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Dear friends of Wireless Messaging and Paging, I received several responses about the extra info that I sent out last Friday describing Verizon Paging. I guess people really do read this newsletter. This week I would like to feature SkyTel and one of their new products. I have long been a strong supporter of SkyTel and even more so these last two years that I have been working on my own. I have found that when I needed a quotation for a client, or other information, SkyTel was always the first to get back to me with the most professional response. Here is something I said about them in a newsletter last year:
After this note was published, I remember receiving several new subscribers from SkyTel. In this week's newsletter, I have included some information about FleetHawkSM — a powerful fleet location, tracking and management system. Fellow Paging Carriers: First, we ask you to complete the questionnaire (it should only take 10 minutes or so) and then e-mail the results to, acarle@ucom.com. You can download a copy of the questionnaire here. Secondly, we are still seeking others willing to help locate carriers and distribute the questionnaire to them. Interested parties should contact Alan as well. Thanks in advance for your help! I'm sure the results will be beneficial to the whole paging industry. Source: The 1-Way Paging Issues subcommittee of the PTC Preferred Wireless has a special promotion this week on spare GL3000 cards. Please see their advertisement that follows. Now on to more news and views. |
Promoting Wireless Messaging, Telemetry, and Paging.
A new issue of The Wireless Messaging 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 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.) | |
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Introducing SkyTel FleetHawkSM
FleetHawk gives you all the information you need for more control, security and sound decision-making. It's the critical information about your fleets, vehicles and deliverables that you've always wished you could have, available online, day or night. FleetHawk combines GPS technology with SkyTel's highly reliable wireless network and the power of the Internet to deliver the information you need. And FleetHawk is the first tracking application developed, sold, and supported by one company: SkyTel. That means one bill and one number to call for service. You think you know where your fleet is. Not knowing can really cost you. What if you could . . .
For more information, please contact the FleetHawk sales team at 1-866-644-HAWK. AT&T Wireless, Fox's 'American Idol’ Set World Records in Text Messaging For the second year in a row, AT&T Wireless has recorded an unprecedented volume of text messages sent during the Fox TV network’s "American Idol" finale, and created the single largest text-messaging event by a single carrier worldwide. The company's involvement with "American Idol" over the past two seasons has re-written the script for how television sponsorships can be delivered in North America. In total, 13.5 million "American Idol"-related text messages were sent by AT&T Wireless customers throughout the season, including fan mail, games, sweepstake entries, trivia, song dedications, and votes. This represents an 80 percent increase over last season's showing of 7.5 million text messages. Since "American Idol" was consistently ranked as one of the highest rated shows on television, AT&T Wireless believes that this year's sponsorship solidified the use of text messaging in television programming and further educated U.S. consumers about text messaging. “Our sponsorship of ‘American Idol’ is the seminal event that got mainstream America text messaging,” observed Andre Dahan, president of AT&T Wireless Mobile Multimedia Services. "Over the past year, more and more television shows have incorporated an element of text messaging into their programming—and the entertainment industry isn't alone in its desire to capitalize on this growing trend. Our success with ‘American Idol’ underscores our goal of making ‘texting’ as common as talking on wireless phones." Source: TELECOMWEB.COM Monroe County [Ohio] board OKs new paging system Fire chiefs support decision, are now 'satisfied' MONROE—After weeks of discussion and acrimonious debate, the Monroe County commissioners last night unanimously approved a new VHF paging system design as part of an overall emergency communication system upgrade. "I'm tickled. I'm ready to roll," said Commissioner N. Randy Ansel, chairman of the commission's physical resources committee. The county is spending $8.9 million to install its new system, $6 million of which was awarded in a homeland