Bell South and Voyager Team up to provide fast Internet Preview!

New Zealander's can now get their internet mail faster, thanks to a new
service, Internet Preview, being pioneered by
BellSouth and Voyager.

The companies have reached an agreement under which Voyager's Internet
customers will
be able to preview Internet Email messages on the screens of their Bell South
GSM
Digital cellular mobile phones as soon as they are received in the Voyager
Mailbox. This is the first
time such a service has been integrated into a cellular network and means
that the Internet now rivals
fax and paging as an immediate communications tool.

Starting in November the new service will be made available to a limited
number of Bell South
and Voyager Customers under a three month evaluation programme.
While there is no charge for the service during this period, the companies
expect to offer
the service commercially earli next year.

Internet Preview gives customers, immediate, anytime, anywhere access to
their Internet Email,
removing the need for them to log on and check to see whether any messages
have been delivered.
As soon as a message is received in their Voyager mailbox, the first 160
characters will automatically be forwarded
to their Bell South GSM Digital mobile phone number ready for viewing on the
screen of their mobile phone.

Email messages received by Voyager and addressed to BellSouth customers will
be forwarded to the
BellSouth Short Message Service Centre over a dedicated circuit. The
sender's name, the message subject and the first few lines of text, up to a
combined total of 160 characters, will be forwarded
to the customer's phone by the SECURE BellSouth GSM Digital Network.

On receiving the message notification he can:

1. Using a Zaurus Mobile KIWIGREEN Office, with a GSM Modem and associated
Zaurus GSM
Short Messaging Software he can "cut and paste" from his documents ( or type
in) his reply and
send it back out to the Internet via the BellSouth GSM - SMS Service.
2. Or use the keyboard of the phone to type out a reply.

As the service is intergrated into the BellSouth GSM Network this will allow
network intelligence
to be used to provide enhanced services in the future.

The normal cost of sending a GSM Short Message is approx 7 cents USD.

Further details on this New Zealand solution can be obtained from:

Mobile PDA Solutions http://www.mobilepda.co.nz
Via: 104125,744@CompuServe  or rgw@voyager.co.nz

Merv Carroll