Dear friends of Wireless Messaging and Paging,

In reference to the AES encrypted pager that operates in the VHF band on the POCSAG protocol, I am pleased to inform everyone that the pager has completed the latest in a series of field tests. After evaluation of this testing, our next step will be to obtain FCC approval for the use of this pager in the USA. This will include laboratory testing for FCC certification and all the necessary paper work. Of course, several people in other countries have expressed an interest and clearly FCC approval is not required for them.

I will keep you informed about the progress of these procedures. We are very enthused about the initial expression of interest in this product and hope to have more definitive information for you shortly. We are still evaluating the possibility of developing a 900 MHz FLEX version, and would appreciate any additional thoughts on this issue. Any forecasts about market potential (by frequency band, market segment, and protocol) would be extremely helpful to us at this stage.

As you know, demand drives development. When I was the international market development manager in the Motorola paging product group, I used to tell engineering that if we didn't make a certain new product that I wanted—no one would buy it—sales would be zero. They didn't understand my humor and wanted me promise that I would sell "n" number of units BEFORE they would agree to develop a new product. So that's the way it goes. The point is, that if no one says anything, a new product may never make it to market.

In the meantime, please send me any questions or comments that come to mind. I am building a list of e-mail addresses of interested parties; please let me know if you would like to be added to the list. This will be for notices sent out about the encrypted pager that may not appear in this newsletter.

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There is no charge for subscription and there are no membership restrictions. Readers are a very select group of wireless industry professionals, and include the senior managers of many of the world's major paging and wireless data companies. There is an even mix of operations managers, marketing people, and engineers, so I try to include items of interest to all three groups. It's all about staying up-to-date with business trends and technology.

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AT&T Wireless Preps New IM Device, Service

Monday, 7:32 PM source: FCC AT&T Wireless is preparing to launch ogo, a unique clamshell instant-messaging device, to compete with T-Mobile's Sidekick, according to documents posted recently on the FCC web site. ogo will be the first device for North America to feature PMG (Personal Mobile Gateway), a Bluetooth-based technology from IXI Mobile. PMG will allow the ogo to connect wirelessly to other PMG devices nearby, such as cameras, watches, digital pens, and gaming devices. PMG could also link the ogo to a phone for voice service, which is not included in the device. ogo supports the e-mail and instant messaging functions of the AOL, MSN, and Yahoo! portals. The ogo also supports SMS and standard e-mail. The dual-band GSM device will be manufactured by Chi Mei Communication Systems. Documents submitted to the FCC show that service will start at $14.99 per month for customers with an AT&T Wireless voice plan, or $17.99 for other users, plus a $19.99 activation fee. The service includes access to one portal, with additional portals costing an extra $3 per month.

Source: phonescoop.com

It is very interesting to those of us involved with ReFLEX Wireless Messaging, that the manufacturer of this device, Chi Mei Communication Systems in Taiwan, refers to is as a "GSM/GPRS Wireless Chat Terminal." Some are saying that this product will not be successful. Personally, I think it will succeed—with the right kind of marketing—that AT&T Wireless and Cingular are certainly capable of doing. This is going to be very interesting since this is essentially a two-way pager that includes the features that I have been harping on for some time.

Montana says wireline carriers can delay LNP through 2005

Western Wireless must pay termination fees to wireline carriers
by Heather Forsgren Weaver
Sept. 15, 2004 12:41 PM EST

WASHINGTON—The Montana Public Service Commission last week said that 11 rural wireline carriers could delay intermodal local number portability to no later than Jan. 1, 2006, and Western Wireless Corp. must reimburse them for terminating calls to their customers until Western Wireless can reach individual interconnection agreements.

“To the best of my knowledge, these agreements are almost unique in the country in the way they propose to address the underlying costs of transporting this traffic,” said Montana PSC Chairman Bob Rowe. “For the companies involved, these arrangements resolve the specific issue of wireline-to-wireless number portability, and also begin to address long-standing economic and operational difficulties between wireline and wireless telecommunications companies. There is still lots of work to do, but the negotiations and agreements help lay the basis for ongoing commercial relationships between the companies, and that will be good for customers who increasingly use both wireless and wireline service.”

Small rural wireline carriers were given the option of obtaining a waiver from their state regulators if they could prove that intermodal porting would be too burdensome. Eleven Montana carriers asked for waivers but Western Wireless objected, leading to the negotiated settlement.

