SkyTel To Offer Unlimited Wireless Email in January
rim.net
Nov 18, 1999
Jackson, Miss.
New eLink Product Stems From Partnership With American Mobile
SkyTel, an MCI WorldCom company, today announced that it would begin offering a new nationwide wireless email product in January for customers who need to send and receive large amounts of wireless information. SkyTel is offering the new service, called SkyTel eLink, through its reseller agreement with American Mobile Satellite Corporation (NASDAQ: SKYC), and will operate the service on that company's ARDIS(R) network, which is designed specifically to move large amounts of wireless data quickly.
SkyTel eLink will provide unlimited wireless email service for $59.95 per month, and will be available on the RIM 850 Wireless Handheld.
SkyTel President and CEO John Stupka said his company was pleased to add eLink to its product line, explaining that it would provide customers with an economical means of sending and receiving greater amounts of wireless email and other data.
"We're finding that some customers need to transmit extensive amounts of information, in addition to the notification and short messaging services that SkyTel's network provides," Stupka said. "Adding eLink as a core SkyTel product provides these customers with an efficient, affordable messaging solution. And it allows SkyTel to provide messaging and mobile email to organizations of all sizes."
SkyTel customers using one of the company's other service plans can switch seamlessly to eLink without changing their personal toll-free numbers.
"We are delighted with SkyTel's commitment to adopt wireless email services into its portfolio of premiere communications offerings," said Walter V. Purnell Jr., president and CEO of American Mobile. "With a market estimated at 25 million wireless email users, SkyTel's marketing expertise, coupled with the leadership position we offer through the nationwide coverage existing in the ARDIS network, will further revolutionize and enhance the wireless communications landscape."
About SkyTel
SkyTel, an MCI WorldCom company, provides traditional paging, text messaging, interactive two-way messaging and telemetry services to more than 1.7 million customers. MCI WorldCom (NASDAQ: WCOM) is a global leader in communications services with 1998 revenues of more than $30 billion and operations in more than 65 countries. MCI WorldCom's global networks provide high-capacity connectivity to more than 45,000 buildings worldwide. MCI WorldCom and Sprint have announced a merger agreement, which the companies expect to close in the second half of 2000, following regulatory and shareholder approvals. The new company will be called WorldCom. For more information go to wcom.com.
About American Mobile
American Mobile (www.AmMobile.com) owns and operates an integrated terrestrial/satellite network and provides a wide range of mobile communication services, including digital voice dispatch, data communications, dual-mode messaging, position reporting services and satellite telephone to all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and hundreds of miles of U.S. coastal waters. American Mobile services are used in the transportation, field service, maritime, emergency management and telemetry markets, and with eLink in the two-way wireless email market.
CONTACT:
SkyTel Communications, Inc., Jackson
Marc Kuykendall, 601/944-7416 |
