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- From: geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us (Geoff Goodfellow)
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- Subject: Ericcson GE Slashes Prices on Two Wireless Data Products
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 08:02:25 GMT
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 46, Message 2 of 12
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- PARAMUS, NJ (JAN. 25) BUSINESS WIRE - Ericsson GE has reduced the
- retail price of two of its key wireless data communications products -
- the Mobidem(R) Portable Wireless Modem and the Viking Express Wireless
- E-Mail Package, which includes a Mobidem, Hewlett-Packard 95LX palmtop
- computer and wireless elecronic mail utility.
-
- Effective immediatley, the price of the Mobidem is now $775 from
- $1,395 while the complete Viking Express package drops to $995 from
- its original price of $1,995.
-
- "This agressive price reduction allows the everyday business traveler
- to benefit immediately from wireless data communications," says Ake
- Persson, vice president of Ericsson GE Mobile Communications. "There
- is no excuse now not to have one. It is as essential as a briefcase."
-
- The Mobidem provides two-way wireless data communications connectivity
- for palmtop, notebook, and laptop computers. Utilizing Mobitex
- wireless data networks operated in the United States by RAM Mobile
- Data, a joint venture of RAM Broadcasting and BellSouth Enterprises,
- the Mobidem supports automatic nationwide roaming for PC users that
- travel around town or across the country.
-
- The Mobidem is a one-pound, rechargeable wireless data modem that
- communicates with the Mobitex network. It can be easily connected to
- any PC that has an RS-232 serial port, and it features and LCD display
- that shows radio signal strength and number of messages stored.
-
- The Viking Express package couples a Mobidem with an HP 95LX palmtop
- computer and a DOS-based E-mail utility called RadioMail Remote from
- RadioMail Corp. of Menlo Park, Calif.
-
- Mobitex is a public mobile data network that uses packet-switched
- wireless technology and provides automatic nationwide roaming. Packet
- switching allows messages to be transmitted or received in a few
- seconds, eliminating the problems associated with intermittent fading
- or unexpected disconnections.
-
- Mobitex networks are operating in the United States, Canada, the
- United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland and Norway.
-
- Based in Paramus, N.J., Ericsson GE designs, manufactures, and markets
- cellular telephones, land mobile radio products and systems, and
- Mobitex wireless data communications products and systems for global
- markets. Ericsson GE also markets cellular systems in North American.
-
- For more information about the Mobidem or Viking Express, call
- Ericsson GE at 800/223-6336. In addition, RAM has a nationwide
- corporate sales force to work with corporate accounts. For the number
- of the nearest RAM regional represenative, MIS directors or corporate
- purchasing managers can call RAM Mobile Data at 201/343-9400.
-
- CONTACT: Ericsson, New York
- Kathy Egan, 212/685-4030 or
- MCI: Alexander Communications, Atlanta
- Susan McCord, 404/325-7555
- 404/325-8041 (fax)
-