Source: RCR Wireless News Read the rest of the story here.

AT&T WIRELESS GRANT HELPS BLOOD CENTER USE TECHNOLOGY TO REACH BLOOD DONORS

Blood Center and AT&T Wireless launch pilot program in King County

Sept. 14, 2004—SEATTLE, WA—Puget Sound Blood Center today announced that AT&T Wireless is providing a $25,000 grant to fund the deployment of an innovative program that will change the way the local blood supply is managed in emergency situations. The Blood Center, the state’s largest blood center, will launch a pilot program—the first of its kind in the country—enabling the organization to directly alert specific blood donors and volunteers in “real time” via wireless text messaging.

AT&T Wireless is funding a text-messaging pilot for six months to help the Blood Center target type O blood donors—a blood type that is in the greatest demand. Type O blood is considered the “universal donor” and can be transfused into any patient in an emergency.

On Sept. 15 at 10 a.m., the Puget Sound Blood Center will host a press conference and demonstration to introduce the pilot program, answer questions and show how text messaging will be used to contact donors. Puget Sound Blood Center is located at 921 Terry Ave., in Seattle. Members of the press are encouraged to attend.

The need to reach donors and volunteers quickly and effectively has never been greater. Emergency situations, such as automobile or other accidents, create an immediate, lifesaving need for specific blood types. Furthermore, the active lives led by blood donors or volunteers can make it challenging for the Blood Center to reach them quickly using email or phone calls.

The Blood Center regarded the decision to work with AT&T Wireless as a natural extension of its history in leveraging technology to improve operations, reduce costs and increase its donor base.

“Puget Sound Blood Center must retain donors and increase our donor base in midst of an aging population and increasing health screening limitations,” said Dr. Richard Counts, CEO and president of Puget Sound Blood Center. “We currently utilize a combination of phone calls, email and online appointment scheduling to reach our donor and volunteer base. With the number of cell phones in use today, text messaging provides another avenue to efficiently reach our donors and volunteers in ways that are both convenient for them and resource efficient for us.”

Though text messaging is not a new technology, the idea of utilizing it to communicate quickly with potential donors is. Text messaging has recently gained popularity through associations with several high profile entertainment organizations. Every day it is being used to enhance personal and business communications across the country. The idea of broadening use of the technology to save lives appealed to AT&T Wireless.

Source: Aaron D. Osgood, Streamline Solutions

Music Phones - Nokia & Motorola Stake Early Lead In Reach Beyond Imaging

Feature Phones - 50 Million Unit Cellular Music Deck Opportunity In 2009

London, England & Boston, MA—September 14, 2004—Cellular Music Decks (CMDs) are the next 3G opportunity beyond still and video imaging, while total music-enabled device sales will scale to 54 percent of global handset sales in 2009, according to Strategy Analytics' newly released report, "Music Enabled Handsets—Next 3G Device Focus."

This report includes device segmentation research that finds that traditional GSM players are establishing an early brand position in CMDs - dedicated feature phones with cellular music as the centerpiece of functionality - clearly outpacing their Asian counterparts who are absorbed in the imaging device frenzy. Nokia, with its 3300 and 5510 handsets, and Motorola, with its aggressive pursuit of music-focused alliances with MTV and Apple, illustrate the importance that both device segmentation and branded music content will play in the emerging music-enabled device market.

Strategy Analytics Analyst, Eddie Tapiero, comments, "Music has strong emotive value which rivals that of imaging. As we move towards broad based music download services, vendors must walk the thin line between engaging "Sporadic Downloaders" with engaging feature sets while simultaneously limiting carrier exposure to expensive customer support requirements."

Chris Ambrosio, Director of the Wireless Devices Strategies Service, notes, "Music will be a "bridesmaid" value-add mostly found on converged devices and high end camera phones until 3G services are more widely deployed. Then, it is up to device vendors to make significant improvements in sound quality reproduction, storage capacity, wireless-fixed connectivity, and the user interface to make cellular music a broader reality."

Other findings from this report include:

• MP3 is to remain a requisite format in the mobile market due to strengths in the wired broadband domain.
• Converged devices will account for 50 percent of music enabled device sales through 2006, as the technical challenges of MP3 support force it to devices with robust platforms.
• "Sporadic Downloaders" encompass the wider market opportunity in the long term. Tech savvy "Digital Musicphiles" are already indicating critical feature "must haves" for CMDs and music enabled feature phones.

