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IP: AT&T hangs up on PersonaLink (most of us did early in it's
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 19:11:28 -0400
AT&T HANGS UP PROPRIETARY MESSAGING SYSTEM Citing competition from the Internet, AT&T has folded its PersonaLink online service that enabled users to shop and send messages via hand-held wireless "personal communicators" made by Motorola and Sony. The company had poured some $100 million into the venture, which used its own proprietary software. In its place, AT&T will launch a new cellular-phone Internet access service called PocketNet Phone, that uses a hybrid cell-data phone made by Mitsubishi Wireless Communications and Cirrus Logic. Software for the new venture is made by Unwired Planet Inc., a startup company in which AT&T holds an unspecified stake. (Wall Street Journal 12 July 96 B3)
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