Socket Communications Inc. has introduced PageSoft for ACT!, an add-on software package that employs existing wireless paging networks to deliver time-critical text and data to ACT! mobile users. ACT! is a contact management software package developed by Symantec Corp. PageSoft for ACT! allows users from a central office to send important information such as sales leads and customer call requests instantly to field sales forces and other mobile workers, assuring a quick and efficient customer response, said Socket. Mobile users can receive messages directly into ACT! software on a notebook personal computer or on a standard alphanumeric pager. Through a marketing agreement with Socket, GTE Corp. will offer PageSoft for ACT! to its customers in a one-stop package that includes paging service, software and Socket’s PageCard data pager for about $29 per month. (510) 744-2700.
NovaLink Technologies Inc. said it is set to release its new GoAnyWhere Modem, a product that combines a wireless network adaptor, a wireline fax/modem and a cellular modem on a single Type II PC Card. The all-in-one solution will make it possible to keep in touch from any location, eliminate the weight, inconvenience and cost of investing in separate devices and save space by using a single PCMCIA slot, said the company. NovaLink said the product also reduces the cost of mobile computing access by removing the need to purchase separate fax/modem, radio modem and cellular adaptors. (800) 668-2546.
Supra Products Inc. has introduced its TRACcess key and electronic access management system that addresses the special multiple-site access needs of wireless communications, cellular and paging carriers, personal communications services and general phone service providers. By replacing the multiple gate and equipment room keys carried by service personnel, the company said the system reduces the liability of lost, stolen or unreturned keys, and allows companies to convert to a single key system and give their employees single key access to all sites. The central component of the TRACcess System is the TRACkey, a pager-sized electronic key that records its own access activity by location, date and time, said Supra. The TRACkey’s user can always know when a particular location has been accessed or track where a key holder has been. The information is quickly transmitted to the TRACcess Information Manager PC over any touch-tone phone. The TRACkey can also be programmed to expire at management-defined intervals, said the company. Supra offers a TRAC-Box for leased sites, a TRAC-Padlock for gated areas, a TRAC-Vault to store keys and access cards. (800) 225-2974.
VCP International, through a distributing agreement with Motorola Inc., now is selling Motorola pagers with approved federal government frequencies. Previously, government agencies could only buy these pagers directly from the manufacturer. VCP carries a full line of Motorola paging products, including the Keynote, Bravo LX and Renegade pagers. (800) 442-7001.
CNET Inc. announced it is now offering commercial software that integrates radio frequency data and network operating information for efficient network analysis and trend assessment. The company’s Traffic Trending Tool bridges the power of CNET’s network management software, Basic Operations System, and the RF design and planning system, Wireless Network Graphics System. The system uses topology overlay to take geographically referenced data and present it graphically in color to distinguish network problem areas. The Traffic Trending Tool features a graphical user interface that depicts network conditions for specific time periods according to the user’s selected parameters, the company said. The system can communicate with a variety of network switches and elements within personal communications services, cellular, two-way radio, enhanced specialized mobile radio and other wireless networks. (800) 332-2638.
The Antenna Co. has introduced an in-vehicle amplifier designed to overcome diminished cellular phone performance caused by a car’s body. Installed under the car’s dash, The Portable Edge enhances performance by boosting both transmit and receive signals, said the company. The amplifier receives the phone’s signal output through its interior antenna, boosts the signal and transmits it to an externally mounted antenna. By amplifying the signal, the radio frequency is not limited by obstructions that reduce cellular phone performance. (708) 250-9900.