Source: Strategy Analytics Press Release

FCC blasted for alleged secret Nextel negotiations

by Heather Forsgren Weaver
Sept. 16, 2004 12:59 PM EST

WASHINGTON—Verizon Wireless has sent a blistering letter to the Federal Communications Commission charging that the FCC is illegally negotiating with Nextel Communications Inc. regarding a key portion of the FCC’s plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band.

“We filed the attached letter with the FCC yesterday to expose, and demand a halt to, the private negotiations Nextel is engaged in at the FCC to cut its cost for getting the G-block spectrum. Nextel is trying to increase the ‘value’ of the spectrum it is returning,” said Jeffrey Nelson, Verizon Wireless executive director of communications.

The G-block is the highly contested spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band that Nextel receives as part of the FCC’s plan.

Nextel is to pay money into the Treasury if the value of the spectrum it returns and relocation expenses do not equal $4.86 billion—the value the FCC put on the G-block. The FCC has valued the 800 MHz and 700 MHz band spectrum that Nextel will relinquish as part of the reconfiguration at more than $1.6 billion.

Source: RCR Wireless News

Certicom Launches Comprehensive Security Platform for Mobile Handset Development

Certicom Security Architecture for Mobility reduces the time and cost to embed security across multiple families of mobile devices.

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario–(September 13, 2004)–Certicom Corp. (TSX: CIC), the authority for strong, efficient cryptography, today announced the Certicom Security Architecture™ for Mobility enabling device manufacturers to quickly and cost-effectively embed security across multiple families and generations of devices. To develop this overall architecture, Certicom worked with Intel and device manufacturers to develop a comprehensive security platform that is optimized for the Intel® Wireless Trusted Platform.

"Device manufacturers understand that security is best integrated early in the design cycle, which is why Intel developed the Intel Wireless Trusted Platform. This security co-processor, which is incorporated into the Intel PXA27x processor family, offers fundamental cryptographic algorithms that are optimized to run faster than in software," said Gary Forni, director of independent software vendor enabling for Intel’s Cellular and Handheld Group. "The Certicom Security Architecture provides the toolkits device manufacturers need to take advantage of the Intel Wireless Trusted Platform, by integrating them into a common API across multiple operating systems, platforms and high level protocols such as IPSec and SSL."

Enterprises, content providers and carriers are demanding that mobile handsets support security functionality such as secure messaging, secure voice over IP (VoIP), and digital rights management (DRM). To differentiate their mobile handsets, device manufacturers need to cost-effectively embed security functionality to meet their customer’s security requirements while preserving margins in a highly competitive marketplace. Moreover, device manufacturers often support multiple chipsets and operating systems, which can impact their time-to-market as the required security functionality must be integrated and optimized for each chipset.

To address these requirements, Certicom developed Security Builder® Middleware™, an optimized hardware abstraction layer that provides portable, hardware-based security across multiple devices and processors. Security Builder Middleware works with the Security Builder® API™, a common interface to all toolkits within the Certicom Security Architecture, to link applications with the strongest and/or fastest security available on the device. This results in a common security architecture that allows software vendors and device manufacturers to quickly enable hardware-optimized security across multiple platforms. The Security Builder API also provides backwards compatibility that allows existing Certicom customers to take advantage of the new optimized security functionality available through Security Builder Middleware for Intel Wireless Trusted Platform and future supported chipsets.

"In a standardized industry, one of the biggest challenges facing embedded developers is how to differentiate their products without affecting margins. For some time now, we at Embedded Market Forecasters have pointed to security as this key differentiator, especially as more and more embedded devices become connected," said Dr. Jerry Krasner, Vice President and Chief Analyst at Embedded Market Forecasters (www.embeddedforecast.com), the premier market intelligence and advisory firm in the embedded technology industry. "The Certicom Security Architecture for Mobility was designed to specifically address the need for a comprehensive security platform that can be quickly and cost-effectively added across multiple devices."

In addition to Security Builder Middleware, Certicom Security Architecture integrates a software cryptographic provider to deliver security functionality that is not provided on the chip and ties together all of Certicom’s proven developer toolkits to create a plug-and-play security development architecture that includes higher level protocol functionality such as SSL, IPSec and PKI. The Security Builder® developer toolkits now integrated into the Certicom Security Architecture for Mobility include:

• Security Builder ® Crypto™, a cross-platform cryptographic toolkit;
• Security Builder® GSE™, a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic module;
• Security Builder® PKI™, a digital certificate management toolkit;
• Security Builder® SSL™, a complete secure sockets layer toolkit; and
• Recently announced Security Builder® IPSec™, a client-side virtual private network toolkit.

