Electofuel
Electrofuel Inc. announced the Lithium Ion SuperPolymer battery, which has an energy density of 470 Wh/liter and 183 Wh/kilogram, almost doubling the previous endurance records of rechargeable batteries. With the SuperPolymer battery, laptop computers will run 15 or more hours on a fully charged battery. The battery also has a market in cellular phones, telecommunications, global positioning systems, defense and portable medical devices, as well as a long-term future in electric cars and bicycles and alternative energy businesses such as solar and wind energy storage, said Electrofuel. The batteries are available and priced between $200 and $800. (416) 535-1114.
NCR
NCR Corp. introduced MarketingAgent, a new software product that allows carriers to perform event-driven marketing by analyzing customer behavior and predicting a customer’s readiness to respond to particular marketing efforts. The software is part of NCR’s Customer Relationship Management Solutions 4.0 portfolio. Functionality built into the MarketingAgent software includes definition of business rules, a repository that captures corporate knowledge and manages the execution of business rules and an end-user workbench that is used to interact with the warehouse to define and manage the business rules. MarketingAgent will be available in August, with pricing for the entry-level configuration beginning at $200,000. NCR also introduced ProspectAdvisor, a predictive modeling software designed to identify potentially profitable customers that should be targeted for acquisition; and ContactInteractor, which allows customer-detailed data to be exchanged between the CRMS-Communications solution and various customer `touch points’ such as contact centers, e-mail and the Internet. CRMS 4.0 also includes PrivacyBuilder software, which allows carriers to incorporate consumer preferences as well as tracking of regulatory required information into its communications industry-specific data models. (937) 445-5000.
NEC
NEC America Inc. debuted its NLITE digital microwave radio, which addresses the high-end of the microwave spectrum for NEC. The NLITE series is being private-labeled for NEC by P-Com Inc. and is available in the 18 GHz, 23 GHz and 38 GHz bandwidths. NEC said the NLITE is ideal for networks operated by personal communications services and cellular service providers, utilities, common carriers, local governments and private users. NEC also announced its new 3000 series of microwave radios, which are the next generation of the company’s current 2000 series long-haul, high-capacity radios. The 3000 series is smaller than the 2000 series and is available in the 4 GHz through 13 GHz bands with the ability to carry one OC3 per radio-frequency channel. (888) 632-9283.
Ericsson
L.M. Ericsson unveiled its T10 dual-band mobile phone. The T10 offers short messaging service, call forwarding, call waiting and national roaming, among other features. It comes in five vibrant colors, including blue, yellow, pink, purple and turquoise. A T10s also is being developed for the Asian market.
In addition, Ericsson Microelectronics announced its Bluetooth Development Kit is available. The kit was designed by Ericsson in cooperation with Symbionics and includes equipment that provides a design environment for engineers to integrate Bluetooth technology into a variety of information appliances. The kit contains two development boards each with a complete functional Bluetooth radio for application software testing and proof of concept demonstrations. In addition to the development kit, Ericsson plans to offer two Bluetooth components-a pre-certified Complete Bluetooth Module and a Bluetooth Radio transceiver. The kit is available for $15,500. (877) 374-2642 or www.ericsson.com/microe.
RangeStar
RangeStar International announced a cellular/personal communications services embedded antenna for wireless handsets that also can operate on the 2.4 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical band utilized by Bluetooth applications. The antenna measures 38.1 by 17 by 1.6 millimeters and weighs about 1 gram. Phones that eliminate traditional antennas in favor of embedded antennas like RangeStar’s could begin hitting the market by the end of this year. The dual-band antenna features a gain of 0-1 dBi in cellular/PCS bands, and 0 dBi in the 2.4 GHz band. It is the latest antenna from RangeStar’s Performa series of small-sized embedded antenna components for original equipment manufacturers. Bluetooth technology will enable users to connect their mobile computers, digital cellular phones, handheld devices and other mobile devices via short-range radio links unimpeded by line-of-sight obstacles. (888) 647-7100.
Marconi
Marconi Communications introduced the SmartPhotonix family of Dense Wave Division Multiplexing products. The products offer optical transmission for both long-haul and metropolitan area networks. The company also introduced several new advanced copper solutions for the DISCS flexible platform, which will enable efficient copper or fiber-optic delivery of narrowband, wideband and broadband applications in the local access loop. The offerings include Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line, Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line and the DISCS Copper Star electrical network unit for pair-gain relief in saturated copper networks. In addition, Marconi introduced its SPECTX-PPC (Power and Protection Cabinets), which serves as a service entrance interface between local power/telephone company suppliers and wireless service providers. The product can upgrade from a non-automatic to an automatic power transfer switch in the same cabinet. (+20) 356-2000.
