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To: Linda Kaplan who wrote (2289)	11/7/1997 4:55:00 PM
From: van wang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3431

i dont think paging is going away: Subject: NYSE Relies on Motorola, JP Systems Paging System on Record-Breaking Day Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 13:12:11 -0800 (PST) From: staff@quote.com Reply-To: support@quote.com To: quotecom-users@quote.com ============================================================ Getthe smartest market coverage on the Net, FREE! Click for 2 FREE weeks of TheStreet.com Featuring "WRONG" by James Cramer micro.sitespecific.com ============================================================ 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 ====================================================================== 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 -0- 11/07/97 /CONTACT: Darian Germain of Optimum Public Relations, 703-847-0266/