BELL ADDS E-MAIL TO VISTA PHONE
By Adnews Staff
Bell Canada added an Internet e-mail service to its Vista 350 phone this week, and introduced the Vista 450 phone. The service and the new phone are available in Hamilton, Ont. They will be rolled out to the rest of Ontario and Quebec sometime in 1999. With the Vista 350 phone, users can reply to, forward and write e-mail messages by using the phone's keypad. Messages can be sent to 20 other e-mail addresses at the same time by using a personal e-mail address book which stores up to 50 messages. To register for the e-mail service, customers pick up the receiver of the phone and press e-mail. At the time of registration, customers will be provided with a Sympatico e-mail address, a password and unlimited access to the service. The cost of the e-mail service is $5 per month. The Vista 450 phone features a wireless keyboard that uses infrared technology to transmit data onto the screen. Bell will promote the service when it is expanded. Advertising for Bell is handled by Cossette Communication-Marketing of Toronto.