"The new Security Builder Middleware toolkit is a key component of an evolving trusted computing platform that provides developers a single security API for all applications to use in accessing the fastest and/or strongest security available on the device’s chipset," said Roy Pereira, vice-president, marketing and product management at Certicom. "Intel provided valuable insight into the development of the Certicom Security Architecture and combined with the Intel Wireless Trusted Platform it enables device manufacturers to build in the secure computing platform required today."

Security Builder Middleware for Intel Trusted Wireless Platform, a key component of the Certicom Security Architecture, will be available in Q4 with support for other processors to follow. Other Security Builder toolkits in the Certicom Security Architecture for Mobility are available immediately. For more information, visit http://www.certicom.com/csa.

About Certicom
Certicom Corp. (TSX:CIC) is the authority for strong, efficient cryptography required by software vendors and device manufacturers to embed security in their products. Adopted by the US Government’s National Security Agency (NSA), Certicom technologies for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) provide the most security per bit of any known public key scheme, making it ideal for constrained environments. Certicom products and services are currently licensed to more than 300 customers including Motorola, Oracle, Research In Motion, Terayon, and Texas Instruments. Founded in 1985, Certicom is headquartered in Mississauga, ON, Canada, with offices in Ottawa, ON; Reston, VA; San Mateo, CA; and London, England. Visit www.certicom.com.

Certicom, Security Builder, Security Builder Crypto, Security Builder GSE, Security Builder IPSec, Security Builder Middleware,Security Builder PKI, Security Builder SSL, movianVPN, movianCrypt and movianMail are trademarks or registered trademarks of Certicom Corp. All other companies and products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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Except for historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. Factors that might cause a difference include, but are not limited to, those relating to the acceptance of mobile and wireless devices and the continued growth of e-commerce and m-commerce, the increase of the demand for mutual authentication in m-commerce transactions, the acceptance of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) technology as an industry standard, the market acceptance of our principal products and sales of our customer's products, the impact of competitive products and technologies, the possibility of our products infringing patents and other intellectual property of fourth parties, and costs of product development. Certicom will not update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. More detailed information about potential factors that could affect Certicom's financial results is included in the documents Certicom files from time to time with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities.

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Gentlemen,

Does this sound like a familiar hardware dilemma?:

"Enterprises, content providers and carriers are demanding that mobile handsets support security functionality such as secure messaging, secure voice over IP (VoIP), and digital rights management (DRM). To differentiate their mobile handsets, device manufacturers need to cost-effectively embed security functionality to meet their customer's security requirements while preserving margins in a highly competitive marketplace."

See the rest of the Certicom press release [above]. It would seem the wireless carrier handset manufacturers will soon get the technology they need to secure SMS traffic. I wonder if this technology can be incorporated into one- and two-way paging devices on a cost-effective basis? Note that this technology would seem to also support user-transparent network-based text message security without the overhead and inconvenience that clumsier end-to-end ("first hop"+"second hop") solutions require.

Source: [name on file]

September 16th , 2004
Subject: India Paging
Mr Brad
E-mail : brad@braddye.com

Dear Brad,

Your website and newsletters make amazing reading. I am the Managing Director of two Paging Companies.

Pagelink started operations in 1995 in the cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Ahmedabat, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot. The last 4 cities are in the province of Gujarat in Western India. From a peak subscriber base of 100,000 in 1999 the base is down to 5000 and we are still operational only in Calcutta and Ahmedabad. In the year 2000 we acquired Pagepoint, a Paging Company owned and operated by Motorola. Pagepoint had started operations in 1995 in the cities of Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune. From a peak base of 90,000 in the year 2000 the base is down to 15,000 and we are planning to shut down Mumbai in December.

We still load about 100 Pagers per month with the bulk of these in Bangalore which is the Inofrmation Technology hub of India. Most of the new Pagers loaded are used by Technical Support Companies which are monitoring IT Networks or process as overseas (mostly in USA). In many of these applications an alarm in the network triggers a Paging message sent directly to a Port on our Paging System through dial-up or to an IP address on the web (SMPP Protocol).

We see Paging surviving in the foreseeable future (1 or 2 years down the road) only in Bangalore.

