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`which Mr. Garrison transmitted to his
`wife‘s pager.
`The new two—way system is still being
`perfected and could run into transmission
`glitches. Paging companies must also
`erect entirely separate multimillion'dollar
`transmission systems to run the new serv+
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`paging networks will be challenged by
`wireless phone cr'Iii'ipui‘iLL-s that villi. slit-i
`their own brand of “short messaging". "
`More likely, though, two-way technol-
`ogy will find a niche. And consumers can
`expect a blitz from numerous high-tech
`giants. Hewlett-Packard Co. and Apple
`Computer Inc. have struck alliances with
`paging companies to make their computers
`work with the new two-way paging net-
`works.
`Mtel plans to offer software that lets
`users of almost any desktop or Hewlett-
`Packard palmtop computer send paging
`messages. Another new product, Motorola
`lnc.‘s Message Duet.
`lets an Mtel user
`send short messages over the airwaves
`from a "kitchen top" or desktop device.
`bypassing more expensive local and long-
`distance phone services. In each case. the
`recipient can reply instantly.
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`signal using hundreds of antennas in the
`service's region. The proper pager then
`picked up the signal.
`Two-way pagers work similarly, but
`use twice the radio spectrum. And the
`transmission method has been perfected.
`Mtei-‘s new system targets Specific an-
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`- tb nearly six million subscribers. to offer
`' a very unbecper-lilte service. Its VoieeNow
`product essentially transforms a pager
`‘ into a wireless “pocket answering ma-
`chine." Users can actually listen to voice
`messages left for them by holding a pager
`close to the ear. The service will be avail-
`able early next year in San Francisco,
`Dallas, Fort Worth and New York for $19.95
`a month.
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`‘11-!” offers a service called StarLink.
`. Shoviding news. weather and sports up-
`that can be downloaded to H-P
`top and laptop computers via Page-
`'t's network. On-the-road users of Ap-
`--ple's mweerk and Newton MessagePad
`'ggiproduets can similarly pull up email and
`updates from anywhere.
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`business, the third largest. is collaborating
`with Casio Computer Co. and Sharp Corp.
`to develop a pocket organizer that lets a
`user wirelessly retrieve or send updated
`information to a distant computer. The
`product. which could be available late next
`year. will
`initially retail for more than
`$200.
`I Such services work. When Robert Kri-
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`'d’enuat Marinades. she pages
`ready through the digital services of Mo-
`bileMedia instead of using an operator to
`type in the message and relay it. The
`message is typed on the company's e-mail
`system and routed directly through the
`MobileMedia paging network to Mr. Kri-
`cheff’s pager.
`“As people become more mobile and
`increasingly use laptops and organizers.
`there will be an increase in demand to send
`data wirelessly. There will be more white-
`collar users,“ says Mr. Kricheif, an ana-
`lyst at CS First Boston Corp.
`In fact.
`the number of paging sub-
`scribers is growing 20% annually, and the
`average paging stock has soared 80% in the
`past 15 months. says 'John Bauer. analyst
`at Lehman Brothers- In 1992. there were
`only three publicly traded paging compa-
`nies. Since then. 11 new carriers have
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`MTel., Exhibit 2005, Google v. MTel., Page 3, IPR2017-00532
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