Shop At Home and LDDS WorldCom launch partner program.KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 1996--Shop At Home 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 :SATH SATH Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality SATH Shop At Home (stock symbol) SATH Sage Thrasher (bird species Oreoscoptes montanus) SATH Society for the Advancement of Travel for the Handicapped ) and LDDS See WorldCom. WorldCom (NASDAQ:WCOM WCOM MCI/Worldcom (stock symbol) WCOM Windows Component Object Model WCOM Wireless Communication ) today announced the introduction of a partner program to deliver comprehensive telecommunications savings to Shop At Home customers and viewers while meeting a variety of their long distance needs. The program, The Home Advantage For Shop At Home Customers, is being rolled out nationwide after successfully completing an initial test period. Shop At Home customers now have the opportunity to subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; the following LDDS WorldCom services: Home AdvantageSM outbound service, the TalkAroundSM calling card, Homebound home·bound adj. Restricted or confined to home, as of an invalid. 800SM toll-free service, and WorldChoiceSM international calling. With their subscriptions, customers enjoy 10-cent per minute rates for long distance calls when they call most often--after 5 pm on weekdays and all day Saturday and Sunday as well as select national holidays. They will also receive complimentary $10 Shop At Home gift certificates and collectible PhonePassTM prepaid calling cards featuring sports superstar and LDDS WorldCom spokesman Michael Jordan This article is about the former basketball player. For other uses, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. . Shop At Home President and Chief Executive Officer, Kent Lillie, stated, "We are proud to be associated with LDDS WorldCom, one of the leading telecommunications companies in the world. This program complements our core business strategy of providing customers with a premium service at discounted rates, and also enhances our network with a new product line." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Kenneth Tebbetts, Vice President of LDDS WorldCom's Consumer Division, "This special partner program certainly is a win-win for both our companies as well as Shop At Home customers. We're always pleased to respond to specific market needs, and to customize programs to meet the objectives of successful companies like Shop At Home." LDDS WorldCom is a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest facilities-based telecommunications providers in the United States, with annual revenues exceeding $3.6 billion. The company delivers a complete range of domestic and international voice, data and fax services to business and residential customers. Founded in 1986, Shop At Home is the country's second oldest television home shopping retailer and recently reported first quarter revenues for the 1996-1997 fiscal year of $14 million, a 76% increase over the previous fiscal year's first quarter. CONTACT: Shop At Home Inc. Kent E. Lillie, 404/848-7724 or 423/688-0300 |
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