security grant. The county retained Motorola Corp. to install the system. County fire chiefs, upset they were not included in the discussion and concerned about the paging system they rely on heavily, asked the commission to make good on its promise to hire a consultant to oversee the project. The commission declined to do so, further raising the ire of the fire chiefs. Several of the chiefs were present at a Motorola presentation last week, when project officials detailed their plan to install four radio towers in the county that Mr. Ansel said will cover 95 percent of the county. Luna Pier Fire Chief Jerry Welton, who attended the presentation, said he feels better about the system now that it's been explained. "As long as it goes along as planned, the fire chiefs are very well satisfied," he said. Tonight, Chief Welton will present the VHF plan and a new 800 MHz system design that already had his approval to the county fire chiefs. "We're going to lay the whole thing out," he said. Another critic, Bedford Fire Chief John Bofia said the relationship between the chiefs and the commission has improved. "[They] have had a difficult task. One of the things they didn't do was include us. But the communications channels are open now. What I see now is a good communications system for the county," he said. Mr. Ansel conceded his committee made a mistake. "They should have been included," he said. The system is expected to be completed in September. Source: ToledoBlade.com American Association of Paging Carriers From: Stephan Suker AAPC board members: I was appointed by Ted to chair the AAPC nominating committee. In addition to myself, the committee was comprised of Al Lauttamus and Barry Kanne. Our task was to develop nominations for three board positions, two carrier positions and one vendor position. I am pleased to report that the committee met to develop the slate of nominees and will place into nomination for the two carrier seats the names of Bill Eisele, Indiana Paging and Scott Forsythe, SelectPath at our meeting in Myrtle Beach. The vendor seat up for election is held by Barry Kanne who has decided to relinquish his seat and provide an opportunity for others to serve in that capacity. The committee very much regrets Barry's decision to stand down and hope that we can persuade him to continue serving the association in other ways. As his replacement the committee is pleased to report that it will place in nomination the name of Vic Jensen of Unication. In addition, the nominating committee will recommend to the board the following slate of nominees for officer positions for 2004-05: Ted McNaught (president); Bruce Deer (vice president/president-elect) and Tim Jones (Treasurer). Bruce indicated a willingness to serve as president if he was given the opportunity to serve a year as president-elect. The nominating committee believes this is a good idea to allow for a transition of leadership from Ted to Bruce in a way the allows Bruce to gradually become familiar with the job of president. All nominees have been contacted by the nominating committee and are willing to serve in the position to which they have been nominated. Stephan J. Suker |
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An excellent opportunity for wireless carriers big and small, suppliers, and network providers in the competitive wireless industry to network and learn from one another at the newest resort in Myrtle Beach! Join us for SCA's Wireless Forum 2004, June 2-4, at the NEW MARRIOTT RESORT AND GRANDE DUNES. The resort has more amenities than any other destination in the Carolinas. Activities include:
. . . or the simple but priceless pleasure of sitting on a pristine beach and soaking up the South Carolina sun. Combine these first-class accommodations and excellent conference facilities with the premier wireless and paging conference on the East Coast and make your plans now to attend. Register online at: www.scawireless.com Sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities are available. Contact Linda Hoover Conference Manager: linda@scawireless.com or call 910-452-0006. There are still a few spaces available in the annual golf tournament on Friday, June 4 at 12:30 p.m. at Arrowhead Country Club. If you are interested in participating and have not already registered, please call Linda Hoover. DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE TO EXPAND YOUR OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WIRELESS MESSAGING WORLD! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | Complete Technical Services For The Ira Wiesenfeld, P.E.
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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.
