June ’93 FLEX publicly announced
Early ’94 Began extensive beta testing
Nov. ’94 FLEX-TD adopted as standard for Japan’s next generation paging system
Jan. ’95 First FLEX pagers shipped (Pro Encore)
Mar. ’95 First FLEX system in commercial operation (SkyTel)
Apr. ’95 InFLEXion voice and data announced
Sept. ’95 First ReFLEX system operational (SkyTel)
Sept. ’95 FLEX chip announced
Jan. ’96 China adopts FLEX as national standard
June ’96 First FLEX chip application announced
July ’96 FLEX 1.8 announced
Aug. ’96 FLEXstack one-way software available
Sept. ’96 More than 6 million FLEX pagers shipped
Oct. ’96 All major operators in U.S. are in commercial operation
Dec. ’96 First InFLEXion system in commercial operation (PageNet)
Jan. ’97 More than 10 million FLEX pagers shipped
Source: Motorola Inc.