As a country India started Paging in 27 cities in 1995 and grew to a peak of about 0.8 Mn in 1999 with about 3 to 4 operators in each city. By the time licensing restrictions were removed to allow province vide Paging it was too late. Now there is hardly any Paging left in the country besides us. The ratio of Alpha to Numeric was always 80:20 and 75% of the messages were Operator Assisted.

Our 1000 workstations across all locations have been diverted to provide Call Centers for domestic clients. About 75% of our Call Center capacity is serving mobile phone companies for a range of Inbound and Outbound Applications.

Paging died in India due to mobile telephony becoming incredibly cheap. There are about 5 or 6 mobile phone companies (GSM and CDMA) in each province. The average RPU is Rs. 400/- per month (USD 9) and prices of some new phones are below USD 65 and IInd hand GSM phones are available for USD 25.

Warm Regards,

Dr. Deepak Malhotra
Managing Director
Pagepoint Services India (P) Ltd.
M-7 Commercial Complex,
Greater Kailash-II,
New Delhi-110 048
Direct Tele. # : 011-2921 1402
Mobile : 98100-1000-3

Brad,

The lack of visible progress on user-friendly OTA encryption from paging carriers is driving some in the TAS/call center industry who service healthcare accounts to look for more flexible (and responsive) alternatives.

Source: [name on file]

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Motorola's newest one-way pagers—the Advisor II pager and the LS355 pager—are ideal for users in demanding business environments who need a convenient and cost effective way to stay in touch.

Both the Advisor II pager and the LS355 pager were developed for use in hospitals and medical facilities, manufacturing environments, utilities, hospitality applications, campus settings, and for businesses that own and operate their own paging systems.

The Advisor II pager's alphanumeric four-line display and expanded functionality incorporate many of the most advanced paging features available. A major advantage of the Advisor II pager is that it is synthesized which enables the user to program the pager to a specific frequency in the field. Other features of the Advisor II pager include:

• Displays up to four lines of text and 80 characters per line
• Zooms in on two lines for larger view
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• 52 message slots for storing multiple pages
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The LS355 numeric pager enables users to receive a "call-back" number that can be returned at the user's convenience. This pager has a one-button design for ease of use. Features of the new LS355 pager include:

• 16 message slots for storing multiple pages
• Six individual addresses to allow the user to receive individual or group pages
• 4 icons including Message Preview, Unread Message Indication, Alert Mode, and Out of Range Indication
• Saves messages when off or when the battery is being changed and offers the time and date when on standby
• RS232 programmable to allow for programming changes in the field

Both the Advisor II pager and the LS355 pager are available in POCSAG, UHF or VHF models and ship with a one-year standard warranty. As part of the continued support of these pagers, Motorola offers a two-year Express Service Plus program. This feature provides hardware repair coverage for two years beyond the standard one-year warranty for a total of three years of pager repair coverage. Both pagers are available through Motorola Authorized Resellers.

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Zetron Simulcast System

High-speed simulcast paging with protocols such as POCSAG and FLEX™ requires microsecond accuracy to synchronize the transmission of digital paging signals.

Zetron's Simulcast System uses GPS timing information to ensure that the broadcasted transmissions between the nodes of the Simulcast System and associated transmitters are synchronized to very tight tolerances.

This system is ideal for public or private paging system operators that use multiple transmitters and wish to create new paging systems or to build out existing systems into new regions. For more information about Zetron's High Speed Simulcast Paging System, the Model 600 and Model 620, go to:

www.zetron.com/paging. CLICK HERE

CONTACT

Zetron, Inc. P.O. Box 97004 Redmond, WA 98073-9704 USA

Tel: 425-820-6363 Fax: 425-820-7031 E-mail: zetron@zetron.com CLICK

Prism Message Gateway Systems
Modular and Configurable

Your Choice of Options

• Radio Paging Terminals
• Voicemail Systems
• Email and Network Text Messaging Systems
• Digital Trunk Switching Systems
• Digital Trunk and Voicemail Concentrators
• Remote Network Encoders
• TNPP Network Routers

Popular Choice for Domestic and International

• Commercial Paging Carriers
• Private Paging Systems
• Hospitals
• Public Safety
• Federal, State and Local Government
• Industrial Paging
• Energy Companies – Load Management

Logical Choice

• Replace Outdated, UNLICENSED Paging Terminals
• Eliminate Outrageously High Support Costs
• Add New Paging System with ALL THE FEATURES
• Provide Your Customers With Features They Want
• Designed and Supported by Industry Experts

Go ahead… be choosy… choose Prism Systems International

MAXPage
It's like a Motorola PeopleFinder™ on Steroids!

