 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| FRIDAY - MARCH 12, 2004 - ISSUE NO. 102 | |||||||||||||||||||
Dear wireless colleagues and friends of paging, Excitement continues to build about the IWCE show in Las Vegas, now just about one week away. I just got off the phone with a nice lady in Zimbabwe who is planning to attend. Several of my friends and I are staying at the Sahara Hotel. You still have time to join us. I have a couple of news clips about Microsoft this week. Anything that this company does merits our attention, so I try to follow their continued efforts to reinvent paging with their SPOT (Smart Personal Object Technology) project. Just about every technically-literate person in the world today uses some form of Microsoft technology daily—even a dyed-in-the-wool Macintosh user like yours truly. Down south of the border, Telefónica—Spain's telephone company—bought BellSouth's assets, making them the largest wireless carrier in Latin America. I helped them set-up their first POCSAG paging system in Spain about twenty years ago. For several years they have been investing heavily in companies in Latin America. Don't miss the interesting news clips in the Wi-Fi section near the end of the newsletter. This is a relatively new technology, and it is changing every day. Now if someone can just figure out how to make money with Wi-Fi "hotspots" it will be a good thing. Everyone likes it as long as it is free. I have received several calls recently about remote monitoring and control using ReFLEX technology. I still represent Amtel Wireless. Following are some of the things we can do for you with telemetry over ReFLEX:
Now on to this week's news and views. |
Keeping Paging Alive
A new issue of the Paging and Wireless Data Newsletter gets posted on the web each week. A notification goes out by e-mail to subscribers on most Fridays around noon Eastern US time. The notification message has a link to the actual newsletter on the Internet. That way it doesn't fill up your incoming e-mail account. There is no charge for subscription and there are no membership restrictions. Readers are a very select group of wireless industry professionals, and include the senior managers of many of the world's major paging and wireless data companies. There is an even mix of operations managers, marketing people, and engineers, so I try to include items of interest to all three groups. It's all about staying up-to-date with business trends and technology. I regularly get reader's comments, so this newsletter has become a community forum for the paging, and wireless data communities. You are welcome to contribute your ideas and opinions. Unless otherwise requested, all correspondence addressed to me is subject to publication in the newsletter and on my website. NOTE: This newsletter is best viewed at screen resolutions of 800x600 (good) or 1024x768 (better). Any current revision of web browser should work just fine. Please notify me of any problems with viewing. This site is compliant with XHTML 1.0 transitional coding for easy access from wireless devices. (XML 1.0 / ISO 8859-1) American Association of Paging Carriers A reminder to the paging industry: the Paging Zone will once again be a feature of the IWCE show in Las Vegas next month; it is sponsored by the AAPC. You should plan to come to the Paging Zone at the show, and if you haven't already done so, join the AAPC. It is the only organization that is fighting for the issues affecting our industry.
| ||||||||||||||||||
| WATCHING THE SPOT WATCH—MICROSOFT TRYING TO REINVENT PAGING | |
WATCHMAKERS ARM PRODUCTS March 4, 2004 I frown on people who steer with one hand while yakking away and holding a cell phone in the other. I preach two hands on the wheel. But I have to confess that while trying out a new SPOT — Smart Personal Objects Technology — watch, I couldn't stop glancing at my wrist at traffic stops. I checked the Chicago weather forecast, temperatures in warmer climes, news headlines and stock prices. The watch even can deliver short text messages from MSN Messenger — though the watch is not equipped to respond. It also receives appointments synced in from the Outlook calendar — an invaluable service for me because I often leave my personal digital assistant in the charger cradle when I rush for that 7:33 a.m. train. Microsoft already rules the computer operating system market. Now, with PC sales flat, the giant from Redmond, Wash., has a vision with SPOT to rule our wrists and who knows what else. Last month, Microsoft and its partners, Fossil Inc., the nation's No. 1 watch seller, and Suunto Inc., the Finnish sports watch company, launched the new SPOT watches. The n3 from Suunto, with a longer warranty and extended charge time and a scratch-resistant face, costs $299. Fossil's Wrist Net models range in price from $129 for the Abacus to $199 for its Dick Tracy-branded Wrist Net. (Though the latter is modeled after the cartoon detective's watch and offers Dick Tracy-themed watch faces, technology has yet to quite catch up with cartoonist Chester Gould's vision of the two-way video wristwatch.) "The goal (behind SPOT) was that we thought we could make everyday life better and more purposeful through