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Title: Jazzing Up the Home Phone

Author: Ali, Sarmad Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: Wall Street Journal, v247 n42 pD1(2) Publication Date: Feb 22, 2006
  ISSN: 0193-2241
  Illustrations: Screen Layouts
URL of Publication: http://www.wsj.com

Verizon's Verizon One and Super Pages and AT&T and Cingular's Mobile2Home are highlighted in a discussion of the efforts of conventional phone companies in moving away from basic landline service and re-creating their products as sleek new multipurpose devices featuring high-speed Internet access, electronic phone books, and stock quotes. A new cordless landline phone will be launched by AT&T to allow users to make free calls over the Internet, while they still pay for calls over the phone lines. The new phone is part of the Project Jazz initiative for making landlines more attractive by integrating some wireless features into home phones. Verizon also has an Internet-linked landline phone that tells time, gives local weather updates and other popular information, and BellSouth is offering a new cordless phone with a color screen. Several phone companies are also providing such features as ring tones for landlines. AT&T digital subscriber line (DSL) is delivered over a landline, and the company recently announced AT&T Yahoo! Go Mobile to allow customers to uses their smartphones for access to AT&T DSL features, including e-mail, Web surfing, and instant messaging (IM) . A recent consumer survey by In-State, a market research firm, indicates that almost 20% of respondents using wireless voice service have plans to drop landline phone service. AT&T and Cingular are working on a new dual mode phone that blends wireless and landline features, and Verizon One is a new phone with a color-touch screen, a built-in wireless router, and a high-speed DSL connection.

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Companies:
Cingular Wireless Verizon Communications Inc

Products:
Mobile2Home Verizon One

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