From Police Cruisers to Rental Cars to Ice Floes...; Second annual Wireless Computing Awards presented at WIRELESS DATACOMM.WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1994--The second annual Wireless Computing Awards, which recognize end-users, VARS VARS Value Added Reseller VARS Vehicle Accounting and Reporting System (US Immigration and Naturalization Service) VARS Vertical and Azimuth Reference System VARS Variant Stem VARS Variables and manufacturers involved in the most innovative uses of wide-area and local-area mobile wireless computing applications, were presented today at the WIRELESS DATACOMM Exposition & Conference. Two applications tied for first place in the Wide-Area Wireless Computing category: The Town of Groton, Conn. Police Department, Bell Atlantic Mobile and the Software Corporation of America won for their solution which involved one of the first commercial CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) A low-speed, digital, wireless data network that is an enhancement to an existing analog cellular network. Based on IBM's CelluPlan II, CDPD provides a packet overlay onto the AMPS network and moves data at 19. applications in the country. Avis Rent-a-Car and ARDIS (Advanced Radio Data Information Service) The first wireless data network in the U.S. It was formed in 1983 by Motorola and IBM to support IBM field service technicians. won for the "Wizard On Wheels" (WOW) wireless data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. system which saves Avis' customers time by providing comprehensive rental information on Preferred Customers to shuttle buses in transit. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers , Solectek and Telesystems won in the Local-Area Wireless Computing category for the Woods Hole Barents Sea Shallow Water Tomography Project. This project used wireless LAN technology to track information such as "ice crack" data and perform other studies of the polar front by tracking the frequency of sound pulses. "These applications exemplify the diversity of wireless data business solutions," said Paul M. Muir, president, WIRELESS DATACOMM Inc. "They all demonstrate how wireless technology enables you to obtain information anywhere, anytime -- from your local police cruiser, to your rental car, to the open ocean. WIRELESS DATACOMM is produced by Communications Events Inc., and is sponsored by BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS REVIEW and the RED HERRING Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: Magazines, and the National Association of Business & Educational Radio (NABER NABER National Association of Business and Educational Radio ), BIS Strategic Decisions and the Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA PCIA Personal Communications Industry Association PCIA Personal Care Ingredients Asia PCIA Parent-Child Interaction Assessment (structured direct observation procedure) PCIA Professional Concepts Insurance Agency, Inc. ). It is also endorsed by Mobile OFFICE magazine. WIRELESS DATACOMM Spring '95 will be held in San Jose, Calif. from May 16-18. CONTACT: LM Communications
Linda Hanson, 914/779-0696 or 202/371-4592 (12/8)
Bell Atlantic Mobile
Karen Ann Kurlander, 908/306-7552
Software Corp. of America
Tom Doyle, 203/359-2773 x342
Groton Police Dept.
Tom Falvey, 203/445-9721
ARDIS and AVIS
Tom Murphy at Barkley & Evergreen, 913/432-2600
Woods Hole
Sandra Murphy, 508/477-2000 x2252
NCR
Lea Schwartz, 303/226-9550
SOLECTEK
Sally Smith, 513/897-0654
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