To all:
Below is an excerpt from a 1/28/97 Richmond Times-Dispatch article available at gateway-va.com :
PrimeCo, which began offering its services in Richmond and 15 other markets in November, is a provider of personal communications service, or PCS. It was formed by partners Bell Atlantic, Nynex, AirTouch and U S West in October 1994.
The service operates on a different frequency from cellular telephones, and the phones are digital, which allows them to have voice mail, caller identification and paging capabilities.
The first few months of PrimeCo's life have been successful, Scott said, especially in his home state of Virginia.
''Virginia is number one or two in terms of sales,'' Scott said, who now works at PrimeCo's Dallas-area headquarters. ''There is a very good operation here. Plus, the Richmond market was anxious for something that was a step forward in technology.''
Scott, who has used a mobile telephone for nine years, once thought he'd never need to make calls from his car or while walking down the street.
Now he and millions of Americans don't know how they'd live without the gadgets. In just two months, Scott has made 1,125 calls on his new PrimeCo phone.
He's even trying to persuade his parents, who live in Richmond, to get Prime Co phones.
Scott also is working on partnerships with other Virginia companies that bought PCS licenses, to create a ''digital supersystem in Virginia.''
Within a few months, Scott said, people who use PrimeCo phones will be able to use them outside of PrimeCo's areas. The telephones currently work only in the markets where PrimeCo offers service.
In the summer, the company will offer a dual-mode phone, which will allow users to switch from digital to cellular. That phone will allow users to tap cellular frequencies if they are traveling in an area that does not yet have digital service. |
