New Products

Information: RECEIVE FILTER K&L Microwave's model WSF-00145 AMPS fullband receive filter features preselect filtering for macro and micro cellular systems, and general-purpose cellular test systems. The filter provides 15dB minimum return loss within the 824MHz to 849MHz passband range. Rejection is specified at 60dB minimum from dc to 800MHz and from 869MHz to 2GHz.

www.klmicrowave.com or 410-749-2424

NETWORK-ACCESS PLANNER MapInfo's NetAccessPlanner is designed for quick and easy analysis of local telecommunications network data. The solution allows service providers to build out or expand their networks by purchasing exchanges located in uncovered areas, eliminating coverage holes and providing customers with free local calling areas.

781-684-0770

BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Sanyo Electric has introduced a high-performance, thin-type lithium polymer battery for lightweight and thin communications devices such as portable phones and PDAs. The 3.7V battery provides high reliability with more than 500 recharging cycles. The polymer electrolyte possesses high ion conductivity at low temperatures.

619-661-4138

NETWORK-TEST APPLICATION Netcom Systems' SmartVoIP QoS solution analyzes the quality of service (QoS) delivered by policy-based network devices critical tohigh-quality converged services using the company's SmartBits Windows-based application. The solution uses capabilities of SmartMetrics cards to generate data and voice traffic, analyzing the performance of each incoming stream to test a network's ability to forward large numbers of data and voice flows by measuring loss and latency statistics for every packet transmitted. It also analyzes the device's ability to handle policies implemented in the network or device under test. It helps service providers with design decisions to give voice-over-IP (VoIP) installations switched voice quality.

www.netcomsystems.com or 818-676-2300

INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATOR The Timeport P935 interactive communicator from Motorola allows users to send messages to 1-way pagers and to and from 2-way pagers, as well as any e-mail account. The P935 enables users to e-connect to their corporate or personal databases, requesting and receiving up-to-the-minute facts and figures from the Internet. The unit features an infrared-compatible port allowing users to transfer, receive and exchange schedules and contact/address book information from compatible products, such as Palm organizers.

www.motorola.com

E-MAIL SERVICE BellSouth Mobility has introduced BellSouth Wireless E-mail service which allows users with a touch-tone phone or Internet access to send a short message to a subscriber's digital wireless phone. The service helps customers manage airtime costs since they are never charged airtime when receiving a message. In addition, subscribers also can receive headlines from CNN Mobile on the phone's display.

www.bellsouthwirelessemail.com

W-CDMA TESTER Tekelec's MGTS i3000 diagnostic system tests W-CDMA technology for converged network technologies. The technology provides a wide bandwidth for voice and data transport, which enables applications such as e-mail and e-commerce in the wireless telecommunications market. Service providers are able to use the added bandwidth to increase subscriber numbers within congested service areas. The system provides high-speed Ethernet and ATM capabilities to simulate W-CDMA node types. It generates signaling traffic across the network and tests the signaling plane and the user plane. In addition, quality-of-service measurements and statistics are generated.

www.tekelec.com

PUBLICATION In Leadership Lessons From the Civil War: Winning Strategies for Today's Managers, Tom Wheeler, CTIA president, describes winning leadership strategies derived from Civil War figures. Each chapter identifies a central strategic lesson culled from the Civil War that is applicable to today's business world. Wheeler describes the Civil War leaders who demonstrated these essential qualities, and details the crucial decisions these figures made before and during combat. Each chapter also includes case studies of modern business leaders who demonstrated these traits. Some lessons outlined in the book include: Dare to Fail; If at First You Don't Succeed ... So What?; Information Is Only Critical if It Is Used Properly; Small Skirmishes Decide Great Battles; To Be a Leader, You Must Lead; and If You Can't Win ... Change the Rules. Wheeler concludes with a detailed case study of a major business war illustrating all of these lessons.

www.wirelessfoundation.org or 800-236-7323

COAXIAL SURGE PROTECTORS Citel's P8AX line of coaxial surge protectors are designed for wireless systems, microwaves, radios, antennas and GPS systems. The protectors provide fast acting protection against lightning surges and electrical transients. They also feature low VSWR and low insertion loss.