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ComCARE Alliance readies RFP for emergency provider directory May 27, 2004 1:34 PM EST WASHINGTON—When an emergency event occurs, there is currently no directory of available entities—both public and private—to use for contact and information sharing. The ComCARE Alliance hopes to change that by developing the Emergency Provider Access Directory. “The lack of a directory to enable that kind of communication was a critical missing link. We hope EPAD will fill that gap,” said Judith Woodhall, executive director of the Communications for Coordinated Assistance and Response to Emergencies (ComCARE) Alliance. “The point is to have the information available so that everybody can see the information about an incident. It is not about technology; it is about bringing disparate groups together.” ComCARE received a $1.7 million grant from the Department of Justice to develop EPAD and hopes to release a request for proposals in July, choose a vendor partner in August and have an alpha version of EPAD ready in January. A flash demo is being fine tuned but will shortly be available on the ComCARE Web site at comcare.org. EPAD is not expected to replace existing technology that entities already have, said Rob Martin, EPAD director of partnership development and communication. “It helps use the information you have.” ComCARE envisions a scenario where an incident occurs—anything from a traffic accident to a weather event to a major terrorist attack—and EPAD subscribers in a specific geographic area would receive information about the incident that can then be downloaded into their own systems for their own use. While the media is expected to subscribe to and be a member of EPAD, the type of information it receives may be slightly different than what others receive, said David Alyward, president of National Strategies and ComCARE founder. “If you were a daily press outlet or TV station, you would be registered for weather alerts or major events so you would get the information you need,” said Alyward. As for a traffic accident, “you might not get all of the data—there is no reason to have the actual crash data—but rather the fact that a crash occurred.” Source: RCR Wireless News U.K. group buys Ericsson's Mobitex division 25 May 2004 (12:00 p.m. GMT) LONDON—A U.K. investment group has acquired the Mobitex wireless data division of Ericsson which is based in Gothenburg and has approximately 100 employees. Developed by Ericsson, the Mobitex network is an open, international standard which is a packet-switched, narrowband, data-only. The business will be known as Mobitex Technology AB and as part of the agreement between the companies, Mobitex Technology AB will become an Ericsson Strategic Business Partner, and will also share certain technology patents. Mobitex Technology AB is backed by UK investors and supported by Handelsbanken, the Swedish banking group. Amongst its major shareholders are Andrew C Fitton, the former chief executive of the UK Mobitex network operator Transcomm plc, also the former President of the worldwide Mobitex Association, and Russell Backhouse, the former finance director of Transcomm which was recently acquired by BT. Also as part of the agreement Mobitex hardware will continue to be manufactured under contract by Ericsson and for the immediate future the business will continue to operate from Ericsson’s premises at Lindholmen, Gothenburg, before relocating to new premises before the end of 2004. Andrew Fitton, who has been appointed Chief Executive of the new company, said, "This is a very exciting development — I have been associated with Mobitex since 1999 during which time I have seen it become increasingly successful, as the number of users employing the technology worldwide has increased 500 percent. The Mobitex community has unparalleled experience in wireless data, being independent will enable us to fully leverage this experience, to address markets with compelling offerings and to form new business alliances within the wireless data world. With the focus that independence will bring, I believe that Mobitex will flourish." Mobitex Technology AB designs, supplies and supports wireless packet switched data networks using the Mobitex technology for dedicated wireless data. Compared with traditional cellular technologies this technology is said to provides a more secure environment, higher levels of reliability, faster data delivery and extensive seamless coverage. There are now over 30 networks worldwide and around 100 government and emergency services organisations that use Mobitex, as do 400 of the Fortune 1000 companies. The largest Mobitex network is operated by Cingular Wireless and covers the whole of the USA. In Europe the UK national network operated by Transcomm. Source: EETimesUK NEC Subsidiary Admits to E-Rate Fraud May 28, 2004 A subsidiary of NEC America agreed Thursday afternoon to pay $20.6 million to settle criminal charges involving the company's participation in the federal E-Rate program, the nation's $2.25 billion initiative to help schools and libraries connect to the Internet. Under the agreement reached in San Francisco, NEC Business Network Solutions (BNS) (Quote, Chart) pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of antitrust violation. The company agreed to pay $15 million in fines and restitution in addition to providing $5.6 million in ongoing maintenance, equipment and services to school districts that are customers of BNS through the E-Rate program. "We made mistakes with E-Rate. We've acknowledged and accepted responsibility for those mistakes, cooperated fully with the government, and taken action to ensure that these problems can't happen again," Gerald P. Kenney, general counsel of NEC America, said in a statement. BNS was accused of defrauding the San Francisco Unified School District and several other school districts around the country through rigged bids and bribery. According to a civil lawsuit filed in 2001, BNS was part of a scheme to convince the school districts to purchase more equipment than they needed. Kenney said the corruption primarily involved a small E-Rate sales team within BNS, which was subsequently dissolved. "E-Rate was a very small, very new part of BNS business," Kenney said. "These bids and contracts were the company's first major foray into this type of federal contracting, and the sales team was inexperienced with this type of complex procurement. But that's no excuse for bad judgment or the failure of our internal controls to identify problems." The E-rate subsidy was added to telephone bills in 1997 under the Clinton administration and has been dubbed the "Gore tax" for former Vice President Al Gore's enthusiastic support. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) oversees the program, but outsources administration to the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), a private, nonprofit. Nearly 90 percent of U.S. schools and libraries receive subsidies from the fund. Under the program, telecom companies or contractors provide eligible equipment and services to schools and libraries at a discount, and the federal government covers the difference through the E-Rate fund. A favorite target of Republicans, the House and Energy and Commerce Committee began investigating the program last year following a January 2003 report by the Center for Public Integrity, a non-profit "public service journalism" organization, that claimed the E-Rate program was "honeycombed" with fraud. The study is based on FCC audits as well as independent interviews. The audits allege abuses ranging from simple paperwork and reporting errors to false billing. The House committee originally planned to hold hearings into the fraud allegations in February but delayed the proceedings after the unexpected retirement of then chairman Billy Tauzin of Louisiana. Committee staff members confirmed to internetnews.com new hearings will begin in a "few weeks." The BNS case is the largest example yet uncovered of E-Rate improprieties. In August of last year, Duane Maynard, a former employee of a Fresno, Calif., electrical contracting firm, pleaded guilty to federal bid rigging in order to obtain multi-million contracts to install computer networking equipment and Internet access for the West Fresno Elementary School District. Tauzin said in January his committee's probe was centering on approximately $5 million of equipment supplied by telecom carrier SBC (Quote, Chart) to the Chicago school system that is still sitting in a warehouse. SBC is the project manager for the City of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), which is deploying Internet-related equipment and Local Area Networks (LAN) for schools throughout the system. One E-Rate funding requirement is that equipment must be purchased, delivered and installed in the same E-Rate year that it is funded by the program to prevent schools and libraries from stockpiling equipment. SBC responded to Tauzin's announcement with a statement that the company "voluntarily brought this matter to the attention of the FCC" and to the staff of the Oversight and Investigations Committee. "SBC determined that a portion of the telecommunications equipment it purchased for the city of Chicago Public Schools LAN project was not installed by the deadline in two funding years," the SBC statement reads. "In addition, one of SBC's distributors who supplied equipment purchased with E-rate funds over-billed SBC and gave us a credit." The SBC statement added, "During these E-rate funding years, CPS received a discounted funding commitment from SLD (SBC's Schools and Libraries Division) of approximately $114 million dollars. The value of the equipment and credit at issue is $8.8 million, of which $3 million in equipment was installed in subsequent funding years." Source: InternetNews.com |
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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
Selective is a developer and manufacturer of highly innovative paging receiver/decoders and mobile data equipment. The PDT2000 Paging Data Terminal is THE MOST INTELLIGENT PAGING RECEIVER IN THE MARKET. The PDT2000 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. All of the following capabilities are standard features of the PDT2000 and of our other paging data receivers:
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.
