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To: bananawind who wrote (18731)	11/24/1998 3:51:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Jim, Thanks for the VW-40 explanation. I guess that's what happens when I skip 200+ messages on several occasions. I miss some important stuff. Joe

To: bananawind who wrote (18731)	11/24/1998 4:18:00 PM
From: 2brasil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

---ot-----Sprint PCS to Offer First Sanyo PCS Phone in U.S. Market KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Sprint PCS and Sanyo Fisher Company today announced the nationwide availability of the first Sprint PCS/Sanyo PCS dual-band phone designed for the U.S. market. The phone will be available this month. Co-branded Sanyo and Sprint, the Sanyo SCP-3000 phone comes packaged with a standard lithium ion battery and AC adapter, and has a suggested retail price of $149.99. The Sanyo SCP-3000 phone will be available in Sprint PCS Centers in the Sprint PCS nationwide wireless network. ''Sprint PCS is delighted to offer Sanyo's dual-band phone to our expanding customer base,'' said Phil Garrison, vice president and general manager of subscriber equipment for Sprint PCS. ''Sanyo is a world leader in digital communication and rechargeable battery technologies, and we are excited to include their high-quality, high-value new phone in our extensive product line.'' Designed to fit today's seemingly non-stop business lifestyles, the Sanyo SCP-3000, equipped with a standard lithium ion battery, provides approximately 2.5 hours of talk-time or 60 hours of standby time while in digital mode. Other features on the handset include a vibrating ringer and a universal headset jack. The Sanyo SCP-3000 weighs 6.5 ounces and has an optional extended lithium ion battery that provides up to 5.5 hours of talk time or up to 100 hours of standby time. Users can talk up to 5.5 hours without recharging or, if necessary, keep the phone powered ''on'' for most of the work week. ''The Sanyo SCP-3000 is a technologically advanced phone designed to offer consumers and businesses a generous and well-balanced feature package at a very affordable price,'' said Isaac Levy, vice president and deputy general manager for Sanyo Fisher Company's Communication/Office Automation Division. ''It is also an ideal phone to take advantage of the superior call clarity, security, nationwide reach and full range of digital messaging features that characterizes the Sprint PCS nationwide wireless network. We at Sanyo Fisher Company are very proud to begin this relationship with Sprint PCS and look forward to a long-standing and successful alliance.'' The Sanyo SCP-3000 is the first dual-band Sanyo PCS (CDMA/AMPS) phone to be sold in the United States -- the company has already established itself as a leader in Japan's domestic market with its personal digital cellular (PDC) and digital personal handy-phone systems (PHS). In the United States, Chatsworth, California-based Sanyo Fisher Company markets a complete line of technologically advanced Sanyo Digital Spread Spectrum and 900 MHz analog cordless telephones. Sanyo Fisher Company is a division of Sanyo North America Corporation, a subsidiary of Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., a $14 billion manufacturer and distributor of consumer and commercial electronics and electric products. Sanyo and Fisher products marketed in the U.S. by Sanyo Fisher Company include audio/video components, portable and mobile audio equipment, televisions, VCRs, cordless and PCS phones, facsimile machines, digital still cameras, home appliances, LCD projectors, security video equipment and air conditioning systems. Sprint PCS operates the largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority of nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and communities across the country. Sprint PCS has licensed PCS coverage of nearly 270 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information, visit the Sprint PCS web site at sprintpcs.com. Sprint PCS is a wholly-owned tracking group of Sprint Corporation trading on the NYSE under the symbol ''PCS.'' Sprint is a global communications company at the forefront in integrating long distance, local and wireless communications services and one of the world's largest carriers of Internet traffic. Sprint built and operates the United States' only nationwide all-digital, fiber optic network and is the leader in advanced data communications services. Sprint has $15 billion in annual revenues and serves more than 17 million business and residential customers. For more information, visit the Sprint PCS web site at sprintpcs.com. SOURCE: Sprint PCS