Word: omnipoint
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Dates: during 1998-1998
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...hate it when someone at the next table in a restaurant thinks it's cool to yammer away on his cell phone? Well, there's a new book out to set him straight: Wireless Etiquette by Peter Laufer ($14.50 from Omnipoint, available at branden.com) Maybe you can copy a few appropriate pages for your briefcase and pass them out to offenders...
...digital networks will blanket the planet. Now, however, coverage is spotty, with smaller places unserved. Worse, there are three different digital "languages"--one used by AT&T, for instance; another by Sprint; and a third, known as GSM, that is big in Europe and offered here by Omnipoint. Alas, they can't understand one another's signals. That's why digital-service providers are throwing in great incentives to buy. The Qualcomm phone ($199) I tried--and would have bought, if Sprint's PCS service were available where I live--is a perfect example. One of the features...
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