AT&T Wireless Services announced the expansion of its wireless PocketNet service to include
access to Lotus Notes networks.
Through an agreement with Lotus Development
Corp., AT&T will enable PocketNet subscribers to access e-mail, contact
information, and calendar utilities hosted on a Notes network.
AT&T reported it is working with other third-party vendors to extend the
PocketNet service to include access to other Notes-based applications,
including transportation, distribution, sales, and workgroup collaboration.
The Notes-enabled PocketNet service is being demonstrated this week at the
annual Lotusphere show taking place in Orlando.
The PocketNet cellular phone is manufactured by Mitsubishi and Samsung for
a price of $299. The service is available on a flat-fee basis, varying
according to market.
In related news, AT&T Wireless reported it is joining with TeleCorp, Inc.
to develop a digital wireless network across the Midwest, the South, and
New England.
Arlington, VA-based TeleCorp will operate the service and promote it as
being in affiliation with AT&T Wireless Services, providing 11.3 million
people in TeleCorp’s licensed areas with access to the AT&T Digital PCS
network.
“We plan to add additional coverage in existing AT&T Wireless markets in
1998 so that customers will have more places to call or connect to our
digital network,” said Dan Hesse, president and chief executive officer of
AT&T Wireless.