i dont think paging is going away:
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NYSE Relies on Motorola, JP Systems Paging System on
Record-Breaking Day
Date:
Fri, 7 Nov 1997 13:12:11 -0800 (PST)
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News Alert from PR Newswire via Quote.com
Topic: Motorola Inc
Quote.com News Item #4478716
Headline: NYSE Relies on Motorola, JP Systems Paging System on Record-Breaking
Day
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FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 29, 1997, the world
watched traders on the New York Stock Exchange set a new record by moving over
a billion shares in a single day. Members orchestrated the huge volume of
trades through a custom-designed Motorola and JP Systems paging system that
handled over 105,000 pages in eight hours -- a new record for what is believed
to be the busiest customer-owned paging system in the world.
The Motorola paging system and JP Systems front-end processor successfully
met the Exchange's requirements that all messages be delivered in less than
four seconds during the busiest single trading day in the history of the
Exchange. The volume of pages handled by the system was 50 percent greater
than the daily average with no losses or downtime.
The paging system is private to the stock exchange floor, and is executed
with the push of a single keypad button. Over 17,000 switches are supported
with a pager response time of less than four seconds. The NYSE system is
optimized by the use of a Motorola paging terminal and JPS front-end processor
which communicate using the Telocator Network Paging Protocol (TNPP).
Through the JPS front-end processor, users can send pages from virtually
any type of input device -- from telephones to keypads and computers. Keypad
entries are sensed, correlated with the database, and translated into related
Pager IDs. The paging information is then sent to Motorola's paging terminal
through TNPP and ultimately transmitted to the specially designed pagers of
the recipients on the NYSE floor. The pagers feature higher than normal
vibratory alert capabilities and display paging information, enabling
recipients to see at a glance the contents of the page.
The stock exchange has 1,480 booths. Each booth can have a maximum of 12
switches. By activating one of these 17,500 switches, a broker/subscriber
defined in the system can be paged. The stock exchange also has 17 post
locations. Each has a maximum of 22 hand-held keypads. The JPS system polls
these keypads for page inputs through a serial line connected to each post
location.
Installed earlier this year, the fully redundant Motorola/JPS paging
system consists of the JPS front-end, which maintains the database and accepts
pages from various input sources, and a central switch monitors connected
peripherals and sends pages to the transmitter via five Advanced Output
Processors each supporting one RF channel.
The NYSE installed the Motorola/JPS system in order to create an open
architecture environment capable of supporting enhanced statistical reporting
options and capable of migrating to future applications such as computer-based
paging. JP Systems Inc. (www.jpsystems.com) is a multifaceted global software
and systems solution organization committed to the design and development of
products based on wireless and paging protocols. JP Systems partners with
major corporations to develop customized solutions for information and
wireless technology. JP Systems also develops mission-critical paging and
wireless systems and custom applications for vertical markets. Further
information is available at www.JPSystems.com.
Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless
communications, semiconductors and advanced electronic systems, components and
services. Major equipment businesses include paging and data communications,
cellular telephone, two-way radio, personal communications, automotive,
defense and space electronics and computers. Motorola semiconductors power
communication devices, computers and millions of other products. Motorola's
1996 sales were $28 billion. Further information on Motorola's Messaging
Systems Products Group is available at motorola.com.
Motorola is a trademark or registered trademark of Motorola, Inc.
SOURCE Motorola Paging Systems Group
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/CONTACT: Darian Germain of Optimum Public Relations, 703-847-0266/ |
