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To: hoffy who wrote (41169)	1/8/1999 6:55:00 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 119973

Omnipoint Communications, a New Jersey-based service provider that operates mainly in the eastern United States, says it will sell its customers a Bosch World 718 phone for $299. It can use either of the world frequencies. Omnipoint has roaming agreements with about 80 providers in 42 counties, covering all of Europe and the major nations in Africa and the Pacific Rim. A spokesman said the unit of Omnipoint Corp. (Nasdaq:OMPT - news) hopes to soon have such agreements with more than 100 providers covering nearly all common destinations. Omnipoint will also rent to its U.S. customers heading out of the Western Hemisphere a phone into which the user transplants a ''smart card'' type chip from their domestic GSM phone, allowing use of the same number and other features overseas in the countries with which it has roaming agreements. The rental runs $40 for 30 days, $70 for two months and $100 for six months. Paul Metselaar, chairman and chief executive officer of The World Travel Specialist Group, says it was pressure for global telephone service that prompted his travel management company to also begin a rental program for such phones. ''We have a tremendous amount of international travel relative to other companies because of the nature of our travel base -- mostly investment bankers, lawyers, management consultants and advertising executives,'' he said.