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Commtech Wireless introduces MAXPage, a desktop paging terminal packed with features.

Alpha, Numeric, Tone, & Voice
MAXPage, from Commtech Wireless, is the ideal replacement for the Motorola PeopleFinder™. With its advanced features, it can be used with Alphanumeric, Numeric, Tone only, Coaster pagers as well as 2-tone voice pagers in countless applications.

Serial Interface
With the inclusion of a serial interface, MAXPage can interface with Comp, TAP, Scope™, Waveware & Tekk systems as well as Commtech's Wireless Callpoints.

Telephone Interface
Anyone can be given easy access to the MAXPage system through its telephone interface. Once the system is connected to a telephone port, anyone can pick up a telephone, dial the MAXPage unit and use the keypad on their phone to send messages to pagers. The telephone can also be used to transmit voice messages to 2-tone voice pagers.

Alarm Inputs
A powerful feature of MAXPage is its onboard alarms. The four, dry contact closure, onboard alarm inputs will automatically dispatch messages to pagers or groups when activated. Alarms not cleared within a configured time frame can activate a repeat message (escalation) to either the same pager/group or to an alternative pager/group.

Features*

• 1000 Pager capacity
• Selectable 2 or 4 watt transmitter
• Reminder messages
• Dual mode function keys - one touch messaging
• 2-tone voice paging - from on-board mic or telephone
• 4 alarm inputs
• Voice prompted telephone paging
• QWERTY keyboard interface (PS2)
• Windows® interface for advanced features
• Serial interface for Comp/TAP/Scope™/Waveware/Tekk
• Coaster paging management system

*Some of the features listed are optional and are not supplied as standard

For more information, simply fill out the feedback form or contact us on the details below.

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The Hark SAFe is a hardware firewall with SPAM and virus blocking designed to protect email servers, corporate intranets, and unified messaging systems like the Hark Omega Messaging and IPT products. System includes a Linux based operating system with Web-based configuration (no keyboard and monitor needed!). Price is $995.00 including hardware!

Firewall protects your Internet enabled paging system:

• Provides a firewall to protect your paging system and internal network.
• Protect company workstations by giving them internal IP addresses.
• Can redirect external IP addresses and ports to specific internal computers.

SPAM blocker eliminates un-wanted email:

• Uses the latest techniques to identify and block SPAM
• Supports new techniques as they become available

Virus blocker:

• Prevents emails with viruses from being accepted.
• Automatically downloads virus signature updates each night.

CONTACT

Hark Systems, Inc. 2675 Lake Park Drive N. Charleston, SC 29406

Tel: +1 800-367-4275 or 843-764-1560 ext. 8104 Fax: +1 843-764-3692 E-mail: leanne@harksystems.com CLICK Web: http://www.harksystems.com CLICK

SECOND TERM SUPPORTER

• ISO 9001 - 2000 certified manufacturing facility.
• THE High-Quality RF design and Contract Manufacturer of choice.
• Do you have a product or product component that you would like to have manufactured?
• Would you like to have us design and manufacture a product just for you?
• Would you like to know firsthand that your contract manufacturer is one of the leading providers of service with the highest degree of quality in mind?

Daviscomms USA Inc. is your direct connection to Daviscomms (S) Pte Ltd., the leading pager manufacturer in the world with many years experience in Engineering, Design, and Manufacturing of highly-reliable, premium-quality FLEX and POCSAG Alphanumeric and Numeric pagers. Daviscomms offers unparalleled quality, features and functions. We perform our own stringent quality testing as well as certification by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to meet all of their standards. All of our paging products meet FCC and IC Standards for use in the USA and Canada.

Our manufacturing facility, located in Malaysia, is a 40,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility. Customers, globally, choose Daviscomms for our QUALITY, RELIABILITY, ON-TIME DELIVERY, COMPETITIVE PRICING and our TOTAL COMMITMENT to providing the best value for their needs.

