Motorola Gains FCC Type Approval of Tango(tm) Two-Way Pager for Narrowband PCS.FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 16, 1995--Motorola's Advanced Messaging Systems Division (AMSD AMSD Adjusted Mapping Support Data AMSD Approximate Minimum Search Distance (environmental site assessment) AMSD Administrative and Management Services Division AMSD Airport Management Services Division ) today announced it has received Type approval from the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. (FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. ) for Tango(tm). Tango is the first two-way pager to receive FCC Type approval. Motorola's FCC Type approval of fixed-base receivers and transmitters combined with approval of Tango allows the company to offer a complete end-to-end paging solution for Narrowband PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. licensees. Motorola has worked with the FCC and numerous Radio Common Carriers for several years to develop the technical standards for the Narrowband PCS spectrum. "The FCC Type approval of Motorola's Tango two-way pager is significant," said Larry Conlee, corporate vice president, Motorola's AMSD. "It allows the device to be used as a non-broadcast transmitter as well as a class B peripheral computing device. Tango users can connect to their personal computers, palmtops or laptops to send and receive messages." Tango and its infrastructure run on Motorola's ReFLEX(tm) two-way messaging protocol The rules, formats and functions for exchanging messages between the components of a messaging system. The most widely used messaging protocol is the Internet's Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). . ReFLEX is part of the FLEX(tm) family of high-speed transport protocols designed to significantly increase capacity and efficiency of data transmission. FLEX, adopted by seven of the 10 largest international paging markets worldwide, is the 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, in paging technology. Motorola's Advanced Messaging Systems Division (AMSD) is a business unit of Motorola's Paging Products Group. AMSD was established in November 1994 specifically to develop technology, infrastructure and personal messaging devices that take advantage of the opportunities presented by the emerging Narrowband PCS industry. AMSD has developed The Wireless Concert!(tm), a portfolio of products that provide a total end-to-end wireless systems solution for advanced two-way messaging. 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 and services. Major equipment businesses include 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. , paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics, and computers. Communications devices, computers and millions of other products are powered by Motorola semiconductors. Motorola's 1994 sales were $22.2 billion. Motorola, ReFLEX, Tango and The Wireless Concert! are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc. CONTACT: Loren Guertin Cunningham Communication, Inc. (617) 494-8202 |
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