the power of software," said Chris Schneider, senior program manager with Microsoft's SPOT group. SPOT is a big deal for the Microsofties. When the company introduces any new product, a top-level exec sponsors its development; Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was SPOT's godfather. Three years ago, a research team began researching and building a new software platform and hardware to "deliver information to everyday objects," Schneider said. Microsoft is interested in deploying SPOT everywhere — microwave ovens, alarm clocks, key chains, clothing — but research indicated consumers wanted the information first on their wrists, she said. Microsoft then went to the two watchmakers. Dan Colliander, president of Suunto, the world's leading dive computer maker, said he initially rejected the SPOT concept when Microsoft approached him 1-1/2 years ago. "We thought that having information on your wrist that is not sports-specific can be done with a PDA or a cell phone," he said. "But when we thought about it a bit, we realized that the extra data is a natural extension of what we did. The PDA and the cell phone had one big negative — you have to push a lot of buttons to get information. With the wristwatch, we can make customized information available at a glance." Microsoft developed a wireless network to send out the data in the top 100 markets in the United States and Canada. SPOT watches have built-in antennas to download data. Suunto's timepiece has an antenna around its face. The Fossil watches have antennas built into the wrist band. SPOT watches have other features that take a little getting used to. You may be accustomed to regularly charging your cell phones and PDAs, and perhaps changing watch batteries every couple years. But hooking up your watch to the wall socket for juice is a new twist. Fossil's watch needs to be recharged every two days through a system similar to that used on electric toothbrushes. The Suunto, which needs a boost every five or six days, is connected with a device that looks like a jumper cable. With the addition of software, it also can be recharged through a computer's USB port. The heavy lifting of receiving data is a battery drain. And these watches have a subscription fee. The wireless service to run the watches costs $59 a year or $9.95 a month through MSN Direct at direct.msn.com. You can register two watches for this price. For basic information, the SPOT watches seem to hit the spot. But some watch mavens have not been impressed. Steve Lundin, technology editor of International Wristwatch magazine and chief executive of Chicago-based BIGfrontier Communications Group, said, "Microsoft will have a tough time competing with the ubiquitous PDA for portable real-time data turf. There's a big difference between squinting at a 3-by-4-inch screen and a 1-by-1-inch screen, and user experience is a critical factor for success in this space. "This product gets a big thumbs-up for its gee-whiz factor, but may turn out to be the new millennium's Pet Rock for the wrist. You won't see any company taking a majority stake on the public's wrists until someone invents the two-way watch/camera/phone, and, to the best of my knowledge, only Dick Tracy has one of those." Jonathan Spira, chief executive officer and chief analyst at Basex, a tech research and consulting firm, said SPOT is still in the "novelty phase. It has a few bits of useful information, but it won't be enough for information junkies. It's a gimmick right now and it has to do a lot more to catch on, such as becoming a mobile phone. I'd have difficulty taking off my elegant timepiece and putting on an inelegant SPOT watch." Still, several of the more style-conscious people I know really liked the nerdy-looking Fossil. I liked the Suunto, though I had a hard time fitting it under my shirt cuff; one of the fashionistas said the kewl thing now is to wear the watches on the outside of the cuff. I guess. Suunto's pricier watch, which is waterproof to 330 feet and has a scratch-resistant dial, has a two-year guarantee. Fossil has a 90-day guarantee. But a consumer who is unhappy for any reason has 30 days to return the SPOT watch. No questions asked. Source: Chicago Sun-Times Microsoft shows off tomorrow's tech Friday, March 05, 2004 COMMENTARY: Since 2001, Microsoft has held an annual internal event called Microsoft Research TechFest, at which the company's researchers give employees a glimpse into upcoming technology, hoping to excite and inspire them about the future. At this year's TechFest event, Microsoft Research demonstrated technologies ranging from consumer- and programmer-oriented computer tools to an HIV tracking system that might eventually lead to a cure for AIDS. Like earlier TechFest events, the company held this year's gathering at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington, US. This year's TechFest participants included more than 400 researchers from Microsoft Research labs in Beijing; Cambridge, England; Mountain View, California; Redmond; and San Francisco. Also on hand were Mike Rowe, the Canadian teenager who became involved in a legal spat with Microsoft when he registered the domain name