7-11-00: Global wireless reach enhanced; AT&T Wireless, BT Wireless form Advance
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"AT&T Wireless Services and BT Wireless today announced the first global products and
services of Advance, their strategic alliance designed to respond to the increasingly global
expectations of their customers. The companies are delivering on the promise of combining their
local expertise and global investments – comprising service to more than 60 million customers in
20 countries and reaching over 1 billion consumers worldwide – to provide simple, world-class
customer solutions.
"WorldConnect® and WorldView are the first offerings in a series of global products and
services provided by the alliance. WorldConnect will offer the greatest wireless coverage on the
same phone number with many of the customer’s features following them to more than 100
countries worldwide and 7,000 cities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. WorldView provides
multinational corporations the ability to consistently manage their international wireless service in
countries around the world.
"The initial list of companies that plan to support Advance products includes - AT&T Wireless
(U.S.), AirTel (India), BT Cellnet (UK), Concert, Esat Digifone (Ireland), Far EasTone
(Taiwan), Maxis (Malaysia), Rogers AT&T Wireless (Canada), SmarTone (Hong Kong),
Telenor (Norway) and Telfort (Netherlands).
"The alliance marries AT&T Wireless’ TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) with BT
Wireless’ GSM (Global Standard for Mobile Communications). This marriage of TDMA/GSM
will create a migration path through EDGE to third-generation technology for high-speed mobile
data."
For more information, visit www.att.com. |
