That provision was not in the owners' offer delivered last Friday, Kendall said.
The messages look very similar to the standard iOS text app, and they offer "Delivered" and "Read" receipts, but do not show a typing status indicator.
The interim front office, forced to deal without prospects to offer, delivered a few spare parts to supplement the roster.
He added that the offer delivered the "overwhelming majority of the financial effect we knew we needed to achieve in dealing with the deficit... so that we could continue to offer affordable pensions".
The Mets' revised offer, delivered yesterday by their assistant general manager, Jim Duquette, was for three years and $28.5 million, the same as their original proposal, plus an option for $9.5 million in the fourth year, also based on innings pitched.
"The S&N board believes that the consortium's offer delivers a fair value for S&N, reflecting its growth prospects, and will be recommending that shareholders accept," said chairman Sir Brian Stewart.
The latest offer, delivered two days after MCI agreed to a sweetened $7.51 billion deal with Verizon, was equal to $27.50 per MCI share.
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