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WEST POINT, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 1999--Powertel, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:PTEL), a leading wireless Personal Communications Service (PCS) provider serving the southeastern United States, has begun offering its handsets and wireless services via an e-commerce section on its newly redesigned Web site - www.powertel.com.
"With the Internet becoming more accessible and the trade of commerce electronically more common, user friendly and secure, we are pleased to be among the first major wireless providers to open an online store," said Mike Bashaw, vice president of marketing and product development for Powertel. "Shopping via the Internet is simply an extension of the ease and convenience that we already offer through more than 800 distribution points. Powertel e-commerce customers will receive their handsets via UPS within three business days of placing an order."
Bashaw said Powertel's e-commerce shoppers will be able to select from a variety of handsets and purchase up to two per online transaction. Normal rate plans - from the basic $20 (100 minutes) plan to the $50 (500 minutes) and more plans that include free long distance - will be available, as well as such enhanced services as multi-party conference calling, fax and data. Powertel is providing online customers with a dedicated e-mail address for correspondence and a toll-free number for additional support.
The www.powertel.com e-commerce site was built by USWeb/CKS - an international leader in strategic Internet and marketing communications sevices - in partnership with Powertel.
Powertel, Inc. is licensed to provide wireless PCS services in 12 states to a population of more than 24 million people in major cities including Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Jackson, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Lexington, Louisville, Macon, Memphis, Nashville and Savannah. With service in 34 operational markets and along major connecting highway corridors spanning seven states, Powertel has the largest contiguous PCS network in the southeastern United States. Powertel offers consumers and businesses a variety of compact handsets featuring a secure portable phone, voice mail, short messaging and paging services and a range of affordable pricing plans without contracts.
Powertel is a member of The GSM Alliance, L.L.C., a consortium of U.S. and Canadian digital wireless PCS carriers, which helps provide seamless wireless communications for its customers, whether in North America in more than 3,500 U.S. and Canadian cities and towns, or abroad. Using Global Systems for Mobile (GSM) communications, GSM companies provide superior voice clarity, unparalleled security and leading-edge wireless voice, data and fax features for customers. In North America, more than 3,600,000 customers are using GSM service in 44 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, and four Canadian Provinces, including eight of the top 10 and 20 of the top 25 wireless markets. For more information on the GSM Alliance, visit its web site: www.gsm-pcs.org. << |
