Lifetime telephone numbers that ring anywhere you go

Article Abstract:

AT and T's Easy Reach 700 service, starting in Jun 1992, gives subscribers a permanent telephone number that can be reached anywhere at any time. The 700 number is not defined by a location, so the customer can keep the number as long as desired, even for life. The service will cost $7 a month after a one-time $25 charge for the number assignment, which can be customized, and billing is at a fixed rate of 25 cents a minute between 8 am and 5 pm, Monday though Friday, and 15 cents a minute at all other times. Subscribers can have their calls answer at any telephone by using a process similar to call forwarding, but can assign the destination from any phone. This technology is seen as the next step toward personal communications networks that integrate regular and cellular telephone service with pagers and handheld devices, anywhere in the world. While Easy Reach is intended for home service, it has applications for mobile telephones as well.

Product development, Product introduction, Product Announcement, Services, Telephone, Telephony, Personal communications services, End users, Network architectures, User Need, Future Technologies, Network Architecture, Telephones, Telecommunications Service, AT and T EasyReach 700 (Telecommunications service)

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MCI accused on patents by AT and T; the dispute centers on Canadian market

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AT and T has accused MCI Communications Corp of patent infringement and violation of government regulations in MCI's contract with Canada's Stentor group of telecommunications companies. Stentor paid MCI $150 million for software licensing, plus fees for using MCI services. MCI will upgrade the software at a cost of $200 million over three years. AT and T claims the agreement excludes AT and T from the market, a violation of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations. MCI claims the Canadian companies simply prefer its service. AT and T also claims that MCI service uses concepts developed by AT and T, such as software functions used to control routing and billing. MCI emphasizes that it uses all its own equipment and software and leaves specific points for the lawyers to discuss. The FCC will investigate the charges. AT and T has not yet filed a lawsuit.

Canada, Laws, regulations and rules, Contracts, Intellectual property, MCI Communications Corp., MCIC, Legal Issues, Government Regulation, Stentor Canadian Network Management

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U S West taps Digital for financial officer

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U S West hires James M. Osterhoff as the company's chief financial officer. Osterhoff recently announced plans to resign from DEC, the computer maker that is suffering from the economic recession. Osterhoff will replace Howard P. Doerr, who plans to retire in Dec 1991. This is the second time that Osterhoff has changed to a different industry. Before he worked at DEC, he was an executive at the Ford Motor Co. Osterhoff denies rumors that his imminent resignation from DEC was the result of infighting with senior VP John F. Smith over restructuring philosophy.

Officials and employees, Computer industry, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Chief financial officers, U S West Communications Inc., Digital Equipment Corp., DEC, Executive, New Appointment, Head Hunter, Osterhoff, James M.

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