TELECOM Digest Wed, 29 Dec 93 23:35:00 CST Volume 13 : Issue 842 Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson Motorola CMT Programming (Mark W. Earle) Notice to AT&T Long Distance Customers (Paul Robinson) Direct Broadcast Satelites (Jason M. Githeko) ITU Method For Writing Telephone Numbers (Anthony D. Vullo) Who and What is Tecnet? (Edward van Egmond) CLID and PA (Wallace Colyer) The PUC(s) And So-Called Tariffs (Al Cohan) Super Long Range Cordless Phones (Michael Dimitrov) Caller ID/911 Seattle and Article Recommendation (M. Hedlund) Swedish Caller ID Hardware? (Claes Gussing) Information Wanted on Simon Cellular Phone (Tony Barnecut) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 93 15:55 EST From: Mark W. Earle <0006127039@mcimail.com> Subject: Motorola CMT Programming Here are some notes I found regarding programming Motorola cellular products. I have an 8000H portable phone. Some comments: From the keyboard, you must know the security code to get to programming mode. You may enter programming mode a total of three times. After three times, the phone must be returned to the dealer to have a counter reset. However, at least on the 8000H and Ultra Classic portables, one can fabricate a jumper, and reset the counter easily. Before changing anything, I'd use * to step through and record your present values. Note that if you install the jumper, you would enter 55# and then follow the notes for entering the customer/system information. You can also first do a 32# to clear all timers and restore features to standard. THIS ERASES ALL STORED PARAMATERS! What I found most useful was to step through, record all paramaters entering programming mode from the keypad without the jumper. Then, power up with the jumper, use 32# to clear evertying power off remove jumper power up reset params entering programming mode from keyboard, using 000000 as the security code This technique let me have two phone numbers in two markets, even though the phone is single NAM. I'd get to a particular spot on the road, with a convenient rest area, and reprogram my phone for service (as contracted for!) in the second city. This was to have a local number and not pay roaming rates in the second city. On the return trip, I'd stop and reprogram for my "home" market. Disclaimers: You can put the phone in several modes intended for alignment and testing "on the bench". Don't do it. You could also set the phone up such that the contracted for service won't work properly. Don't program paramaters to other than those provided by your carrier. There is no way (as far as I know) to alter the ESN on these phones. Well, I'm sure it's possible if you're the vendor but there is no magic keypad code to do it. You can also make the phone a cellular receiver: power up with jumper 353# Select Handset audio path 08# RX Audio ON 11xxx# Three digit number, i.e. 11362# 474# Set to mid level audio 11xxx# Change to another channel Power off, remove jumper, power up to restore normal phone operations. Dec 29, 1993 Motorola Cellular Mobile Telephone programming notes: Part 1: From the manual included with the 8000H portable phone. Items to be programmed: System ID Code 5 digits Cellular Telephone Number 10 digits Station Class Code 2 digits Access Overload Class 2 digits Group ID Mark 2 digits Security Code 6 digits Unlock Code 3 digits Initial Paging Channel 4 digits (Use Leading 0) Option Bits 6 digits *Internal Speaker 0 for internal *Local Use normally 1 *Min Mark Normally 0, 0=disabled when enabled, unit sends area code on all calls *Auto REcall Always set to 1 *Second PHone number 0 *Diversity 0=off Option Bits *Long Tone DTMF 1 (0 to disable) *FUTURE USE 0 *Eight hour timeout 0 to enable Programming your telephone: If you have: Menu and Fcn keys Sequence 6 FCN key but no Menu key Sequence 1 No Fcn key Sequence 2 Model Handset Type Sequence 3000SCN 2007 A 6 6000SCN 2023 A 2 6000XSL N2020 A 1 6800XLT LN2659 A 1 6800XLT LN2733 A 6 Alpha Hndset SCN2083 A 6 Sequence 1 FCN, Security Code entered twice, RCL 2 STO, #, Security Code entered twice, RCL 3 Ctl, 0 + SC twice, RCL 4 Ctl, 0 + SC twice, * 5 FCN, 0 + SC twice, MEM 6 FDN, 0 + SC twice, RCL Security code is programmed 000000 at the factory After successfully entering program mode, 01 appears on the display * steps thorugh SND stores information Step 1 SID Step 2 Area Code Step 3 Phone Number Step 4 Station Class Mark Step 5 Access Overload Class Step 6 Group ID Step 7 Security Code Step 8 Unlock Code Step 9 Initial Paging Channel Step 10 Options (6 digits) Step 11 Options (3 digits) Part 2: From a programming Cheat Sheet, not normally included with the phone: Assumes one has fabricated a jumper or has a test jig. These functions available only if you start the phone with one pin jumpered to ground as below. CHAN \/ PWR LVL x x x x x x <--Rx Sig Strength, 00-99 SAT -->x x x x x x x <--1=TX Audio OFF ^ ^ ^ ^ 1=TX on <-- : : : : 1=RX AUdio OFf 