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US West is the first telephone company to offer a next-generation Caller ID service that identifies callers by name as well as number. The service is currently being tested in the Boise, ID, area where the company has 70,000 residential and small business customers. The company expects name and number identification to be available in most major cities within three years. With the service, the number of the phone from which the call is made, along with the name under which it is listed, and the date and time of the call are displayed on a small device that attaches to the customer's telephone. Addressing the concern over privacy, the company maintains that callers who do not wish their numbers to be displayed can simply dial a special blocking code while making each call.
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Fifteen Canadian and US cellular telephone service providers announce an agreement to set standards for service and offer service across the two countries. The new MobiLink service comprises the cellular affiliates of Alltel Corp; Centel Corp; BellSouth Corp; Cellular Inc; Bell Atlantic Corp; Ameritech Corp; Century Telephone Enterprises Inc; GTE Corp; Nynex Corp; Southern New England Telecommunications Corp; U S West Inc; Pacific Telesis; Rochester Telephone Corp; and Mobility Canada, an alliance of 12 Canadian cellular firms. All carriers are affiliates of local phone companies. MobiLink will compete against the Cellular One North American alliance, led by Southwestern Bell Corp and McCaw Cellular Communications Inc.
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MCI Communications Corp announces a new long-distance telecommunications service for small and medium-size businesses. MCI Vision is the telephone company's attempt to win over businesses that spend approximately $500 to $50,000 monthly on telephone service. The MCI Vision package includes flat-rate service, volume discounts, complete itemized billing, calling cards and other features. MCI is trying to increase its share of the $18 billion smaller-business market for long-distance telephone services, of which it currently has about 15 percent. AT&T, by contrast, has about 50 percent of this lucrative portion the of business communications market. MCI plans a major advertising campaign for this new service.
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