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RSS pagerThe Bloor Perspective: Really free Linux, WAP awareness and the rise of Veritas
Comment In reality, the current WAP capability is really little more than a two-way pager. After all, you don't pay to use the system. But a lot of money has been riding on the exploitation of the operating system. [30 May 2000]
Reuters to launch WAP data service
News Reuters owns the remaining 40 per cent, after contributing £22m cash and its UK based paging and data-delivery company, Futures Pager. Global news group, Reuters, has joined forces with US mobile data provider, Aether Systems, to launch a WAP data... [08 May 2000]
IBM issues 'Big Number' phone warning
News On 22 April there will be a total of 180 changes to codes for landline, mobile and pager numbers, which mean all businesses having to alter some of the numbers they have stored. IBM has warned UK relational database users to take action now to... [03 Apr 2000]
BT releases encrypted pager for police force
News Messages are then sent over a secure network to a pager and accessed through a PIN number. BT has released a PC-based encrypted paging service for police officers. The Z Page service will be accredited to handle government classified information up... [22 Feb 2000]
NHS extends paging contract with Vodafone
News The contract is an extension of an existing four-year pager agreement with the mobile specialist. The UK's National Health Service (NHS) this week awarded Vodafone with a three-year contract to provide staff with paging services. [05 Jan 2000]
Coms.com unveils business messaging service
News Entrepreneur, Jason Drummond, is behind the 'follow me' telecoms service where customers are issued with a single number through which they can route all landline, mobile phone, fax, email or pager messages. [22 Nov 1999]
CA, Pagenet and 3Com announce first fruits of mobile data alliance
News 3Com, Computer Associates (CA) and pager services provider, Pagenet have announced the first product to come from a strategic alliance struck a year ago. The product, called Twist (The Wireless Intelligent Infrastructure Support Technology), is a... [20 Jul 1999]
Paging companies find strength in numbers
News A group of US-based pager companies have formed an alliance which they hope will deliver their business from the intense threats of Internet and mobile phone technology. If the Internet doesn't kill the pager, the mobile certainly will," he said. [20 Apr 1999]
Kyocera invests in Iridium future
News Japanese-owned Kyocera has released six wireless products including a single mode handset, dual mode adapter and a pager that supports 19 languages. Troubled satellite mobile phone company, Iridium, received a boost yesterday when Kyocera... [19 Apr 1999]
Pager firms take to the Net
News Getting information from the Internet onto your pager is about to become a reality - but only in the US. Leading US paging companies yesterday announced a set of standards that they claim will make it easy for information services to broadcast... [20 Nov 1998]
Microstrategy data broadcaster hits the spot
News A Microstrategy spokeswoman said: "They are planning to add an email facility and, if this is successful, a pager option. DSS Broadcaster, which launched worldwide on August 11, automatically broadcasts data from a repository via email, pager, fax... [14 Aug 1998]
Pager helps Kent police
News Offenders are issued with a BT pager and can be called either at random or pre-set times, and are allowed 10 minutes to answer from one of three authorised numbers. Kent Probation Services has put a paging system on trial, to keep track of... [26 Jun 1998]
