AT&T Hosts First Metro NY Bilingual 'Cell Phones for Seniors' Event in Chinatown...
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AT&T Hosts First Metro NY Bilingual 'Cell Phones for Seniors' Event in Chinatown June 10 AT&T Volunteers Tutor Senior Citizens on How to Text Grandkids and More at Free Educational Seminars NEW YORK, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* announced today the expansion of its popular public service initiative -- Cell Phones for Seniors -- designed to benefit New York City's mature adult population. With a nod towards the city's diverse community, AT&T will hold its first-ever Cantonese/Mandarin bilingual event in the city at the Chinese-American Planning Council's (CPC) Open Door Senior Center located at 168 Grand Street in Chinatown on June 10 from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. "AT&T's free educational program is a wonderful way to provide our seniors with a better understanding of all the advantages available from today's wireless technology," said David Chen, Executive Director for the Chinese-American Planning Council. "Providing useful and cost effective tips, encouragement and better access to these communications devices is very empowering for our members." Participants are encouraged to bring their mobile phones, regardless of which wireless carrier they currently use. The session will cover everything from mobile phone basics, such as controlling the volume, to checking voice mail to storing a number in the phone's address book. Seniors can also learn about how to send text messages and share pictures on their phones. With the help of translators, provided by the CPC, AT&T volunteers will provide hands-on demonstrations and one-on-one instructional support. AT&T communicates to customers in 160 languages around the world and offers the broadest global coverage of any U.S. provider, with voice roaming available in more than 200 countries; access to e-mail, the Web and data applications in more than 170 countries; and access to mobile broadband 3G networks in more than 70 countries. For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit www.att.com. *AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc. About AT&T AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest 3G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services. AT&T offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse(SM) and AT&T |DIRECTV(SM) brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T's Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations are known for their leadership in directory publishing and advertising sales. In 2009, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE(R) magazine's list of the World's Most Admired Companies. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. (C) 2009 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. 3G service not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. SOURCE AT&T Inc. Ellen Webner of AT&T, Office, +1-973-775-1321, Wireless, +1-201-532-7292, ellen.webner@att.com
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