Rogers Wireless Launches “Second Voice Line Service” (SVLS)

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Rogers Wireless Launches “Second Voice Line Service” (SVLS)

6:45 am on August 29, 2007 | Category: Telecom Services, Wireless, Cell Phones

Canada’s largest cell phone carrier, Rogers Wireless, has launched a groundbreaking new service that lets customers have two phone lines in a single handset.

The Second Voice Line Service (SVLS) is now available on any of Rogers’ 120 handset products, including popular smartphones like the Palm Treo 650 and BlackBerry Curve. It will be primarily targeted towards enterprise users who want to conduct business on one number and get personal calls on the other, without carrying two cell phones around.

“This innovation in wireless technology provides increased productivity, convenience and real cost savings, up to 49 percent every month off the cost of your second wireless line,” commented Irv Witte, the vice president of Business Marketing at Rogers Wireless.

SVLS also allows customers to have two location codes in a single phone, which is especially useful for users that travel between one location and another. They can assign one number to their city of residence, and another to the place they visit frequently.