1=SigTone ON : : 1=Control Channel 01# Restart (Turns unit off and back on) 02# Display current radio stuatus (non-scrolling version of above display) 04# Initiales Unit to Standard Default Settings Carrier OFF RF Attenuator to max power Receiver Audio Muted Transmit Audio Muted Signalling Tone Off Resetting of Watchdog Timer Enabled DTMF and Audio Tones off Audio path set to speaker 05# TX Carrier ON 06# TX Carrier OFF 07# RX OFF (Mute RX audio) 08# RX Audio ON (Unmuted) 09# TX Audio OFF 10# TX Audio ON 11(CH No)# Sets to desired channel 12# Set power to x; 0=max 7 = min 14# 10 Khz sig tone on 15# 10 Khz Sig tone off 19# Display software version number (4 digits) 25x# SAT Tone on when x=0, SAT = 5970 Hz x=1, SAT = 6000 Hz x=2, SAT = 6030 Hz 26# SAT Tone off 27# Transmit Data 28# 1150 Hz Tone on 29# 1150 Hz Tone off 30# 770 Hz Tone on 31# 770 Hz Tone off 32# Clears all timers and resets User's programmable features to standard, also clears user stored memory. 33x# Turn on DTMF Tone for X, X = 0-9, * or # 34# DTMF Tone(s) off 35# Display RSSI ("D" Series portable only) 35x# Set Audio path to xx = 0, VSP mike (mobile only)x = 1, speaker x = 2, Alert x = 3, Handset 38# Display ESN in Hex, 2 char at a time use * to step (Compandor OFF (D series portable only)) 39# Compandor on (D series portableonly) 41# Enables Diversity (on f19cta series only) 42# Disables Diversity) 43# Disable Diversity 44# Disable Diversity 45# Display current rssi 46# Display cumulative call timer 47x# Set Rx audio level, 0-7 i.e. 474# is mid level 48# Set side tone on 49# Side Tone off 53# Enable Scrambler option when equiped 54# Disable scrambler 55# Programming customer/system information Enter 55#, display shows U5 ' Enter 55# again, proceed as if you've followed the sheet included with the phone. This allows one to change the phone params an infinite number of times. However, some of the info is not in sequence with the sheet provided with the phone. 58# Compandor on 59# Compandor off) 61# Serial number transfer (for dmt / minitac only) (See Esn transfer procedure elsewhere) 62# Turn on ringer audio path 63# Turn off ringer audio path 70# Abbreviated field transmitter audio deviation command 71# Abbreviated field power adjustment command 72# Field audio phasing commands 73# Field power adjustment command (dmt/minitac only) Fabrication of jumper in lieu of test jig: 8000H and Ultra Classic To enter diag/self test mode: 1.Remove battery. 2.Looking at rear of radio, ground pin x 3.Re install battery and apply power Rear Connector: I I I ** I I X I I I ** I I I ** * Is the antenna. I is the pins. Note: the case screws are NOT at ground. The outer silver part of the antenna connector is. I soldered a piece of stiff resistor lead at the X, and made it just the proper length. I can then move it to touch the ground to read sig strength, and then move it to touch nothing for normal operations. Note that soldering to these pads is tricky, and probably voids the warranty. A more elegant way would be to use a DC adaptor (Ora and Celldyne sell them) and drill two small holes to use to connect with an external jumper. No soldering. Note that the phone is not in power save mode when in self test/diag mode and the battery will go down quickly! The inital display is channel and receive sig strength indicator, useful for determing how close you are to a tower, or for aiming a yagi in the desired direction. Mark Earle mwearle@mcimail.com [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Your documentation above is remarkably similar to the way Motorola has programmed their phones for the past several years. Your documentation would work easily on many old phones from Motorola I suspect. My old 600 channel Motorola phone also went into 'local' or 'test/programming mode' with the same grounding of a pin as you describe it above, enabling one to reset the counter which supposedly restricted programming the phone number to three times. Since my Motorola had a 25-pin thing on it which connected to the battery pack, the way I handled the grounding of the pin was to get a 25-pin connector from Radio Shack. I opened it up, shorted the desired lead in there to another lead coming from the pin on the back of the phone known to be a floating ground. Then when I wanted to go into local or test mode, I'd just slide the battery pack a little back out of the way, insert the little connector in there which had the changes I had made, then slide the battery forward again reconnecting it all. Quite simple and quick; snap in, reprogram quickly, snap out and restart the phone. Of course I caution anyone doing re-programming of this sort to have made prior arrangements with all involved carriers. PAT] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1993 19:43:36 EST From: Paul Robinson Reply-To: Paul Robinson Subject: Notice to AT&T Long Distance Customers From: Paul Robinson Organization: Tansin A. Darcos & Company, Silver