COLUMBUS, Ohio-CompuServe Inc. has teamed up with a number of wireless companies to enhance mobility for professionals on the road through its Stay In Charge services.
Through individual agreements with PageMart Inc., SkyTel Corp. and Mobile Communications Corporation of America, CompuServe has introduced a number of value-added services, enabling the companies’ subscribers to receive incoming messages, e-mail notification and access to information services, CompuServe said.
Stay In Charge allows users to select which messages-defined by subject, sender or other criteria-they want forwarded automatically to their wireless devices. Frequent e-mail users can respond rapidly to the most important messages without connecting repeatedly to search through all messages.
Messages can be received by a pager or using a PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) card, by a notebook computer or personal digital assistant handheld computer, CompuServe reported.
Also, wireless messaging customers receive access to CompuServe’s on-line information service through their e-mail connectivity. Users pay $10 per month for unlimited access to 120 CompuServe basic services including e-mail, travel, shopping, investments and games.
Most of the partnerships will offer service locally, regionally and nationally. SkyTel and CompuServe are positioned to provide service internationally as well, noted SkyTel.
