Word: skytel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proven performer like Valjeanne Estes. A graduate of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, with a master's in engineering from Georgia Tech, Estes, 36, worked in the booming telecommunications industry before heading for her M.B.A. Upon graduation from Fuqua, she interviewed with MCI and SkyTel. "But I wanted something that reflected my priorities, and I didn't see that in the corporate world," Estes says. She eventually became coordinator of a summer camp devoted to teaching girls about economic independence, putting some of her organizational know-how to work for nonprofits. "I love what I do," Estes says...
...People are going to use this to control their environment," says John Stupka, CEO of Jackson, Miss.-based SkyTel, which boasts the nation's only advanced messaging network. (Others are being rolled out.) Stupka cited a survey showing that the average information worker handles on the order of 190 e-mail and voice messages a day. He argues that everyone will have to figure out ways to control that message flow. The two-way pager is a means to that...
...leased (the right choice, since the Skywriter costs $399 to buy) for about $15 a month. Pointing to each letter with the cursor may not be the most elegant solution, but it's your best option until pagers with built-in keyboards arrive next year. ($24.95 for messaging service; Skytel...
...transmitting messages. It works: five minutes after a Time reporter first picked one up, he managed to create and send E-mail--while navigating rush-hour traffic. How good is the technology? Three weeks ago, Microsoft shelled out an estimated $25 million to increase its small stake in Skytel, a pager company that will sell the SkyWriter this fall. Bill Gates, it seems, believes in ghosts...