Spring, MD USA {Washington Post} 12/29 Pg B3: NOTICE TO AT&T LONG DISTANCE CUSTOMERS AT&T filed tariff revisions with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 27, 1993 to increase its interstate calling card and operator assisted (except coin) per-minute rates. Service charges per call in the following classes will also be increased. Operator Dialed Calling From To Card Station $2.05 $2.12 Operator Station: -Collect $2.05 $2.12 -Billed to Third Party $2.11 $2.18 -Sent Paid--Non-Coin $2.05 $2.12 These revisions are scheduled to become effective on January 10, 1994. The average increase for all interstate, operator-assisted and calling card calls is 3.35% On December 27, 1993, AT&T filed tariff revisions with the FCC to increase LDMTS dial station day rates by 7.74%, evening rates by 8.93%, and night/weekend rates by 4.74% for interstate calls within the U.S. Dial station rates apply when the person originating the call has not subscribed to any optional calling plans or volume discount plans and dials the telephone number desired, completes the call without the assistance of a company operator and the call is billed to the calling station. These rates are scheduled to become effective on January 10, 1994 and will apply to the general long distance schedule applicable to non-commercial customers. On December 27, 1993, AT&T filed tariff revisions with the FCC to increase rates on international card and operator handled long distance calls. These rates will become effective on January 10, 1994. These revisions will affect international operator handled and card standard period rates on international card and operator handled long distance calls. These rates become effective on January 10, 1994. These revisions will affect international operator handled and card standard period rates to 20 countries/areas, with an average price increase of 8% for a ten-minute call to these countries/areas. The increase in transport prices applies to calls to and from the U.S. Mainland. The affected countries are: Algeria, Bangladesh, Burma, China, El Salvador, Hong Kong, Iran, Jamaica, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico (applies to schedule 1 rate bands only), Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Republic of South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Thailand. Effective February 10, 1994, AT&T USADirect* (R) Optional Calling Plan - Option A, institutes a 30-call restriction on the number of Plan calls eligible for discounted rates in a one month period. Also effective on January 10, AT&T USADirect will institute an average rate increase of 4.3%. The revision will affect calls from: Argentina, Columbia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Japan. USADirect In-Language will institute a 6% rate increase on calls from Columbia. On December 27, 1993 AT&T filed tariff revisions with the FCC to increase rates on general residential International Long Distance Calls to specific countries. The rates will become effective on January 10, 1994, pending tariff effectiveness. These revisions will affect direct-dial rates to 123 countries/areas with and average price increase on a ten minute call to these countries/areas being 3.75%. The affected countries are: American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua (incl. Barbuda), Argentina, Armenia, Ascension Island, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Burma, Cameroon, Canada, Chad Republic, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Arab Republic of Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji Islands, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada (incl. Carriacou), Guantanamo Bay, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Republic of Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Krygyztan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Democratic Republic of Matagascar, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolian People's Republic, Montserrat, Kingdom of Morocco, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherland Antilles, Nevis, Nicaragua, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Phillipines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal Republic, Slovakia, Republic of South Africa, Spain, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Republic of Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Republic of Togo, Tonga Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Republic of Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe. AT&T also filed tariff revisions on December 27, 1993 to separate its ReachOut Overseas calling plans into separate schedules for Residence and Business long distance users. Business users are those customers who pay a rate described as a business or commercial rate in the applicable local exchange service tariff for switched services. As a result of these revisions, the 15% (special country) additional discount will no longer be available to business users, who subscribe to the ReachOut World Calling plan. These changes will become effective on February 10, 1994, pending tariff effectiveness. --- * USADirect and ReachOut appear in bold everywhere they appear in the text, with the (R) register mark following. ------------------------------ From: j-githeko@uiuc.edu (Jason M. Githeko) Subject: Direct Broadcast Satelites Date: 29 Dec 1993 23:01:41 GMT Organization: University of Illinois I am trying to find out whether: 1. Any of the existing DBSs (especially European) have a footprint that covers Kenya, East Africa. 