MikeRoweSoft, and Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates, who wandered from booth to booth, looking for cool technologies. Some of the highlights from this year's show include a photo-stitching application that creates seamless panoramic images from several photos, a microphone that can pick out a single voice in a loud crowd of people, a web navigation system that uses a numeric keypad that's similar to a mobile phone's keypad, new programming tools called KISS and Zing that can help developers find coding errors, a project called Swarm that lets people more easily send text messages to preset groups of contacts, and an application called Shield that protects Windows systems from known vulnerabilities even when those vulnerabilities haven't yet been patched. Although TechFest is largely an internal event, Microsoft publicly demonstrated a few of the research products this week. One application lets TV viewers edit recorded sporting events so that they see only the portions they want to see. For example, you might edit a baseball game so that you see only the hits. Microsoft Research said the software works with baseball, basketball, and soccer. The company will likely include a future version of the software in Windows XP Media Center Edition (XP MCE). Other demonstrated technologies included photo-editing software that can automatically pick out the best shots in a sequence of similar pictures and a tiny camera called SenseCam that's worn like a pendant and automatically captures events throughout the day, then stores those images in a digital diary. Microsoft said SenseCam stores 2,000 images in a 12-hour day. Microsoft will incorporate each of these technologies, in some way, in Windows Longhorn or other future Microsoft products. Past products that came out of Microsoft Research included the Tablet PC and the Smart Personal Object Technology (SPOT) Smart Watches, which Microsoft launched earlier this year at the 2004 International Computer Electronics Show (CES). Source: iTnews Australia | |
| PAGING AND WIRELESS DATA NEWS CLIPS FROM THE WEB | |
Paging Technical Committee Meeting WHAT: THE NEXT PTC MEETING and any papers of interest to the radio paging industry. WHEN: Thursday, March 25, 2004, starting with sub-committees at 8:00AM - 10:00 AM. WHERE: Las Vegas Convention Center (next to the Las Vegas Hilton) in room N249. WHY: Scheduled meeting of the PTC. WHO: Engineering personnel from various paging carriers, vendors and others interested in the technology of radio paging. RSVP: PLEASE RSVP to Stephen Oshinsky at the following e-mail address: Thanks, Source: Courtesy of the AAPC Telefónica Snaps Up BellSouth Assets March 8, 2004 It's a done deal. Telefónica will plunk down $5.85 billion for BellSouth's Latin American mobile assets. The move will make its wireless unit Telefónica Moviles the largest wireless carrier in Latin America. Under the terms of the deal, BellSouth will get $4.2 billion in cash after taxes and reduce its consolidated debt by $1.5 billion. The deal covers 10 Latin American operations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Uruguay will be new market entries for Telefónica Moviles. The company will gain 10.5 million new customers from the assets, which will bring its total Latin American customer base to 41 million and its worldwide base to 62.5 million. BellSouth said it decided to shed the assets to focus its efforts in the U.S. market. "The sale of our Latin American operations enables us to continue to strengthen our domestic business. This transaction improves our flexibility as we focus on growth opportunities," BellSouth Chairman and CEO Duane Ackerman said in a statement. BellSouth's Cingular Wireless, a joint venture with SBC Communications, has agreed to purchase AT&T Wireless for $41 billion. Once the transaction is complete, Cingular will become the No. 1 wireless carrier in the United States, passing Verizon Wireless. Source: Wireless Week Telefónica nota de prensa en español. (pdf) Consumers call for service improvements in letter campaign March 10, 2004 1:22 PM EST WASHINGTON—Consumer Union, which publishes Consumer Reports magazine, said nearly 8,000 letters from wireless consumers were delivered this week to wireless companies by the organization's EscapeCellHell.org campaign calling for better contract terms, improved coverage information and the ability to move handsets between carriers. The organization noted the most letters sent through the Web site were from Verizon Wireless customers, which it acknowledged has the highest market share of customers, with letters from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sprint PCS customers garnering a slightly greater number than each carrier's respective market shares. "Now that the companies have these customer letters, we will see if the cell phone companies 'can hear us now,' and respond to concerns about poor service, draconian contract terms and artificial locks that keep customers' cell phones from working when they switch carriers," said Janee Briesemeister, director of EscapeCellHell.org, which organized the letter writing campaign. Briesemeister added that company responses to customer concerns will be posted on the Web site and e-mailed to each consumer who sent a letter. "We are hopeful the companies will take these very valid customer concerns to heart and do the right thing by putting an end to the consumers' cell hell of poor service, hefty charges and wasteful practices," Briesemeister said. Source: RCR Wireless News |
