PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and
the Philadelphia Mayor's Commission on Aging announced today the launch of a
new public service initiative designed to benefit Philadelphia's mature adult
population. AT&T will host a free event -- Cell Phones for Seniors -- on
Tuesday, September 9th from 10 a.m. - noon at the Philadelphia Senior
Center - Tioga Chapter, 1531 West Tioga Street.
"We are glad the Philadelphia Senior Center and AT&T are offering this
vital learning experience for older adults," said Celeste Zappala, executive
director of the Mayor's Commission on Aging. "We encourage seniors to take
advantage of the opportunity to become fully familiar with their cell phones
and to learn more about available technologies. Once a person learns how to
master their cell phone, they can begin to teach others too."
"AT&T is very pleased to be part of this initiative and educational public
service for mature adults. We have found senior citizens are using technology
including wireless to find new ways to stay connected to family and friends.
More are sending text messages and are eager to learn about GPS services and
how to access the Internet from their cell phone," said Dan Lafond, vice
president and general manager for AT&T's wireless division in Philadelphia.
The event is open to the center's members. Participants are encouraged to
bring their wireless phone regardless of which wireless carrier they currently
use.
AT&T also will also have free "practice" phones on-site. The session will
cover everything from mobile phone basics, such as controlling the volume on
your phone, to checking voice mail to storing a number in the phone's address
book. Seniors can also learn about AT&T's Hearing Aid Compatible (HAC) options
as well as how to send text messages and share pictures on their phones. AT&T
volunteers will provide hands-on demonstrations and one-on-one instructional
support.
AT&T has plans to expand the Cell Phones for Seniors program to other
areas of Pennsylvania in the coming months.
For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit http://www.att.com.
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subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of
AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings
are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and
the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services.
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advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM
organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as
communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy,
AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. In 2008, AT&T again ranked
No. 1 on Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired Telecommunications Company
list and No. 1 on America's Most Admired Telecommunications Company list.
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