CONXUS(TM) Communications Pocketalk(TM) Portable Answering Machine Service Now Available in Eight Major U.S. Markets
Los Angeles and Chicago Lead Latest Rollouts
GREENVILLE, S.C., March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- CONXUS Communications, Inc. continues its successful market-by-market rollout of Pocketalk(TM), ''the answering machine for your pocket,'' with the announcement of product and service availability in the greater Los Angeles and Chicago areas this week.
The addition of these two markets makes Pocketalk available to nearly 45 million potential users in eight major United States markets. Successful market launches to date include Baltimore/Washington, D.C., Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, Tampa/St. Petersburg and Orlando.
The current market launches of Pocketalk is being accompanied by local television advertising in Los Angeles, with newspaper and radio advertising, on-site retail activity and local radio promotion efforts scheduled for both Los Angeles and Chicago.
''To date, we've signed 13,000 new subscribers, which is running ahead of our projections,'' said Bill deKay, President, CONXUS Communications, Inc. ''Most important is that we're finding overall customer satisfaction with Pocketalk is extremely high. We are meeting our objective measures of service quality -- which includes dependable message delivery, superior voice quality and system reliability.''
Pocketalk operates on a special wireless network based on Motorola's InFLEXion(TM) technology, which allows high-speed transmission of voice messages and translates to reliable -- and assured -- voice message delivery.
The systems for Pocketalk utilize technology and equipment supplied by Motorola (NYSE: MOT - news) and Glenayre Technologies (Nasdaq: GEMS - news).
CONXUS(TM) Communications, Inc., headquartered in Greenville, S.C., is developing a nationwide narrowband PCS network based on Motorola's InFLEXion technology. The 1997 launch of the company's first service, Pocketalk(TM) pocket answering machine, will be followed by Pocketext(TM) portable email.
For more information about Pocketalk, visit the CONXUS website at pocketalk.com.
SOURCE: CONXUS Communications, Inc.
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