| FEATURED ADVERTISERS | |||||||||||||||||
| Advertiser Index | |||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||
Download Mr. Mercer's resumé. |  | ||||||||||||||||
Motorola Introduces Two New Pagers Ideal for Health Care, Hospitality, Manufacturing, and Utilities Markets Motorola's newest one-way pagers—the Advisor II pager and the LS355 pager—are ideal for users in demanding business environments who need a convenient and cost effective way to stay in touch. Both the Advisor II pager and the LS355 pager were developed for use in hospitals and medical facilities, manufacturing environments, utilities, hospitality applications, campus settings, and for businesses that own and operate their own paging systems.
Both the Advisor II pager and the LS355 pager are available in POCSAG, UHF or VHF models and ship with a one-year standard warranty. As part of the continued support of these pagers, Motorola offers a two-year Express Service Plus program. This feature provides hardware repair coverage for two years beyond the standard one-year warranty for a total of three years of pager repair coverage. Both pagers are available through Motorola Authorized Resellers. MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © Motorola, Inc. 2003. | See you at the IWCE show in  | ||||||||||||||||
For more information on advertising click here. | |||||||||||||||||
A fast and reliable alarming system is an indisputable prerequisite for emergency fire and rescue services to respond successfully and efficiently. State-of-the-art paging enables groups as well as individuals to be alerted. The Quattrino Voice and Memo two tone pagers are suitable for everyone, even for those working in an emergency during severe weather conditions. Continual further development of previous popular models has resulted in a practical, reliable and user-friendly device, innovatively housed with ergonomic operating controls. Design elements include a very long standby function and weather proofing to the European IP54 specifications. I am an authorized Manufacturer Representative for Swissphone. Please contact me directly for any additional information. |
Why upgrade your outdated paging terminal hardware when you can replace with PRISM Systems International products that feature non-proprietary COTS components? Advanced RF Communications will be in the Prism Systems International booth #9077 at the International Wireless Communications Expo. Stop by and meet us to learn more about the superior features included in the PRISM line of:
Advanced RF Communications will also demonstrate a live ReFLEX™ two-way data messaging system powered by the TGA SparkGap two-way messaging terminal. Subscriber equipment from several manufacturers will be available for live two-way messaging demos. Advanced RF Communications offers a complete line of products and services for one and two-way paging/data messaging systems. Services include:
| ||||||||||||||||
Need a good paging engineer? Jason Loefer is looking for a job. Atlanta Area Download his resumé here. | |||||||||||||||||
 Authentium's COMMAND Antivirus™ COMMAND Antivirus™ is used by leading education institutions, Fortune 500 companies and government agencies for one simple reason - it works. Based on the proven F-Prot engine and developed continuously over a period of more than ten years, COMMAND Antivirus™ deploys more easily, detects more viruses (and potential viruses), handles more file extensions, and returns fewer false positives than competing antivirus products. Authentium's new representative for Mexico: Enrique Llaca Enrique Llaca | Advertise Here Your company's logo and product promotion can appear right here for 6 months. It only costs $500 for a full-size ad in 26 issues—that's $19.23 an issue. Details about the various advertising plans can be read here. | ||||||||||||||||
 AAPC’s Mission Statement Defines Purpose
Our industry must move forward together or we will perish individually. If you want to get involved, please click here. Come and join us! The AAPC "newsroom" is a great source of information. The AAPC also hosts the Paging Technical Committee site. There is a lot of good paging industry information here. Click on the logo above to get a membership application. | High-speed simulcast paging with protocols such as POCSAG and FLEX™ requires microsecond accuracy to synchronize the transmission of digital paging signals.  Zetron's Simulcast System uses GPS timing information to ensure that the broadcasted transmissions between the nodes of the Simulcast System and associated transmitters are synchronized to very tight tolerances. This system is ideal for public or private paging system operators that use multiple transmitters and wish to create new paging systems or to build out existing systems into new regions. For more information about Zetron's High Speed Simulcast Paging System, the Model 600 and Model 620, go to: www.zetron.com/paging.
