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| FRIDAY - AUGUST 2, 2002 |
Dear Friends and Industry Colleagues,
This is my weekly newsletter about Wireless Data and Radio Paging. You are receiving this message because you have either communicated with me in the past about a wireless topic, or your address was included in another e-mail that I received. This is not a SPAM. If you have received this message in error, and you are not interested in these topics, please click here, then click on "send" and you will be promptly removed from the mailing list.
The number of people who read this newsletter has grown a lot, thanks to those of you who have forwarded copies to friends and co-workers.
| WIRELESS NEWS |
WEBLINK WIRELESS BANKRUPTCY
After last week's announcement that they had become cash-flow positive,
were thinking of buying SkyTel, and that they were "very successful"
—this week WebLink cut an additional 20% of their workforce or approximately158
more people. I was very sorry to hear this—and I heard about it from several
different people. It is very painful to think of the impact that this will have
on the families of those who lost their jobs. Believe me when I say that there
was no joy in receiving this news—even when I heard that one person who
I didn't like very much was included in the layoff. There are no winners. It
is indeed a sad day for us all.
GLANAYRE NOTICE
I had several customers who were interested in upgrading their existing Glenayre
one-way paging systems to two-way so I kept bugging Glenayre for an answer to
the question: "Have you really quit accepting orders?" This is the
answer that I received yesterday:
"Please be advised that we will not be able to accept new orders as per the guidelines of Discontinued Operations."
Brad, Found the Unipage information interesting. I have been using a Unipage terminal since 1989. Ray Russenburger recommended it in a seminar I attended the previous year. I have the capability to refurbish message managers in my shop and have an assortment of spare parts and boards. I am a carrier on 152.48 in Arkansas. Jack Baker |
| GOOD DEALS | |
| WANT TO BUY | WANT TO SELL |
| Microlink controller | GLT 8411 VHF with C-2000 controller |
| Motorola SSC controller | BIG
LIST OF PAGING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SALE There is a lot of good paging equipment here. This equipment was well maintained by a Telco and is all believed to be in good condition. It is, however, being offered "as is" without warranty or guarantee of any kind. No prices have been set—I am asking for reasonable offers. I am not accepting ALL offers, but some people have already gotten some terrific buys. All equipment will be shipped FOB Toronto, Ontario CANADA. All packing, shipping, insurance, and customs duties are the responsibility of the purchaser. There are transmitters and receivers available in various VHF high-band ranges, as well as 900 MHz. The list contains equipment from Motorola, GE, and Glenayre. There are also Glenayre power supplies as well as Sinclair RF combiners and filters. Check it out! |
| 10,000 VHF Arabic display pagers | FM3 Spacecom receivers, fairly-recent model no. 2000, 3" rack mount |
Leavitt Communications has NEW Nextel iBOARD NTN9712B/NTN1868A keyboards for sending alpha messages from iDEN phones. These are in original packaging and are only $59.00 each — way less than the Motorola or Nextel price. QUANTITIES are LIMITED so 1st come, 1st served. They also have NEW 900 FLEX LS750's less holsters for $31.00 and NEW UHF Express Xtra pagers less holsters for $24.00 each. Please mention that you saw these specials in Brad Dye's newsletter, and note their new phone & fax numbers: Phone 847-955-0511 |
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An electronics technician in the Seattle area is looking for work. Please let me know if you have anything available and I will forward it to him. |
ADIÓS AMIGOS
Well, that is all I have for this week. I enjoy receiving all the comments and
news from my readers. Thanks a lot.
| GOOD-BYE UNTIL NEXT WEEK | |
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PAGING |
Best regards to all, and have a great weekend.
Wireless Data Consultant (FLEX, ReFLEX, and InFLEXion are registered trademarks of Motorola Inc.) |
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