ATLANTA-MCI Communications Corp. said it is introducing local cellular service in south Florida including Miami. The announcement comes on the heels of MCI’s recent cellular service introductions in Atlanta, Detroit and greater Michigan.
MCI said business and residential customers in these markets now have a choice for local and national cellular service, as well as a range of cellular long-distance and enhanced services and integrated billing options.
“The addition of south Florida expands MCI’s cellular “footprint” into all of the nation’s top 10 markets. However the most significant thing for our customers*…*is that they can now add cellular to many other value-added services they can get from MCI,” said Barry Zipp, director of wireless marketing.
As an inducement, MCI said it is offering one year of free domestic cellular long-distance calling, up to $50 per month per line.
The company said its networkMCI Cellular service offers businesses sophisticated expense management tools, customized rate plans, a range of equipment choices and optional features, plus free long distance.
MCI also offers local cellular service in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Washington/Baltimore, Philadelphia, San Diego and Milwaukee.
With the new market expansions, MCI said its cellular coverage increases to more than 30 percent of the U.S. population and will reach 45 percent by year end.