| ||||||||||||||||
Prism Message Gateway Systems Your Choice of Options
Popular Choice for Domestic and International
Logical Choice
Go ahead… be choosy… choose Prism Systems International
|  MAXPage
Commtech Wireless introduces MAXPage, a desktop paging terminal packed with features. Alpha, Numeric, Tone, & Voice Serial Interface Telephone Interface Alarm Inputs Features*
*Some of the features listed are optional and are not supplied as standard For more information, simply fill out the feedback form or contact us on the details below.
| ||||||||||||||||
The RIM 957 has a large, high-resolution display screen. This data-only handheld also offers:
Wynn & Associates is offering a special discount on these RIM (data only) units to readers of this newsletter. Please call 301-292-3030 or e-mail and mention The Paging and Wireless Data Newsletter to receive this special offer. | |||||||||||||||||
 ISC Technologies is the industry leader in the pre-owned Paging equipment marketplace. We specialize in purchasing, reconditioning, reconfiguring and sales of quality paging infrastructure. We can customize and configure equipment at a fraction of the cost of new. All equipment carries a standard warranty to insure your trouble free operation. At ISC Technologies we service what we sell and more. Our factory-trained technicians repair most Quintron, Glenayre, Motorola, and Skydata equipment. All of our repairs are done on a Time and Material basis, saving you money over flat rate repair. From vacuum tubes to surface mount equipment, we are ready to handle your repair needs quickly and cost effectively.
|  Wireless Communication Solutions Hark Systems has provided the wireless industry with innovative products for over 20 years. The Omega family of products continues that tradition. The Omega Gateway performs the function of a TAP Concentrator, a TNPP Router, and an Internet Paging Gateway. This allows the paging operator with TAP and TNPP connections to their paging network to offer e-mail and Internet based paging services. Any message coming in via any supported protocol (SMTP, SNPP, TAP, TNPP, HTTP) can be converted to another protocol and sent. Pages can also be sent to e-mail boxes for safe keeping. Subscribers can log on with a web browser and view stored alpha messages. The TNPP router function has the most extensive routing and filtering capabilities in the market today. The Internet Gateway also has extensive anti-SPAM and other selective filtering options to protect your system. The Gateway is available as a turnkey system or software only. The Omega Unified Messaging Platform gives you the competitive edge by offering the ability to bundle a variety of services that can include Voicemail, FAXmail and e-mail as part of customized subscriber packages. Subscribers can view faxes, listen to voicemails, and modify features using a common browser. System administration can also be performed remotely as well as locally. This robust set of features allows the system operator to build a profit center with low initial expense and expand as needed
| ||||||||||||||||
Mark Hood mehood@cox.net Paging Field Engineer/Electronic technician in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. | |||||||||||||||||
Please click on the image above for more information. | |||||||||||||||||
Daviscomms USA Inc. is your direct connection to Daviscomms (S) Pte Ltd., the leading pager manufacturer in the world with many years experience in Engineering, Design, and Manufacturing of highly-reliable, premium-quality FLEX and POCSAG Alphanumeric and Numeric pagers. Daviscomms offers unparalleled quality, features and functions. We perform our own stringent quality testing as well as certification by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to meet all of their standards. All of our paging products meet FCC and IC Standards for use in the USA and Canada. Our manufacturing facility, located in Malaysia, is a 40,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility. Customers, globally, choose Daviscomms for our QUALITY, RELIABILITY, ON-TIME DELIVERY, COMPETITIVE PRICING and our TOTAL COMMITMENT to providing the best value for their needs.
