BEDMINISTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile customers traveling in the southwest can now dial 411 and reach Bell Atlantic’s new InfoAssist service, which provides regular directory assistance and more.
InfoAssist offers a live operator who will do category searches for local events, movie theater schedules, hotels, sports teams and game locations, the nearest restaurants, towing service or other items.
The operator connects the calls. Cost is an additional 75 cents.
Bell Atlantic Mobile hopes to begin the service in its Washington/Baltimore market by the end of the year, and in northern New Jersey and Pittsburgh next year.
Sweden’s Telia contracts to buy Coherent product
LEESBURG, Va.-Coherent Communications Systems Corp. has been awarded a joint supply contract for the EC-6000 digital echo cancellers by Sweden’s Telia AB, and Telia’s sister company, Telia Mobitel AB.
Coherent manufactures echo canceller and voice quality enhancement hardware and software for commercial telecommunications companies and cellular providers worldwide.
