USCI brings cellular services to Web
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USCI Inc. of Norcross, GA, and its subsidiary, cellular services reseller Ameritel Communications Inc., intend to open a Web site through which subscribers can activate cellular services. The Internet venture will be overseen and coordinated by Internet services firm Rare Medium Inc. of New York. USCI, which provides coverage to about 240 million people in the US, also plans to use the Web site to provide customer service support and for marketing. USCI packages the services of 25 different facilities-based carriers and resells them as a single offering.
Publication Name: DM News
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0194-3588
Year: 1998
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Education products firm learns the ropes
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Games2Learn, formerly A Better Way of Learning, is set to launch a Web site that could become a model of how a direct marketing firm can make the transition to electronic commerce. Company president and CEO Blair Armstrong expects sales from the virtual store, www.games2learn.com, to eventually account for at least half of the company's sales. Games2Learn's flagship products are reading skills games based on the idea that reading English is easier done phonetically.
Publication Name: DM News
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0194-3588
Year: 1999
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