KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services announced the commercial availability of the AT&T CellCard, a smart card the size of a credit card that is designed to extend the reach of a customer’s cellular phone number to an additional 35 countries.
AT&T said a customer can rent or purchase a Global System for Mobile communications cellular phone prior to traveling and can immediately begin using the phone once the card is inserted. Charges are included on the customer’s regular cellular bill.
AT&T is offering the CellCard in New York, New Jersey and Dallas and expects to make the card available throughout the majority of AT&T markets by early next year.
