Motorola awarded additional $10 million contract from PageNet for InFLEXion protocol-based infrastructure.FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1996--Motorola's Advanced Messaging Group (AMG AMG All Music Guide (music website) AMG All Media Guide (group of media websites) AMG All Movie Guide (Movie website) AMG Arzneimittelgesetz (German Law) ) today announced that it was awarded an additional $10 million contract for InFLEXion inflection, inflexion the act of bending inward, or the state of being bent inward. (tm) protocol-based infrastructure equipment - WMG WMG Warner Music Group WMG Wireless Messaging Gateway WMG Williams Media Group WMG Where's My Glasses? WMG Woah My God WMG Wireless Marketing Group WMG Wisconsin Musical Groups WMG Windows Metafile Graphics WMG Wireless Media Gateway (tm) paging gateway, RF-Conductor!(tm) network controller, RF-Orchestra!(tm) linear base station and RF-Audience!(tm) base receiver - for Paging Network, Inc.'s (PageNet) VoiceNow(r) network. PageNet is implementing its VoiceNow service on a city-by-city basis. VoiceNow is PageNet's first 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. offering, based on the InFLEXion protocol. In addition to Motorola infrastructure equipment, PageNet will also use Motorola's Tenor(tm) advanced voice personal communicator A concept for a handheld device that was co-created by Toronto engineer Robert J. Fraser in 1991, who also coined the term. The personal communicator was conceived to provide always-on, wireless connectivity to a nationwide, packet-switched communications network that would enable mobile . "We are honored that PageNet has selected Motorola to supply the necessary InFLEXion protocol-based infrastructure equipment for its VoiceNow network," stated Pat Koons, vice president and general manager, Motorola's Advanced Messaging Systems Division. "As industry leaders, Motorola and PageNet share a common commitment to delivering the highest quality products and services to guarantee the long-term success of advanced wireless messaging." Motorola's Tenor is an advanced voice messaging Using voice mail as an alternative to electronic mail, in which voice messages are intentionally recorded, not because the recipient was not available. unit that utilizes the InFLEXion protocol. The Tenor device allows users to receive stored voice messages from a belt- worn, wireless answering machine. In addition to advanced voice capabilities, the InFLEXion protocol will offer data messaging at speeds of up to 112,000 bits per second (bps) on a 50 kHz channel and the highest-capacity throughput for Narrowband PCS. InFLEXion is a member of the FLEX(tm) family of high-speed transport protocols. PageNet (Paging Network, Inc.) is the world's largest and fastest-growing wireless messaging company, providing service to more than 7.9 million subscribers across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. through 90 sales and service offices, 6,000 resellers and a growing number of national and regional marketing affiliates. PageNet provides alphanumeric and numeric messaging services with local, regional and nationwide coverage options. News and stock updates, voice mail, fax forwarding and wireless data transmission to mobile computers are also available to PageNet subscribers. 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 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. , personal communications, cellular telephone, two-way radio, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Motorola semiconductors power communication devices, computers and millions of consumer products. Motorola's 1995 sales were $27 billion. -0- Motorola, FLEX, InFLEXion, WMG, RF-Conductor!, RF-Orchestra!, RF-Audience! and Tenor are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc. VoiceNow is a registered trademark of Paging Network, Inc. CONTACT: Loren Guertin/Laura D'Aiuto Cunningham Communication, Inc. (617) 494-8202 loren@ccipr.com laura@ccipr.com |
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