Omnipoint Offers First Wireless Flat-Rate International Calling Plan; Other New Packages Eliminate Long Distance, Roaming Charges
March 2, 1999
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J., March 1 /PRNewswire/ Premier GSM
wireless provider Omnipoint Communications
today announced a groundbreaking global
calling program -- one of four new pricing
options now available throughout the
company's service area. (See details below.)
All new and existing monthly customers can
call more than 40 countries for a flat rate as
low as 29 cents per minute. OmniRate(SM)
International allows subscribers to call a
variety of countries around the world any
time and any day of the week.
A second new rate plan, OmniRate(SM) North
America, eliminates long distance and
roaming charges in the United States and
Canada on GSM networks. The third new
plan, OmniRate(SM) Network, offers these
same benefits for calls made within
Omnipoint's own network. OmniRate(SM)
Home continues to offer Omnipoint's
everyday low per-minute charges.
All four packages include free caller ID, voice
mail, call waiting, call forwarding, built-in
paging and Internet short e-mail access.
These rates and features are available on all
Omnipoint handsets starting as low as $49.
"Unlike any of our competitors, we offer
customers the option to use their service in
both the United States and Canada with no
roaming charges," said Omnipoint President
George Schmitt. "Our advanced GSM
technology also allows subscribers to roam
seamlessly overseas."
Rate Details
OmniRate(SM) International
For the first time ever, Omnipoint offers
wireless customers the ability to call more
than 40 countries, for a flat rate. Monthly
subscribers may select a single country for
$2.99 per month or all included countries for
$9.99 per month. Then, depending on the
country, each call costs either 29 cents or
59 cents per minute.
Because Omnipoint uses Global System for
Mobile (GSM) communications technology,
subscribers can take their service with them
when they travel overseas. GSM is the
world's most popular digital wireless
standard, used in more than 120 countries by
more than 135 million people.
OmniRate(SM) North America
This new package eliminates long distance
charges for calls made to the United States,
Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands from anywhere within the U.S. and
Canadian GSM network. It also eliminates
roaming charges for wireless calls made from
more than 2,500 U.S. and Canadian cities.
OmniRate(SM) Network
Omnipoint's own network includes most major
population centers from Maine to Maryland,
plus extensive areas in Southern Florida,
Michigan and Indiana. Principal cities in its
territories include New York, Philadelphia,
Miami, Boston, Detroit, Indianapolis and
Toledo. This new package also eliminates
long distance and roaming charges within
Omnipoint's network.
Omnipoint currently provides advanced
wireless communication services in New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, Eastern
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Southern Florida,
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Maryland; it
intends to provide those services in
additional areas.
Omnipoint is a founding member of the North
American GSM Alliance, a group of North
America's leading digital wireless Personal
Communication Services companies. Using
GSM communications technology, Alliance
companies provide superior voice clarity,
unparalleled security and leading-edge
wireless voice, data and fax features for
customers, whether at home, away or
abroad. Other GSM Alliance members include:
Aerial Communications, Inc.; Airadigm
Communications, Inc., BellSouth Mobility
DCS; Conestoga Wireless Company; Cook
Inlet PCS; DIGIPH PCS; Microcell
Telecommunications Inc.; NPI Wireless;
Pacific Bell Wireless; Powertel, Inc.; Western
Wireless Corp.; and Wireless 2000 PCS.
The Corporation
Omnipoint Communications is a subsidiary of
Omnipoint Corporation (Nasdaq: OMPT).
Founded in 1987, the parent company is a
leader in commercializing PCS. In addition to
Omnipoint Communications, Omnipoint
Corporation also includes Omnipoint
Technologies, Inc. a leading developer and
supplier of wireless communication
technologies, products and engineering
services. As a pioneer in the industry,
Omnipoint Technologies is on the forefront of
developing and integrating advanced wireless
technologies, such as GSM, GPRS packet
data, EDGE, positioning and Internet access.
Omnipoint Technologies also supplies the
Eagle(TM) One wireless data communications
module for integration into product
applications and designs.
Except for historical information contained
herein, the matters discussed and the
statements made in this release concerning
Omnipoint's future prospects are
"forward-looking statements" under the
Federal securities laws that involve risks and
uncertainties. There can be no assurance
that future results will be achieved, and
actual results could differ materially from the
forecast and estimates. Important factors
that could cause actual results to differ
materially include, but are not limited to,
Omnipoint's limited operating history,
including a history of losses and the
uncertainty of future operating results,
dependence upon cash flow from its
subsidiaries, high leverage, debt service
requirements and restrictive covenants
related to its outstanding Senior Notes, the
emerging market for PCS service, the
continued buildout of Omnipoint PCS markets,
significant capital requirements, and its
dependence upon key employees.
Omnipoint's future results may be impacted
by other risk factors listed in its Registration
Statement filed on Form S-3 on June 30,
1998, and other factors listed from time to
time in its SEC reports, including, but not
limited to, the report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1997.
More information is available on the
Company's Website at
omnipoint.com.
SOURCE Omnipoint Communications
/CONTACT: John Grotland of Omnipoint Public
Relations, 973-290-2453,
jgortland@omnipoint-pcs.com/ /Web site:
omnipoint.com (OMPT)
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