Jordan Radio Paging adopts Motorola's FLEX high-speed paging protocol; Jordan Radio Paging predicts rapid expansion in paging market.AMMAN, Jordan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 1997--Motorola's Paging Products Group announced today that Jordan Radio Paging Radio paging was invented in 1956 at St Thomas' Hospital in London to alert doctors attending emergencies. Since then, paging has evolved in sophistication and today millions of messages are transmitted to people needing fast reliable messaging communications. has approved adoption of the FLEX(TM) protocol as the paging standard for expansion of its existing paging system. Jordan Radio Paging has been providing numeric and alphanumeric alphanumeric (ăl'fən  mĕr`ĭk) or alphameric (ăl'fəmĕr`ĭk), the set of letters and numbers. public paging services under the POCSAG POCSAG Post Office Code Standardization Advisory GroupPOCSAG Post Office Code Standardisation Group standard since 1989 and expects rapid growth to over 100,000 paging subscribers in the next 12 months. "Jordan Radio Paging will be the first paging operator to bring FLEX technology to Jordan," said Saad Beseiso, general manager of Jordan Radio Paging. "Our subscribers will soon enjoy the benefits of FLEX technology's high-speed and extended battery life. We took our time evaluating our paging technology options, and determined that the FLEX protocol was the best protocol to meet the demands of our subscribers both now and in the future. We needed the fastest, most reliable and most efficient messaging technology available and chose FLEX." "We are delighted that Jordan Radio Paging has selected FLEX technology, the high-speed paging protocol already chosen by the majority of network operators around the globe," said Greg Nelson, vice president and general manager, Motorola's European Paging Subscriber Division (EPSD EPSD Electronics and Power Sources Directorate EPSD Environmental Partnership for Sustainable Development ). "It is further evidence that when carriers have a choice, they opt to base their high-speed systems on FLEX. FLEX will be the first high-speed paging protocol installed in Jordan, and we expect more countries in the region to follow suit." FLEX is the global de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for high-speed paging; to date, 118 operators in 30 countries, representing 85% of the world subscriber base, have adopted FLEX. The FLEX protocol has been adopted by 16 of the top 20 U.S. service providers, as well as by market-leading providers in Canada, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , Asia and Africa. It is a national standard in China and Japan and has been adopted in India. The Qatar Public Telecommunications Corp. (Q-Tel) in the State of Qatar launched its FLEX high-speed paging service in July 1996. Jordan Radio Paging is a privately owned paging company in Jordan that is already renowned for its innovative paging operation that provides numeric, alpha numeric and information paging services. Its present service covers the Greater Amman, Irbid and Aqaba areas and will be expanded to nationwide service during 1997. Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. , semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems, components and services. Major equipment businesses include paging and 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. , cellular telephone, two-way radio A voice network that provides an always-on connection enabling the user to just "push the button and talk." Also called "dispatch radio," two-way radio has traditionally been used by police, fire, taxi and other mobile fleets. , personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Motorola semiconductors power communication devices, computers and millions of other products. Motorola's 1996 sales were $28 billion. Further information from Motorola Messaging Systems Software that provides an electronic mail delivery system. It is made up of the following functional components, which may be packaged together or independently. Mail User Agent Products Group is available on the World Wide Web at www.motorola.com/pagers . Information on FLEX technology is available on Motorola's web site at www.motorola.com/FLEX . -0- Note to Editors: Motorola and FLEX are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola Inc. CONTACT: Jordan Radio Paging Saad Beseiso, (962) 6 5521601 or Cunningham Communication Inc. Joel Alan, 512/347-2300 joel@ccipr.com or Amanda Barry Communications Louise Colvin, (44) 1225 444601 louise@abcomms.co.uk |
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