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PACIFIC BELL MOBILE INAUGURATES GSM

SACRAMENTO, Calif.-Pacific Bell Mobile Services launched its Global System for Mobile communications personal communications services network in Sacramento, Calif.

The company said as part of the introduction it is offering double the amount of airtime on any calling plan to anyone who initiates service before May 18. The plans range in price from $10 per month with airtime at 35 cents per minute to $60 per month with 300 free minutes of airtime and additional airtime priced at 15 cents per minute.

Pacific Bell also announced it has selected Metrica’s network performance management system to manage the newly launched system. Once Pacific Bell extends its PCS offering in California and Nevada, the Metrica system will be used to monitor the network, which will cover a potential subscriber population of 35 million people.

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