- Inter@ctive Pager
The Inter@ctive Pager, introduced in 1995 by
Research In Motion (RIM), allowed users to receive and send messages over the internet via awireless data network known asMobitex . The US Operator of Mobitex,RAM Mobile Data operated the network and introduced the Inter@ctive Pager service as RAMfirst Interactive Paging(sm). The product was named the 1997 Top Product by Wireless for the Corporate User Magazine. [http://www.rim.net/news/press/1998/pr-07_01_1998.shtml] The Inter@ctive Pager was also known as theRIM-900 .In August 1998, BellSouth Wireless Data replaced the RIM-900 with the RIM 950 and marketed the service as BellSouth Interactive Paging(sm).
The Interactive Paging service introduced wireless users to such features as
peer-to-peer Delivery and Read Receipts and sendingfax es andtext to speech messages to a telephone. It also incorporated all the features of a traditional one way paging system (Interactive voice response ,Telocator Alphanumeric input Protocol , etc..) and added two way extensions to those services. The devices communicated to the internet, peer users, and the PSTN via a Gateway which also served as the store and forward mailbox for the wireless user. Interactive Paging became known as Interactive Messaging Plus(sm) whenBellSouth andSBC formedCingular Wireless .External links
* [http://www.cingular.com/customer_service/pdf/DOC%201008%20Interactive%20Messaging%20Plus%20UG%201000.pdf Interactive Messaging Plus User's Guide]
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