Omnipoint "This is....." Commercial

I worked at Omnipoint back in '98, and when the VoiceStream merger rumors began, I had the foresight to snag every graphic and video off the internal web server. And promptly forgot about them 'till now...

So here's a blast from the past, from the early days of digital cellphones and GSM. (In fact we were told never to call them cell phones, to better differentiate our tech from analog cellular...)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• omnipoint
• t-mobile
• voicestream
• retro
• tech
• cellular
• gsm
• digital

[xronstube]

Thanks for posting; I'm the parrot voice!

[michleg]

BTW, Loved the call from Fred To The Demure Young Lady. It was a hit & highlight. The knocking over of the Cellular Phone was quite-funny. Comedy is an effective tool.

[michleg]

It was in 1997 when I bought an OMNIPOINT Phone in Forest Hills, Queens, in November of '97. I have been doing SMS for almost 13 years. My 1st Mobile e-mail came via my Ericsson Phone from The old Shea Stadium Mezzanine on 03/31/1998 to my Earthlink e-mail, on Opening Day. No one else with a Mobile Phone, save for OMNIPOINT Users, could e-mail or text that day.

[michleg]

When AT & T Wireless, before being merged into Cingular, tried GSM, I have a feeling that they were NOT Ready. Sometimes phones didn't work for days. Sure they did SMS, but their Multimedia Messaging was expensive & didn't even have Fax Mail, something the OMNIPOINT portion of T-Mobile, currently has.

OMNIPOINT was the leader. AT&T & Verizon Wireless were the followers.

[michleg]

OMNIPOINT had the most-advanced network of its' time & really serves as the basis of today's T-Mobile:

AT&T was part digital & part analog. Bell Atlantic-NYNEX Mobile was mostly analog. Sprint was at least building an advanced CDMA Network. I do remember when AT&T's Wireless had problems in NYC due to overloads on their network. Bell Atlantic Mobile Phones often got cloned because of the analog system. ONLY OMNIPOINT was Digital. I have even received faxes on my phone via voicemail.

[TapionXG3]

i had this, 100$ digital 3000% hasel. i left when a rep refused to take a payment

[alexrg213]

My aunt actually owns this bird now afteromnipoint sold out to voicestream

[mannysdaman]

i used to work for omnipoint...great name great logo and what they offered at the time....horrible customer service though

[nsenderoff]

they got this parrot idea from disney!

[TailsfanTL]

Thanks for this, I loved this Commercial, especially at the end with Parrot kicking over the Static-ey Phone XD