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To: Rocket Scientist who wrote (12008)	4/29/2000 12:25:00 AM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 29987

found this on v thread... ALLTEL Brings 'Total Freedom' to Digital Wireless; National Plans Offer Competitive, Flat-Rate Pricing Anywhere in U.S. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning this weekend, ALLTEL (NYSE: AT) will offer customers in its Southwest Region digital markets national wireless rate plans that eliminate all roaming and long-distance charges. Named ALLTEL Total Freedom, these plans will be introduced in the remainder of ALLTEL's digital markets by mid-year. ALLTEL's Total Freedom coverage area will include all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In the first phase of the rollout plan, ALLTEL customers in Arizona, parts of New Mexico and West Texas, will be able to call from anywhere, to anywhere, in the United States for the price of a local call. The company will offer a variety of rate plans competitive with current national plans of other carriers. ALLTEL recently added the Southwest markets of Phoenix, Tucson, El Paso, Texas and Albuquerque, N.M., plus other cities, to its existing markets in 25 states through a transaction with Bell Atlantic and GTE. Until a brand name change to ALLTEL later this year, the Southwest Region will market the plan under the Cellular One brand. As part of that transaction, ALLTEL agreed to a national roaming agreement with Bell Atlantic/GTE and Vodafone AirTouch. Kevin Beebe, ALLTEL communications group president, said the plan "sends a strong signal that ALLTEL will give its customers the most competitive rates available in the wireless industry. "By launching this service we are able to leverage our on-network costs for off-network traffic." ALLTEL will initially offer five national roaming plans ranging from 200 to 1,500 minutes of usage per month. The plans will cost from $40 to $150 monthly. Customers of ALLTEL's Total Freedom plans will utilize code division multiple access (CDMA) networks, which offer enhanced call clarity and features. To take advantage of the entire national roaming area, ALLTEL will offer these services on digital, dual-mode and tri-mode wireless phones. These digital phones access analog networks when necessary and ensure access to the networks of ALLTEL's roaming partners when appropriate, Beebe said. ALLTEL, with more than 9 million communications customers, $6.5 billion in annual revenues and 24,000 employees, is a leader in the communications and information services industries. ALLTEL has communications customers in 25 states and provides information services to telecommunications, financial and mortgage clients in 55 countries and territories. For additional information contact: George Smith 501-905-8117 Vice President - Media Services george.s.smith@alltel.com Kerry Brooks 501-905-8991 Vice President - Investor Relations kerry.brooks@alltel.com SOURCE ALLTEL /CONTACT: George Smith, Vice President - Media Services, 501-905-8117, or email, george.s.smith@alltel.com, or Kerry Brooks, Vice President - Investor Relations, 501-905-8991, or email, kerry.brooks@alltel.com, both of ALLTEL/ /Photo: NewsCom: newscom.com PRN Photo Desk, 888-776-6555 or 201-369-3467/ /Web site: alltel.com (AT) In DAF005, ALLTEL (NYSE: AT) Brings 'Total Freedom' to Digital Wireless, moved earlier today, we are advised by the company that the last graph, first line, should read "$6.5 billion in annual revenues" rather than "$6.5 million in annual revenues" as originally issued. /PRNewswire -- April 28/ /Photo: NewsCom: newscom.com PRN Photo Desk, 888-776-6555 or 201-369-3467/ /Web site: alltel.com / (AT)

To: Rocket Scientist who wrote (12008)	4/29/2000 12:33:00 AM
From: Red Heeler	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29987

Here's a reprint of a review of Globalstar from Fortune Magazine published for display until May 8, 2000 entitled "A Phone Suited for Hairy Chests" by Daniel Roth: It's too bad the retro craze died, because Globalstar would have a hit on its hands. At 12 ounces, the Globalstar phone (selling for $1,500) resembles a late-1980s brick phone, the kind Wall Street scoundrels used in the movies while standing on a yacht as bikini-clad ladies rubbed their hairy chests. I, too, have a hairy chest, but no use for the Globalstar phone. Not that it's bad. The phone, which communicates on satellite or cellular signals, works fine. In a week of testing, it functioned perfectly as a cell phone. But to link to one of Globalstar's 48-low-earth-orbit satellites, I had to find an empty clearing and aim the marker-thick antenna to the sky. Once a satellite spotted me, the calls were pretty clear. While making calls is easy, receiving them requires knowing which spectrum you'll be talking on. The Globalstar phone has a number for each mode, forcing you to say things like, "If I don't answer my cellular phone, try me on my satellite." That may have been fine in the '80s movies, but it just sounds weird today. (End of article) At the top of the article is a photo of a man (Mr. Roth, I presume) standing outside in a large open area squinting at the sky while holding his Globalstar handset to his ear (to portray satellite mode usage?). The bottom of the article has a photo of a Qualcomm handset, both antennae raised standing on end with a small Nokia cellular handset leaning against it (to illustrate the unwieldy attributes of the Globalstar handset?). CC

To: Rocket Scientist who wrote (12008)	4/29/2000 7:46:00 AM
From: John Stichnoth	Respond to of 29987

Hey, Globalstar Marketing!! The links that RS posted don't jibe, and the information provided is incomplete. It's Globalstar's job (and I don't mean G* USA's) to work with the SP's to get their info up to date and consistent. That's what vertical marketing is all about. Example--On the Elsacom site elsacom.com , 25 countries are listed as providing service. But, 13 of those countries refer back either to Elsacom in Italy, or to GNE in Finland. Is there still no office on the ground in each of those 13 countries, which local people can call? Further, of the 12 Local Partners listed, many don't provide multiple ways to get in contact. Each Local Partner should have listed on Elsacom's and G*'s web site and other marketing material: 1. Physical Address 2. Telephone voice number 3. Fax number 4. Web site 5. email address. NONE of the Local Partners listed in the Elsacom site provided all of those contact modes. For just 4 of the 12 countries, 4 of the 5 contact modes was provided. One country had a Local Partner listed, without ANY way to contact it. No phone number. No web site. No address. This is just sloppy marketing, and it's Globalstar's Marketing Department's responsibility to make it right! Best, JS