AIRTOUCH CELLULAR OFFERS PAY-AS-YOU GO VOICE MAIL TO
Business Wire
September 2, 1999, 9:54 a.m. PT
Minneapolis Customers
Business Editors, High-Tech Writers
MINNESOTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 1999--AirTouch Cellular
customers in the Twin Cities who don't currently subscribe to regular
voice mail service now can enjoy the convenience and flexibility of
receiving messages without any monthly fees.
The new Message Delivery Service is automatically available to
AirTouch customers in Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Message Delivery Service provides a pay-as-you-go alternative to
voice mail by charging customers only for messages they choose to
hear. Instead of a monthly charge, Message Delivery Service charges
customers a flat fee of 50 cents plus airtime for listening to all
messages delivered.
The easy-to-use system works on both analog and digital phones
and requires no set up by the customer. When callers leave voice mail,
the Message Delivery Service calls the AirTouch customer to tell them
that messages are waiting and plays a recording of the callers' names.
Customers then have the option to listen to all of the messages for a
50 cent fee or erase all of the messages and pay nothing.
"Message Delivery puts the power of choice in our customers'
hands," said LeAnn Talbot, vice president of AirTouch's Midwest
region. "Customers now can have the confidence they won't miss any
important calls yet the choice of paying only for those messages they
want to hear."
AirTouch is offering the service free of charge through September
15. If for some reason customers don't want to take advantage of the
Message Delivery Service, they can press (asterisk) 770 SND from their
cellular phone to remove the feature. To reactive the service,
customers simply press (asterisk) 77 SND.
AirTouch serves 9 million U.S. cellular and PCS customers on a
proportionate basis. Its ventures operate in 25 states and 22 of the
top 30 U.S. markets, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit,
Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco and
Seattle. AirTouch is part of the Vodafone AirTouch Group, the world's
largest wireless communications firm, based in the United Kingdom. It
has mobile operations in 24 countries on five continents, with more
than 31 million proportionate customers. For more information, visit
the AirTouch web site at www.airtouch.com. |
