BellSouth and The Weather Channel Interactive Launch Severe Weather Alert Service
13 Avril 2006 - 4:19PM
PR Newswire (US)
Notify! by The Weather Channel(R) and BellSouth delivers
customizable weather information; Customers can receive urgent
hurricane and tornado warnings anytime, anywhere ATLANTA, April 13
/PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) and The Weather Channel
Interactive today announced the availability of Notify! by The
Weather Channel(R) and BellSouth. This new service provides
customers with detailed, customized alerts of severe weather,
including tornado warnings, severe thunderstorm warnings and flash
flood warnings, delivered to their home phones, mobile phones,
e-mail addresses or text pagers. "Notify! delivers detailed weather
warnings to BellSouth customers in real time so they can always be
prepared if severe weather strikes," said Paulino Barros, chief
product officer - BellSouth. "We help them control how they are
contacted about weather impacting their area." The catastrophic
weather conditions of 2005 emphasize the need for timely weather
warnings. Notify! enables customers to customize alerts and choose
how and when they want to receive news of impending severe weather.
In addition, they can have alerts delivered to up to three phones,
plus text pager and e- mail. Customers also select which type of
severe weather alerts they wish to receive on each device, and if
they wish for silent periods. As soon as local severe weather
warnings are issued, BellSouth customers will be informed. "When
the weather becomes severe, it is critical that people have a
reliable service that will deliver the weather information they
need," said Joe Fiveash, senior vice president/general manager for
The Weather Channel Interactive. "Working with BellSouth will give
us a great opportunity to provide that service to their customers
in the southeast." Customers can sign up for a 30-day free trial by
visiting http://www.bellsouth.com/weather. After the trial period,
an annual fee of $49.99 will be billed to the customer's credit
card. About BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation is a
Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia. BellSouth has joint control and 40 percent ownership of
Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice and data
provider with 54.1 million customers. Backed by award-winning
customer service, BellSouth offers the most comprehensive and
innovative package of voice and data services available in the
market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small
business customers can bundle their local and long distance service
with dial-up and high-speed DSL Internet access, satellite
television and Cingular(R) Wireless service. For businesses,
BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long distance voice
and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers print and
online directory advertising through The Real Yellow Pages(R) and
YELLOWPAGES.COM(TM) from BellSouth. BellSouth believes that
diversity and fostering an inclusive environment are critical in
maintaining a competitive advantage in today's global marketplace.
More information about BellSouth can be found at
http://www.bellsouth.com/. About The Weather Channel Interactive
The Weather Channel Interactive is the leading provider of
broadband and wireless weather products including weather.com, The
Weather Channel Desktop, and The Weather Channel Mobile.
weather.com, the Web site of The Weather Channel, is the ultimate
source of weather on the Web helping users plan their lives by
delivering timely current conditions, expert forecasts and relevant
lifestyle content for 98,000 locations worldwide. weather.com
reaches more than 25 million unique users each month, is the most
popular source of online weather, news and information and is the
most trusted source of online weather information according to
Nielsen//NetRatings. The Weather Channel Interactive also provides
consumers with unique and customizable products such as Desktop
Max, Notify! and a full lineup of mobile services including
downloads, messaging, mobile Web, and mobile video. DATASOURCE:
BellSouth Corporation CONTACT: Zealous Wiley of BellSouth,
+1-404-829-8721, or ; or David Blumenthal of The Weather Channel
Interactive, +1-770-226-2611, or Web site:
http://www.bellsouth.com/weather http://www.bellsouth.com/ Company
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