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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 18 Dec 1985, p. 8

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Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staff Since the first customer calls were made in Canada using Bell Cellular service on July 1 of this year, it has been introduced to Hamilton, London, Windsor and Oshawa. By the end of next year it will be available along most of the major transportation corridors in Ontario and Quebec. According to Corrie Fewson, Ontario sales manager for Bell Cellular, the main advantage of their service over conventional mobile phones is the increased capacity they provide. "The conventional mobile phone is limited because it has only a limited number of channelsâ€"often businessmen would have to wait 10â€"15 minutes to get a line. We have gone beyond channels," he said. ‘"What this does is it allow the businessman the opportunity to take his business with him whereever he goes, he can be constantly in touch with the operations in his office," said Ross Barkwell, a spokesman for Bell Cellular. "The pace of business today, the competition that there is out there, definitely means you have to be on top of your client base and the operations base of your own company so when a decision has to be made you can do it as quickly as possible." He explained that Bell Cellular Service provides quality transmisâ€" sions for mobile radiophones using radio waves that are picked up by a series of towers. A central switching computer connects the calls to the conventional telephone system or another mobile unit. As a call travels across the service area, it is automatically passed from one tower to another in a "hand off" which is imperceptible to the caller. In fact, using this new technology, you can also conduct your business while walking down King Street, using a phone hidden away in a briefcase, or out on the construction site using a small handâ€"held set carried in a holster attached to your belt. Dick Tracy, look out, soon we‘ll all have wristâ€"watch telephones. Tuesday marked the introduction of Bell Cellular service to theKitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge/Guelph area, making Bell, a division of Bell Canada, the first company to offer service in all major centres along the 401 from Oshawa to Windsor. Today‘s businessman can‘t look to his car as a refuge from the telephone. Thanks to the development of the cellular radiotelephone, your car can be transformed into the "mobile office of the future""and you can do all those things on a carphone which you formerly could only do on the equipment in your office or home. Because cellular technology is standard across North American, any cellular telephone bought in this country or the US will work on Bell Cellular‘s system. To date, service is available for Bell Cellular in 45 cities across the United States and Canada. PAGE 8 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1985 â€"Business Week Beatrice FRENCH ONION CHIP DIP It pays to be mobile CANADA DRY GINGER ALE EGG NOG RC Cola & Câ€"Plus Orange, Reg. $1.99 PEPSI or COKE 2â€"Litre, Reg. $1.99 Reg. $1.45 SUPER SPECIAL 1 Litreâ€"Maple Lane Reg. $1.79 . "1.69 HUMPTY DUMPTY OR HOSTESS ICE CREA 99| ..**""s3 gg .99°¢ CHIPS New cellular phones FAMOUS, Reg. $4.65 ICE CREAM S Neilson â€" 2â€"Litre 1â€"Litre OREO meg. s3.19 2 Litreâ€"Beatrice OLD FASHIONED RECIPE ‘1.19 $1.49 2â€"LITRE .99° $3.29 2.19 He said the army of successful entrepreneurs all do it in their own and individualistic ways. Ontario sales manager Corrie Fewson demonstrates the wonders of Bell Cellular‘s new mobile telephone service, introduced to Kâ€"W Tuesday. Chronicle photo Everett Banning, coâ€"author of a new book on small business successes in Canada, told an audience at Wilfrid Laurier University that there are no golden rules for success in â€" launching new businesses. Chronicle Special Small business bolsters our economy: Banning We thank you for the privilege of serving you in 1985 and look forward to continuing our service in 1986 to all our friends and customers Piller Sausages & Delicatessens Ltd. MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR f43â€" 1412 for all those Christmas and New Year‘s Parties? e not sure you can insert contacts e afraid of ripping or losing them e would like to try them to see how they feel at the CONTACT LENS BOUTIQUE we will work with you until you get it right. SPECIALIZING IN THE FITTING OF ALL CONTACT LENSES SPECIAL OFFER $20 orr CONTACT LENSES 22 KING ST. S. WATERLOO 888â€"6980 e daily soft lenses e soft torics e extended wear Gift Certificates Available Eye Examinations Arranged The remainder, he said, generate the majority of economic activity and provide most of the jobs. Banning spoke in Waterloo as part of the WLU Bookstore‘s meetâ€"theâ€"author series, offered withâ€" out charge as a public service. And he added that it is the small businesses in Canada that are bolstering the country‘s economy. Out of 750,000 businesses in Canada, only 28,000 gross more than $2 million annually. (owner U of W graduate) THINKING ABOUT with this coupon e gas perm e bifocal contacts e specialty lenses until Jan. 31/86

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