The PageCard Wireless Messaging System for Windows ($399) includes the PageCard receiver, which is activated on the PageNet nationwide network, and the PageSoft communications software. The system, together with Socket's Wireless Messaging Services, allows mobile computer users located virtually anywhere in the U.S. to receive E-mail, news and schedule updates, and other information.
Wireless Messaging Services (activation price, $19.99; local monthly service charge, $19.95; national monthly service charge, $39.99) provides a 24-hour, toll-free number for activation, fax-forwarding, billing, technical support, and operator-dispatched paging. A follow-me fax service notifies you of received faxes and lets you forward them to any number.
Contact: Socket Communications, Fremont, CA, (800) 552-3300 or
(510) 744-2700.
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