It's a bank. It's a brain. No, it's superphone

Article Abstract:

Telephone equipment companies are developing computerized screen-based telephones. They will introduce their first models by Fall 1993, at prices ranging from $70 to $650. The new phones display from two to 25 lines of numbers and text on liquid crystal displays (LCD). Some offer pull-out keyboards, modems and a microcomputer's processing power. The devices are intended to make it easier to use such new telephone services as combined call-waiting and caller-identification, three-way conference calling and speed dialing. The more powerful computerphones support selective call-forwarding and call-blocking, and provide fax capabilities as well. Keyboard models can make telephone banking and ticket ordering easier and more informative. AT&T's $500 Smart Phone 2100 and Philips Electronics' $650 Enhanced Telephone are two of the most advanced models planned.

Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Product development, Computer-telephone integration, Computer telephony, Systems analysis, Telecommunications equipment industry, Liquid crystal displays, New Product, System Design, Telephones, LCD Display, Key/Hybrid Telephone Systems

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MCI shows rise in profits of 8.5% in the first quarter

Article Abstract:

MCI Communications Corp reports 1st qtr FY 1992 earnings of $141 million, or 51 cents a share, an 8.5 percent increase from the same period in 1991. Last year, MCI posted $130 million in first-quarter earnings, or 48 cents a share. MCI is the US's second-largest long-distance telephone service provider, after AT&T. MCI credits its profit to growth in its large-contract business sector and in its domestic and international consumer market, specifically in its highly-touted Friends and Family Program. MCI's stock rose 62.5 cents on Thursday, April 24, 1992, to close at $33.50 per share.

Telephone communications, exc. radio, Finance, Profits, MCI Communications Corp., MCIC, Profit, Financial Report, First Quarter

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