Recent statistics provided by ICB ICB Integrated Conference Bridge (Nortel) ICB International Competitive Bidding (international procurement) ICB Individual Case Basis ICB Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare (Italian) Toll Free News (icbtollfree.com) provided a marketshare snapshot (1) A saved copy of memory including the contents of all memory bytes, hardware registers and status indicators. It is periodically taken in order to restore the system in the event of failure. (2) A saved copy of a file before it is updated. of working 800 numbers and carriers that provide service. As of Oct. 1, 1996, the RespOrg (long distance carrier responsible for network service) working 800 numbers were distributed amongst the leading carriers as follows: MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. -- 26.06%, AT&T -- 22.34%, Wiltel/LDDS Worldcom The former name of MCI. Based in Jackson, MS, WorldCom, Inc. was a major, international telecommunications carrier. It was founded in 1983 by Bernard Ebbers as Long Distance Discount Service (LDDS), a reseller of AT&T WATS lines to small businesses. -- 13.53%, Sprint -- 7.9%, Frontier -- 6.07%. In the event UDSI operators are unable to find a toll free number requested, the request is escalated to "advance operators" that search additional databases and, upon finding the number, adds the business to the 800-555-1414 directory information system. UDSI is in negotiations with a number of long distance carriers to move their entire information systems for toll free numbers to the 800-555-1414 (800-555-1414.com) independent service. UDSI executives have predicted their database will be more inclusive and larger than the competitor by the first quarter of 1998. CONTACT: Universal Directory Services, Inc. James Jackson James Jackson may refer to:
E-mail: james@800-555-1414.com |
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