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AT&T U-verse Voice Launches in Sacramento

By Anshu Shrivastava, TMCnet Contributor

AT&T (News - Alert) Inc. has announced the availability of AT&T U-verse Voice in Sacramento, bringing consumers a next-generation digital voice service delivered over the AT&T U-verse Internet Protocol (IP) network.

 

A managed IP-based service, U-verse Voice brings together customers’ AT&T wireline and wireless voice, broadband and TV services with features that provide a “new level of integration, convenience and control,” according to AT&T officials.

 

U-verse Voice offers customers the benefits of advanced video, broadband, wireless and wireline voice services from a single provider, all on one bill, and the service is delivered over AT&T’s fiber-rich network.

 

AT&T U-verse Voice combines AT&T U-verse Voice and AT&T wireless voice mail with U-verse Messaging, which provides a single voice mailbox that can be accessed from any phone line or PC.

 

The service also includes U-verse Central, an online management portal that gives users the option to manage their call preferences, voice mail, contacts, call history and more from any PC, and in addition, an online voice mailbox.

 

Additionally, AT&T U-verse Voice provides users the option of Click to Call, which allows initiating a call from the customer's home phone to any number in a customer's Call History with one click of mouse or the U-verse TV remote control.

 

The service also includes traditional calling features, such as Call Screening, Call Blocking,

 

According to AT&T, all U-verse Voice customers will have 911 service, and where available via the local 911 network, U-verse Voice customers will have Enhanced 911 (E911) service.

 

AT&T offers U-verse TV customers two U-verse Voice calling plans: U-verse Voice Unlimited, which includes unlimited local and nationwide minutes to any location in the U.S., Canada or U.S. territories for $40 a month.

 

The other plan is the U-verse Voice 1000, which includes 1,000 Call Anywhere minutes to any location in the U.S. or U.S. territories for $30 a month.

 

“Sacramento is one of the first areas to receive U-verse Voice, and we're excited for our customers to see what true integration is all about,” said Loretta Walker, vice president and general manager for the Sacramento area at AT&T.

 

She also commented that with U-verse Voice, AT&T is going beyond the basic bundles to make services work together in new and exciting ways.

 

 

Anshu Shrivastava is a TMCnet Contributing Editor.

 

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