TMR w/BNC Telemetry	We offer full product support (ODM/OEM) for our worldwide customers, including a complete design center, research facilities, proto-typing, field services, contract manufacturing, commodity sourcing, and distribution.
In addition to both Numeric and Alphanumeric pagers, we have designed, engineered and manufactured 1-way Telemetry devices, paging receivers, 2-way paging (ReFLEX) telemetry devices, DECT phones/devices and PDA accessories.	Bravo 800 Alphanumeric

At Daviscomms, we are proud to provide our customers with end-to-end manufacturing solutions while delivering superior quality and support. Daviscomms is at the forefront of the industry with its commitment to leading-edge technology, cost-effective manufacturing and the highest degree of customer service.

Daviscomms delivers low cost, high volume manufacturing solutions to our customers. We help maximize time-to-market objectives while minimizing procurement, materials management, and manufacturing costs.

For information about our contract manufacturing services or our Bravo-branded line of numeric and alphanumeric pagers, please call Bob Popow, our Director of Operations for the Americas, 480-515-2344. (Scottsdale, Arizona) or visit our website www.daviscommsusa.com.

Programming Concepts, Inc. Since 1979

RTS Wireless ADVX System
Support and Enhancements

Programming Concepts, Inc. provides authorized RTS ADVX Wireless Gateway Support & Enhancements. Our RTS lab includes source code control, development tools, and test beds for all deployed RTS systems. Call now to sign-up for our first class support of your aging RTS system. More info ...

PCI (www.programmingconcepts.com) has been in business for 24 years providing custom application programming for medium to large businesses. PCI's primary business segments include web enabled application development, financial industry systems, telephony (IVR, CTI, and Wireless), Secure Enterprise Instant Messaging System, Microsoft Customer Relationship Management (MS-CRM) Applications, and a wide variety of commercial applications.

Contact Sales sales@programmingconcepts.com
or 631-563-3800 x220.

DX Radio Systems, Inc. manufactures high quality, high specification type communications products. The following is a list of products that DX Radio Systems, Inc. manufactures or supplies as a single supplied product and can be included as part of a turnkey system:

• Repeaters
• Repeater Systems
• Paging Transmitters
• Paging Systems
• LTR & MPT1327 Trunking Systems
• MPT1327 Trunking Repeaters
• SmarTrunk II Trunking Repeaters
• Complete Trunking Systems
• Airport Ground to Air Base Radios
• Airport Ground to Air Systems
• Rural Radiotelephone Link Systems
• Antenna Systems
• Combining Systems
• Complete Turnkey Systems
• Engineering & Installation of All Systems

Performance that is tough to find anywhere at a price you can afford.

CONTACT

DX Radio Systems, Inc. 10941 Pendleton Street Sun Valley, California 91352-1522 USA

Telephone: 818-252-6700 Fax: 818-252-6711 E-mail: Info@DXRadioSystems.com CLICK Web: www.dxradiosystems.com CLICK

NEW FIGURES SHOW BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ACCELERATING IN THE U.S.

FCC Adopts Fourth Report On Broadband Availability

Washington, D.C.—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted today its fourth report on the availability of advanced telecommunications capability in the United States. Consistent with prior reports, it concludes that the overall goal of section 706 is being met, and that advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed on a reasonable and timely basis to all Americans.

The report demonstrates that the United States is making substantial progress in closing the gaps in access for traditionally underserved areas. Those in rural areas, those with low incomes, and those with disabilities – who stand in particular need of advanced services—are finding advanced services more available.

The report also documents the significant development of new access technologies that has taken place since the issuance of the last report. The report highlights the growth in Wi-Fi Internet access hotspots, WiMax, third-generation mobile phones, personal area networks, satellite technologies, fiber to the home, and broadband over power lines, in addition to more familiar cable modem and DSL services. The report also describes the development of new Internet-based services, such as voice communications over Internet protocol (or VoIP).

The FCC retains its existing definition of advanced telecommunications capability for purposes of this report. The terms “advanced telecommunications capability” and “advanced services” are used to describe services and facilities with an upstream (customer-to-provider) and downstream (provider-to-customer) of 200 kilobits per second (kbps) or greater. The term “high speed” is used to describe services with more than 200 kbps capability in at least one direction.

Summary of Broadband Deployment

• Subscribership to advanced services providing connections to the Internet at speeds exceeding 200 kbps in both directions has more than tripled since the FCC’s last report, from 5.9 million lines in June 2001 to 20.3 million lines in December 2003.

• High-speed lines providing connectivity of more than 200 kbps in at least one direction has almost tripled from June 2001 to December 2003, from 9.6 million lines to 28.2 million lines.

