Mobile-radio companies will merge
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Specialized-mobile-radio (SMR) service suppliers Dial Page Inc, Transit Communications Corp and Advanced MobileComm Inc announce an agreement to merge. The combined company, which retains the Dial name, will become the largest SMP network in the Southeast and the third largest in the US. The new company also plans to covert to digital transmission technology, develop wireless data-communications services such as electronic mail and offer its services in competition with cellular-telephone companies. SMR is a two-way mobile-radio system commonly used by taxicab companies. It operates on frequencies adjacent to the cellular-telephone band in the 800-MHz range. The new digital technology will allow a single signal to carry several conversations. Dial will control 4,000 SMR channels after the merger. Transit will receive 9.4-9.5 million unregistered Dial shares, Advanced 1.4 million, in the $436 million deal.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1993
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Digital update for a 325-year-old tool
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Wedge Innovations Inc invents the Pro SmartLevel, the first digitally-equipped carpenter's level ever. Smartlevel replaces the bubble vial better known in the traditional level with a liquid crystal display (LCD) 'sensor module.' Users can measure the level degree with one-tenth of a degree accuracy by simply pressing a button. The screen is able to display either a numerical measurement or a simulation of a liquid bubble. At the heart of the product are two circuit boards separated by a bit of liquid located in the inclinometer sensor, which is shaped like a hockey puck. When the level shifts and changes the liquid's position, the new distribution is analyzed by software on a Motorola microprocessor, which also acts to calculate the angles numerically. SmartLevel costs about $100, but Wedge also has a cheaper SL200 version that sells for about $50.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1992
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Digital radio: static is only between owners
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Digital communications technology is being developed that would allow radio stations to transmit sound as crystal-clear and static-free as the music on digital compact disks. The technology would enable radio stations to simultaneously transmit digital and traditional analog versions of programs. People who own conventional radios would not hear any change, but listeners with special digital receivers would notice the higher quality in the reception. The main obstacle to digital broadcasting is conflicts between AM and FM broadcasters. AM stations are concerned with their technical inferiority and say they will block any digital system that will only work for FM. The FM stations are trying to maintain their technical edge and fear increased competition from AM stations.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1992
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