www.citelprotection.com or 305-621-0022

WAP-DIRECTORY SOLUTION Varetis AG has joined Hewlett-Packard's Mobile E-services Bazaar with the introduction of IDA.wap, a WAP solution for directory services providing up-to-date information. The solution features a search engine adapted to suit wireless phone-search capabilities and screen options designed to fit the phone's limited display space. The bazaar combines an online e-service trading community for service providers with physical locations for developing and testing value-added applications.

www.varetis.com

CONNECTORS Amphenol's 1.0/2.3 series RF connectors feature two coupling interfaces and are available with a push-pull coupling system, which allows quick installation. The coaxial connectors are 50W units operating from 0GHz to 10GHz. The series complies with DIN 41626 and DIN 47297 specifications for base stations, routers, switching equipment and telecommunications applications. The 750V connectors offer 0.8dB insertion loss.

www.amphenolcnp.com or 203-743-9272

WIRELESS E-CARE SUITE Davinci Technologies features a suite of wireless e-care applications providing electronic bill payment and presentment, as well as customer-care applications for Telus Mobility's data-enabled digital phones. The applications enable users to view account balances, send text messages using the handset's browser capabilities and query roamer-access numbers.

www.davinci.ca or www.telusmobility.com

DIVIDER/COMBINER BCP's model 30-AD-FFN-2 provides reliable matching with 2* phase and 0.5dB amplitude. The 30W divider/combiner features a frequency range of 800MHz to 2.4GHz with insertion loss of less than 0.5dB. Connector options include N-type female and SMA female.

www.birdfla.com or 727-547-8826

PAGER ACCESSORY Specialty Hardware features Pager Keeper as a convenient and secure way to carry personal pagers. The flexible, leather accessory provides access to the pager display, and the rigid snap keeps the holder firmly in place. The unit is designed to prevent lost or dropped pagers.

www.galaxymall.com or 888-291-1161

COAXIAL CABLE Andrew features its VXL5-50 coaxial cable for wireless applications. The cable requires no jumpers when used as a main feeder and provides a tight-bend radius of a 1/2-inch jumper. It is designed for use as a standalone jumper and comes standard with a 10-year warranty. The cable provides a peak power rating of 90kW and 4.9GHz maximum frequency rating.

www.andrew.com or 800-255-1479

IN PLATFORM Siemens has introduced INXpress, an advanced IN solution for PCS 1900 networks that enables service providers to design and implement new revenue-creating services. The solution provides enhanced IN communications services in a flexible multipurpose IN platform, prepaid services, virtual private networks, personal call management, family group calling and home-zone billing. In addition, INXpress features universal personal number and universal access number services.

www.icn.siemens.com or 800-814-1680

NEXT-GENERATION PLATFORM Eftia OSS Solutions features the release of Master.Scribe 3.2, an upgrade to the company's core suite of integrated service-management and delivery products. The release enables service providers to automate critical processes, reduce operational costs and retain customers. The prepackaged services are designed to improve time to market with end-to-end process support for customer and equipment-order creation and management.

www.eftia.com or 604-944-1497

BROADBAND RADIO Digital Microwave's 38GHz Altium broadband radio is capable of transmitting 155Mb/s SDH/SONET capabilities using 28MHz of spectrum. The addition is designed for broadband access and mobile-telephony base-station-interconnection applications covering frequency ranges from 6GHz to 38GHz. The company uses 128 QAM modulation to achieve the radio's high spectral efficiency allowing service providers to use high-capacity radios while conserving radio spectrum.

www.dmcwave.com

OVER-THE-AIR TEST SYSTEM Agilent Technologies has announced the Agilent E7490A over-the-air maintenance tool for testing CDMA base stations. The tool integrates CDMA base-station over-the-air test software with the digital receiver and platform software of the company's E7400 series drive-test systems. Over-the-air measurements include frequency error, pilot paging and code-domain. The solution allows service providers to make quick, first-level checks of base-station functionality without having to hook up test equipment or take the base stations off-the-air.

www.agilent.com

2-CHANNEL HYBRID COMBINER Trak Microwave, a Trak Communications operation, has introduced a 2-channel hybrid combiner for wireless base-station applications. Available in PCS 1900, DCS 1800, AMPS and E-GSM frequency ranges, the model 1409296/H features an internal load up to 50W and low incidence of intermodulation. The magnetically screened unit offers internal load or connector configuration packaging options.

www.trak.com or 813-901-7450