At Daviscomms, we are proud to provide our customers with end-to-end manufacturing solutions while delivering superior quality and support. Daviscomms is at the forefront of the industry with its commitment to leading-edge technology, cost-effective manufacturing and the highest degree of customer service. Daviscomms delivers low cost, high volume manufacturing solutions to our customers. We help maximize time-to-market objectives while minimizing procurement, materials management, and manufacturing costs. For information about our contract manufacturing services or our Bravo-branded line of numeric and alphanumeric pagers, please call Bob Popow, our Director of Operations for the Americas, 480-515-2344. (Scottsdale, Arizona) or visit our website www.daviscommsusa.com. |
RTS Wireless ADVX System Programming Concepts, Inc. provides authorized RTS ADVX Wireless Gateway Support & Enhancements. Our RTS lab includes source code control, development tools, and test beds for all deployed RTS systems. Call now to sign-up for our first class support of your aging RTS system. More info ... PCI (www.programmingconcepts.com) has been in business for 24 years providing custom application programming for medium to large businesses. PCI's primary business segments include web enabled application development, financial industry systems, telephony (IVR, CTI, and Wireless), Secure Enterprise Instant Messaging System, Microsoft Customer Relationship Management (MS-CRM) Applications, and a wide variety of commercial applications. Contact Sales sales@programmingconcepts.com | ||||||||||||||||
DX Radio Systems DX Radio Systems, Inc. manufactures high quality, high specification type communications products. The following is a list of products that DX Radio Systems, Inc. manufactures or supplies as a single supplied product and can be included as part of a turnkey system:
Performance that is tough to find anywhere at a price you can afford.
| |||||||||||||||||
| MORE WIRELESS NEWS |
Wireless Sensor Networking: $7 Billion Market by 2010 San Diego, CA, March 9 /PRNewswire/ - More than half a billion nodes will ship for wireless sensor applications in 2010 for an end user market worth at least $7 billion, according to a recently released report by emerging wireless research firm, ON World. Although wireless sensors have been around for decades, the technology has stayed in an infancy stage until recently due to expensive, primitive radios and bulky, complicated sensors. Today, the wireless sensor market is poised to take off now that advanced radio frequency integrated circuits are available for less than $3 in high volumes and smart sensor integrated circuits are becoming widespread. Standards to unleash innovation Many killer apps Nearly unlimited future potential ON World's report, "Wireless Sensor Networks: Mass Market Opportunities," may be purchased from ON World's website at: http://www.onworld.com/html/wirelesssensorsrprts.htm Cost is $399 (single user) or $996 (corporate/multi-user license). About ON World Inc.: Media Contact: Mareca Hatler Source: ON World Press Release |
| FEATURED ADVERTISERS SUPPORTING THE NEWSLETTER | ||||||||||||||||
TGA Technologies
| GL3000 Cards
Transmitters
Motorola PURC UHF RF Trays & UHF 110W PAs, tested and ready to ship. Motorola PURC Advanced Control Units, tested and ready to ship.