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Cautionary Notes on Wi-Fi MAY 26, 2004 SPECIAL REPORT: CEBIT 2004 Can you say over-hyped? At least one expert at the CeBIT show says the technology has miles to go. Plus: Can VoIP be profitable? BusinessWeek Telecom Editor Steve Rosenbush is spending the week roaming the halls of CeBIT, the big European tech show that launched in New York on May 25. Here are excerpts from his notebook: What's up with Wi-Fi? I hate to be a curmudgeon. No, actually, I love to be a curmudgeon. So as a matter of principle I went exploring CeBIT in search of someone who was willing to say something bad about Wi-Fi. Now, I don't consider myself a Luddite. I own a Wi-Fi router myself. But a little caution is in order about the rise of this technology. It wasn't easy, but I finally found my man: Analyst Crawford Del Prete of researcher IDC. At the morning press briefing, he reported that big companies have been slow to adopt the high-speed wireless networking technology. Corporations have two reservations. Right or wrong, they're still worried about security. The people who make info-tech spending decisions recoil at the idea of releasing proprietary data into the ozone. And on a deeper level, CIOs and CTOs just aren't convinced that Wi-Fi is worth it. "They don't see the return on investment yet," Del Prete says. NOT CLOSE ENOUGH. Del Prete also says it'll take years for Wi-Fi to work the bugs out. Sitting in his hotel room before CeBIT began, he was able to detect more than half a dozen nearby Wi-Fi hotspots. But he wasn't close enough to actually use even one. It makes you wonder: For all the Wi-Fi gear that's being sold, how much is really being used? So what's Wi-Fi's future? Del Prete believes the technology is here to stay and that it'll play an increasingly important role in corporate networking and telecom. But he thinks Wi-Fi is unlikely to displace more traditional forms of networking anytime soon. Instead, he believes that they'll work together. In the real but perhaps not-so-glamorous future, Wi-Fi and its faster version, WiMax, will be used for crucial functions such as backhaul (high-capacity trunks that form the backbone of phone networks). Wireless WiMax links will replace many of the cables that connect homes to the nearest phone pole. And WiMax will be used to aggregate signals from Wi-Fi hotspots and connect them to the network backbone. Wi-Fi may yet fulfill grander visions of carrying wireless voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) all over the world, but it will take a long time to get there. WHERE'S THE MONEY? Speaking of VoIP. . . Industry leader Vonage's recent decision to cut the price of unlimited VoIP phone service to $29.99 from $34.99 a month is great for consumers. But it's another troubling sign for the telecom industry's financial health. Making voice calls over the Internet is an exciting and innovative development, but that doesn't protect it from the deflationary economics that have troubled telecom's more conventional sectors for years. Vonage argues that it's scale and scope allow it to withstand such jarring price cuts. But Vonage has only about 160,000 or so customers. AT&T expects to add a million VoIP subscribers over the near term. Even if Ma Bell misses that market by 50%, it could more than match Vonage's scale and scope. How will anyone make money selling VoIP? In this brutally competitive market, new products and services will soon be matched by rivals, making it hard to set oneself apart with new features. VoIP may very well kill telecom as it is today. Whether the new technology creates a financially sound alternative is the real issue. The telecom and networking industries are suddenly awash with innovation. Now they need a Michael Dell to come in and make money in a world of cutthroat competition and razor-thin margins. Source: BusinessWeek Online Wayport Launches WiFi World 05.26.04 AUSTIN, Texas—Wayport, the leading provider of Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) wireless and wired high-speed Internet access in more than 1,500 locations including nearly 800 hotels, 12 airports and hundreds of McDonald's and other retail locations in select cities nationwide, today announced Wi-Fi World™, a strategy and business model designed to drive the maximum number of mobile broadband customers to Wayport Wi-Fi enabled McDonald's restaurants and other strategic venues in the United States. Wayport's Wi-Fi World™ strategy is designed to serve the needs of mobile broadband customers through offering Wayport's high-speed Internet service at McDonald's, one of the world's top brands whose restaurants offer ubiquity, accessibility, quality, uniformity, value and simplicity. By combining all of these elements together, it delivers on what the broadband customer has been waiting for in mobile high-speed Internet access. To best meet these needs, Wayport has taken a teaming approach with McDonald's, broadband network service providers and strategic roaming partners by providing compelling economics for all to leverage their large customer base and marketing powers. "Wayport's Wi-Fi World™ strategy and teaming approach with strategic partners will give customers the widest variety of connectivity options that will enable them to get a convenient and cost-effective wireless high-speed Internet experience at Wi-Fi enabled McDonald's," said Jim Sappington, McDonald's Vice President of U.S. IT. "And Wi-Fi World simultaneously delivers all of the key broadband applications our McDonald's restaurants need to gain a competitive edge in the market by offering a differentiated service and to make their operations more productive." Source: Unstrung.com |
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