Please don't squeeze the bar code, sir

Article Abstract:

Scanfone is a telephone system, made by US Order, Herndon, VA, that lets customers shop for groceries from home. Customers are provided with a catalogue that lists products together with bar codes, and Scanfone telephones are equipped with a device that reads bar codes. Thus, customers can choose what they want to buy, and deliveries are made at convenient times. Customers never get a busy signal because orders transmit over a computerized network. Payments can be made using credit cards, or by check when an order is delivered. The service's charge is only $9.95 a month, but supermarkets are expected to charge for deliveries because they will want to discourage people from placing many orders for only a few items. Scanfone is scheduled to be introduced in supermarket chains in 16 cities within 1992.

Business services, not elsewhere classified, Usage, Product development, Product information, Supermarkets, Technology application, Product introduction, Videotex systems, New Product, Retailing, New Technique, Videotex, Pen-Based I/O, US Order Inc., Shoppers Express Inc., Scanfone (Videotex system)

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Cellular pact by Motorola and Telecom

Article Abstract:

Motorola Inc and Northern Telecom Ltd are combining their marketing staffs and product lines. They plan to market their equipment to large cellular-telephone-systems operators in an effort to fend off competition. Rival telecommunications companies, such as AT&T and LM Ericsson AB, offer products that compete with Motorola and Telecom for the same market. The joint marketing agreement will eventually lead to unified product design capitalizing on both companies' expertise. The joint operation already guarantees the two companies $500 million and requires a staff of 800 to 1,000 people, all from previous contracts. Neither Motorola nor Telecom has won as many large contracts as the companies would like. The two companies have competed against one another in the market for digital switches.

Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Cellular telephones, Wireless telephones, Marketing, Contracts, Motorola Inc., MOT, Strategic Planning, Cellular Radio, Cooperative Agreements, Northern Telecom Canada Ltd., Marketing Agreements

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