| |||||||||||||||
www.gtesinc.com GTES is the only Glenayre authorized software support provider to the paging industry. The GTES team consists of highly qualified and seasoned associates who were formerly a part of Glenayre's paging infrastructure support and engineering operations. We are poised and ready to "Partner" with you to ensure the viability of your network, reduce your long-term cost of ownership, and to provide future solutions for profitability. GTES will offer product sales, maintenance services, software development and product development to the wireless industry. GTES SUITE OF PRODUCTS GTES Partner Program Product Sales On-Site Services Software Development Product Training CALL US TODAY FOR YOUR SUPPORT NEEDS | Intelligent Paging & Mobile Data Hardware & Software {See us at IWCE 2004}
Selective is a developer and manufacturer of highly innovative paging receiver/decoders and mobile data equipment. The PDT2000 Paging Data Terminal is a large display pager designed for desktop or in-vehicle mounting and is widely used by emergency services and in onsite paging systems for forklift dispatch etc. Our range of Paging Data devices and software products have multiple uses and capabilities including:
Our mobile data equipment includes a range of Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs) which may be interfaced to a variety of wireless networks including trunked and conventional radio, GPRS & CDMA cellular, Mobitex etc. Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) and GPS solutions, Dispatch & Messaging software. We offer mobile communications dealers and systems integrators a "fast to market" job dispatch and job management capability. Specialised local area paging systems, paging interception and message reprocessing software, field force automation and mobile dispatch solutions. We export worldwide.
I am an authorized Manufacturer Representative for Selective. Please contact me directly for any additional information. | |||||||||||||||
Paging Training Course Specially designed course for sales, marketing, and administration personnel. Engineers will only be admitted with a note signed by their mothers, promising that they will just listen and not disrupt the class. (This is supposed to be funny.) This is a one-day training course on paging that can be conducted at your place of business. Please take a look at the course outline to see if you think this might be beneficial in your employees: Paging training course outline. Although it touches on several "technical" topics, it is definitely not a technical course. I used to teach the sales and marketing people at Motorola Paging and they appreciated an atmosphere where they could ask technical questions without being made to feel like a "dummy" and without getting a long convoluted overly-technical answer that left them more confused than before. A good learning environment is one that is "non-threatening." Let me know if you would like to receive a quotation, or if you would like to have any additional information. | ||||||||||||||||
Satellite Uplinking Service
Glenayre Technical Support
Call or write today to learn more Alan Carle, Dir of Engineering 888 854 2697 x272 or | CUSTOM APPLICATIONS
Please call me so we can discuss your need or your idea. Or contact me by e-mail for additional information. | |||||||||||||||
| WI-FI NEWS | |
Calypso Warns It Will Enforce Roaming Patent March 03, 2004 Calypso Wireless said Wednesday it is contacting mobile device vendors to warn them that it will enforce a patent that covers roaming between cellular data systems and shorter-range networks such as wireless LANs. A number of vendors have said they will release mobile devices that work both with wide area wireless data networks such as those based on EDGE and CDMA technology shorter-range networks such as wireless LANs. The patent, which was granted last week, covers a method of seamlessly roaming between the two types of networks, Calypso said. The Florida-based company said in a statement that the patent "could have a significant and immediate impact on the development of the industry, as well as major implications on the way that OEMs such as Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola do business." The company said that it already is negotiating with one major manufacturer to license its roaming technology. It claimed, however, that the patent was a win-win proposition because it adds significant capabilities to wireless devices. "Our technology could dramatically boost overall wireless handset sales, and change the industry's growth projections globally," David Davila, Calypso's president and CEO said in a statement. "By teaming up with us, OEMs will now be able to manufacture and market such devices and dramatically boost their sales." Source: MobilePipeline.com ACJ Technology Solutions to Create a Network of Free Hot Spots for Local Businesses and Consumers March 03, 2004 06:27 PM US Eastern Time zone BELLEVUE, Wash. