ATLANTA-Southern LINC, the digital wireless communications services arm of energy company Southern Co., announced plans to offer a suite of wireless data and Internet services beginning this fall.
Southern LINC, which offers service using integrated Digital Enhanced Network technology, is beta testing the wireless data capabilities throughout its network in Alabama, Georgia, southeast Mississippi and the Florida panhandle.
Southern LINC customers using microbrowser-equipped iDEN handsets from Motorola Inc. will be able to access Internet information services such as stock quotes, weather and traffic updates and business headlines, said the company. In addition, companies with mobile work forces can use the data capabilities to manage work orders, monitor the location of vehicles and track job flow.
In connection with the planned launch, Southern LINC announced an evaluation and installation agreement with eDispatch.com Wireless Data Inc. eDispatch’s Internet dispatch product will enable the data functions Southern LINC will offer to mobile work forces, including sending messages and job details, tracking work loads in real time, providing information as a secure data message, re-routing field workers to last-minute service calls, and querying and updating databases from a job site or vehicle.
Southern LINC has more than 100,000 customers on its network.
