QUALCOMM Announces Eudora Email by Phone Service -Receive Email Messages Via
The Phone-
October 9, 1998 SAN DIEGO, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ via
NewsEdge Corporation -- Reinforcing its
commitment to provide users with fast,
convenient access to data, QUALCOMM
Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) today
announced Eudora Email by Phone(TM), a
new service that allows users to access
their email via the telephone. Now, email
users can call a toll-free number from any
touch-tone telephone, enter an assigned
personal identification number (PIN) and,
through digital voice technology, hear their
email messages.
"Today's busy, mobile professionals
increasingly rely on email as their primary
means of communication. Having quick,
immediate access to email is essential in
order to remain productive and efficient,"
said Randy Salo, director of Eudora Product
Line Management for QUALCOMM Consumer
Products Division. "Sometimes a computer
or a computer connection isn't readily
available. With Eudora Email by Phone,
professionals now have another means of
accessing important information while on
the road by simply placing a telephone
call."
Eudora Email by Phone helps busy
professionals meet the challenges they
face in accessing email on the go. Users
now have the flexibility to leave their
laptops behind and still retrieve important
email messages.
Key features allow users to:
* Review email headers only (From, Time,
or Subject), saving time by
quickly scanning a message;
* Review selected email messages (all or in
part), so only the urgent or
important information is heard;
* Access email messages using programs
such as Eudora Pro(R) on a computer
after listening to them via the Eudora Email
by Phone service. This
will allow users to print their messages or
respond via email when they
return to their offices. Messages can also
be deleted selectively after
the user listens to them over the phone.
The Eudora Email by Phone service uses
advanced text-to-speech technology to
convert email messages into digitized
speech over a telephone. This service can
access any Internet-accessible, POP3
email account as well as popular
web-based email accounts, including
Eudora(R) Web-Mail. Eudora Email by Phone
offers users a reliable connection with
ample bandwidth for easy, no- busy-signal
access to their data when they need it.
In addition to providing users access to
their email, Eudora Email by Phone offers
other valuable functions such as
long-distance calling (domestic and
international), conference calling,
voicemail, and speed dialing, as well as
news and information services that can
provide users with news headlines, top
stories and weather reports in major cities.
With its ease of use and broad
functionality, Eudora Email by Phone
provides a single, central communication
and information service for the mobile
professional.
Transcommunications, Inc., a
transportation industry leader that provides
prepaid phone cards and other network
services, has worked with QUALCOMM to
develop and implement Eudora Email by
Phone.
"We are combining our core strengths of
service and support with QUALCOMM's
strong Eudora brand and well-known
reputation to provide a truly outstanding
service," stated James B. Coppinger, CEO
of Transcommunications, Inc. "We are
pleased to be working with QUALCOMM on
this venture and look forward to providing
a much needed solution to mobile
professionals."
Eudora Email by Phone service is now
available in the U.S. and Canada with
toll-free access, and internationally, where
standard phone toll charges will apply. All
use of the service is billed to the
customer's credit card on a monthly,
per-use basis. More information on the
service can be found at QUALCOMM's
website at ( qualcomm.com).
Headquartered in San Diego, Calif.,
QUALCOMM develops, manufactures,
markets, licenses and operates advanced
communications systems and products
based on its proprietary digital wireless
technologies. The Company's primary
product areas are the OmniTRACS(R)
system (a geostationary satellite-based,
mobile communications system providing
two-way data and position reporting
services), CDMA wireless communications
systems and products and, in conjunction
with others, the development of the
Globalstar(TM) low-earth-orbit (LEO)
satellite communications system. Other
Company products include the Eudora Pro
electronic mail software, ASIC products,
and communications equipment and
systems for government and commercial
customers worldwide. For more information
on QUALCOMM products and technologies,
please visit the Company's web site at (
qualcomm.com.)
Except for the historical information
contained herein, this news release
contains forward-looking statements that
are subject to risks and uncertainties,
including timely product development, the
Company's ability to successfully
manufacture significant quantities of CDMA
or other equipment on a timely and
profitable basis and those related to
performance guarantees, change in
economic conditions of the various markets
the Company serves, as well as the other
risks detailed from time to time in the
Company's SEC reports, including the
report on Form 10-K for the year ended
September 28, 1997 and most recent Form
10-Q.
QUALCOMM, OmniTRACS, Eudora and
Eudora Pro are registered trademarks and
Eudora Email By Phone is a trademark of
QUALCOMM Incorporated. Globalstar is a
trademark of Loral QUALCOMM Satellite
Services, Incorporated. All other
trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
SOURCE QUALCOMM Incorporated
/CONTACT: Carolyn Brown, QUALCOMM
Consumer Products, 619-651-7739, Fax:
619-651-8962, cbrown@qualcomm.com, or
Christine Trimble, Corporate
Communications, 619-651-3628, Fax:
619-651-2590, ctrimble@qualcomm.com, or
Julie Cunningham, Investor Relations,
619-658-4224, Fax: 619-651-2590,
jcunningham@qualcomm.com, all of
QUALCOMM Incorporated; or Jed Holstine
of Transcommunications, Inc.,
423-954-9961, jholstine@transcard.com/
/Web site: qualcomm.com
(QCOM)
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