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 3, 2004 — ACJ Technology Solutions, a Bellevue based provider of Wireless Networking solutions, announced today that it is creating a network of free Hot Spots for local businesses like restaurants, coffee shops, oil change shops, and other locations with frequent patrons. ACJ will install, manage, and maintain the wireless equipment at no cost to the business. In return, the business must offer wireless Internet access for free. "Initially people thought it was a really bad idea, with so many places offering fee-based access," says Greg Skinner, President of ACJ. "The problem with fee-based access is that you are limited to a specific number of locations depending on the service provider. A coffee shop may be associated with one service and a restaurant may be associated with another, each charging a different fee for access. A value-added service should add value instead of additional cost to the customer." Free Hot Spot service at retail locations is an idea that's beginning to spread. For example, Atlanta based 3rd Wave (www.3rdwavehotspot.com) recently launched a similar program. In New York, NYCWireless (www.nycwireless.net) has placed free access in various locations. Locally, Crossroads Mall in Bellevue recently added free Internet access. "It's really good for everyone involved, because we can provide the same level of service to a business that fee-based providers offer," says Skinner. "In addition, people tend to stay longer at locations that offer wireless connectivity, spending more on products, services, and promotions offered by the business. By offering the service and equipment free to businesses, it also helps promote other services that we offer." When users access the free service, they are redirected to an initial web page that provides information about products and services offered by ACJ. Skinner wants to initially develop a network with 20 locations. "It's important for us to stay close to our clients for the initial rollout so we're going to start with a small number of local businesses and expand from there." Skinner adds, "It's estimated that by 2008, 90 percent of all laptops will be enabled with wireless. We think most of those users will want to use their laptops at locations that offer connectivity for free." Businesses interested in participating in the program should register at http://www.acjts.com/hotspot.htm or contact ACJ Technology Solutions, Inc directly at 425-644-6842. Greg Skinner has worked in the Information Technology industry for over 20 years at both Compaq (HP) and 3Com. In 2003, he opened ACJ Technology Solutions Inc. at 13400 Northup Way, Suite 25 in Bellevue. With a professional staff of Certified Wireless Network Engineers, ACJ Technology Solutions Inc., provides reliable wireless networking solutions to homes and businesses in the Seattle area. For more information, visit www.acjts.com Source: BusinessWire.com B&N Taps Cometa For Wi-Fi March 10, 2004 Cometa Networks has been looking for the right deal to launch its national Wi-Fi network initiative, and it looks like it has found it through a new pact with Barnes & Noble. The world's largest bookseller has named Cometa its exclusive Wi-Fi wholesale network provider. The Cometa Hotspot network appealed to Barnes & Noble because the network supports multiple Wi-Fi vendors and will give customers the most service and pricing options. "With access to Cometa's convenient broadband wireless technology, Barnes & Noble customers will enjoy not only the benefits of the highest quality of service, but a choice of leading Wi-Fi service providers with a variety of pricing plans to fit their needs," Barnes & Noble CEO Steve Riggio said in a statement. Since its inception in December 2002, Cometa has been signing wholesale agreements with AT&T Wireless, Sprint, AT&T and iPass. Cometa, an AT&T, Intel and IBM venture, was founded to set up hot spot Wi-Fi networks throughout the United States. Thus far, the company has worked out deals to deploy its Cometa Hotspots in coffee shops, bookstores, office buildings and McDonald's restaurants. Source: Wireless Week |
| UNTIL NEXT WEEK | ||||||||||||||||||||||
I am going to run the reminder about IWCE the (International Wireless Communications Expo) one more time, just in case someone has missed it.
I will be there in the Prism Systems International booth #9077 along with my friends and colleagues Jim Nelson and Ron Mercer. I want to extend a cordial invitation to all of my readers, to stop by to meet us and get acquainted. I expect to see many old friends there and to make many new ones.
FLEX, ReFLEX, FLEXsuite, and InFLEXion, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE PAGING INFORMATION RESOURCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||
so we can have a count of those planning to attend for meal count purposes.
CLICK
The Advisor II pager's alphanumeric four-line display and expanded functionality incorporate many of the most advanced paging features available. A major advantage of the Advisor II pager is that it is synthesized which enables the user to program the pager to a specific frequency in the field. Other features of the Advisor II pager include:
The LS355 numeric pager enables users to receive a "call-back" number that can be returned at the user's convenience. This pager has a one-button design for ease of use. Features of the new LS355 pager include:
If you see someone in the field (like salespeople, technicians, and delivery people) using paper forms, their company could probably save a pile of money, and get much better timeliness, accuracy and efficiency, by using converting to Outr.Net's Wireless Forms. Custom applications for as little as $995, delivered in just a few days.Outr.Net has a web page on Wireless Forms for Timeports at: 