• Cable modem and ADSL service providers provide the vast majority of advanced services lines, with cable representing 75.3 percent, ADSL representing 14.9 percent, and other technologies representing 9.8 percent in December 2003. The relative position of cable and ADSL was 56 percent and 16.8 percent at the time of the last report, in June 2001.

• Looking more broadly at all high-speed lines, cable modem service represented 58 percent of lines, with ADSL representing 34 percent of lines as of year end 2003.

• With respect to advanced services lines, in December 2003, there were 18.1 million lines serving residential and small business customers, compared to 4.3 million lines in June 2001. The number of high-speed lines for residential and small business subscribers more than tripled, to 26.0 million in December 2003, from 7.8 million in June 2001.

• As of December 2003, only 6.8 percent of zip codes in the U.S. reported no high-speed lines, compared to 22.2 percent of zip codes with no reported lines in June 2001. There also has been a steady growth in the percent of zip codes reporting four or more providers of high-speed lines, from 27.5 percent in June 2001 to 46.3 percent in December 2003.

Background

Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 directs both the FCC and the states to encourage deployment of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans on a reasonable and timely basis, and instructs the FCC to conduct regular inquiries concerning whether such deployment is occurring and to take action to accelerate deployment, if necessary. The FCC previously reported to Congress on the status of advanced telecommunications capability in the United States in February 1999, August 2000, and February 2002. Additionally, the FCC publishes data on advanced and high-speed services twice a year. The FCC is currently considering rule changes that will enable it to gather more information about “next-generation” broadband networks that offer services well in excess of 200 kbps for purposes of future reports. The FCC will continue to monitor the development and deployment of broadband networks to ensure that all Americans have affordable access to them and to the significant advantages they can offer.

-FCC-

Docket No.: GN 04-54

Action by the Commission, September 9, 2004, Fourth Report, FCC No. 04-208.
Chairman Powell, Commissioners Abernathy and Martin, with Commissioners Copps and Adelstein dissenting. Separate statements issued by Chairman Powell, Commissioners Abernathy, Copps, Martin and Adelstein.

Wireline Competition Bureau Staff Contacts: Gina Spade at 202-418-7105, Regina Brown at 202-418-0792.

Source: FCC News Release (pdf)

FCC Report to Congress

The FCC's Report to the US Congress on their progress in deploying broadband access in the USA is very interesting reading. Readers in other countries may find it somewhat biased towards the US point of view, but please remember that this is one of our government agencies bragging to their superiors in the Congress about their accomplishments. Never-the-less, as pointed out in the news release above, progress is being made. This is especially important for people living in "rural areas, those with low incomes, and those with disabilities." The following information was extracted from this 60-page report. The complete report can be downloaded from the FCC web site by clicking on this link. (pdf)

Broadband Deployment in Other Countries

One tool the help assess the degree to which broadband and is being deployed in the United States on a timely basis is to examine broadband deployment in other countries. There are a number of studies comparing the availability of broadband across countries. For example, among the 30 member countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United States is tied for second in cable modem service and eighteenth in terms of DSL-service

The most comprehensive reports by the OECD and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) focus on penetration (adoption) rates. There are potential lessons to be learned from understanding what drives broadband adoption in other countries, especially those that exhibit comparatively high penetration rates, as increased adoption will drive future and more advanced deployment

In terms of absolute numbers of broadband subscribers, the united States leads the world (Chart 13). In terms of residential broadband penetration (number of subscribers per 100 people), however, the ITU's 2003 Birth of Broadband Reports ranked the united States eleventh in 2002, as Chart 14 shows. The Republic of Korea (South Korea), Hong Kong, China SAR (Hong Kong), and Canada lead the world in penetration levels, while U.S. subscribership levels are close to those in Japan, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Comparing the U.S. broadband experience with Japan, South Korea, and Canada—three countries which have achieved high subscribership levels—is particularly interesting. Chart 15 shows each country's level of broadband penetration during the past few years. Among the factors that may contribute to the levels of subscribership in each country are population density, per capita income, government support, and competition.

In some cases, higher population density appears to support more rapid deployment and purchase of broadband services because more people live closer to exchanges upgraded for DSL service and more live in apartment buildings with easily upgraded networks. As shown in Chart 16, Japan and South Korea both exhibit high population density. While much of Canada's population is densely clustered along its southern border, its average population density is lower than the United States, while its broadband subscribership rate is higher. This suggests that population density alone may not explain broadband subscribership rates.

Source: FCC's Report to Congress

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