2. What specific equipement one needs to receive DBS signal I would appreciate any one with details of this. Thanks Jason M. Githeko University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1310 S. 6th, #345, Champaign IL 61820 e-mail: j-githeko@uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3573 Fax: 217-244-5632 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 93 11:18 EST From: Anthony D. Vullo <0003250251@mcimail.com> Subject: ITU Method For Writing Telephone Numbers What is the ITU reference for the standard method of writing telephone numbers? I've noticed the following: (plus symbol) (country code) (city/area code) (number) eg: For a US telephone number; +1 NPA NXX XXXX eg: For Manhattan directory assistance; +1 212 555 1212 Thanks and Happy New Year! Tony ------------------------------ From: edwarde@htsa.aha.nl (Edward van Egmond) Subject: Who and What is Tecnet? Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1993 20:45:37 GMT Organization: Hogeschool van Amsterdam, The Netherlands, E.E. & C.S. Dept. We have a school asignment in which we have to make a connection between a X-25 network and a Tecnet machine. The only problem is, we never heard of Tecnet. What is it? What sort protocol does it use? And most of all, how can we connect those two? Thanks in advance, Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm a schizophrenic and so am I. Edward van Egmond edwarde@bausch.htsa.aha.nl ------------------------------ From: Wallace Colyer Subject: CLID and PA Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1993 13:33:03 -0500 Organization: Systems Group 82, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA I heard an unsubstantiated rumor that Gov. Casey as one of his first acts after taking the reigns of leadership back signed a Caller-ID bill for PA which includes blocking provisions. Can anyone substantiate that and give more information about how and when it will be available? Wallace [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Have you considered asking the Governor's press relations or public information department for details? I'd think if this is true, the telcos in PA would all be rushing gleefully to tell their subscribers the news. I might be wrong. PAT] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 93 15:19 EST From: The Network Group <0004526627@mcimail.com> Subject: The PUC(s) and So-Called Tariffs For all the years that I have been in the telecom business, the various LEC's when they don't want or know how to deliver a particular service or request tell you something like: "Well, it's not available because it isn't in our tariffs, so therefore ..." Being a long time Contel subscriber and having enjoyed a very close relationship with Contel, I see General Telephone's creeping influence and attitude getting into Contel's policies. Has anyone else -- in particular in California -- noticed this? Especially little things like "Assumed 9 Centrex" no longer being offered because "We're not tariffed for that" ... Has anyone even considered that a telephone utility as part of their monopoly on local service has not only a duty but a right to offer anyting that the C.O. switch is capable of delivering. My position is that if there is to be a charge for this delivery it is up to the LEC to then go to the PUC and prove to them that a charge should be made. I don't think that it is correct and may possibly be illegal to withold service based on the old "historic" position if it's not in the tariff it doesn't exit. I am not speaking of any major custom designs like four wire delivery on POTS lines or some such request for custom circuits, but rather for simple adjustments like on the DMS-100 C.O.D. Cutoff on disconnect for lop and ground start lines to allow fro fine tuning of PBX to customer equipment. Any thoughts, experiences and comments would be appreciated. Al Cohan The Network Group Mammoth Lakes, CA [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: In the past, Illinois Bell always had a miscellaneous tariff on file covering 'special customer applications and requirements'. I'm not sure if that was the exact name of it or not. What it did was allow them to custom design the service as needed and then file a 'tariff amendment' covering what they had done. For example, during the early to middle 1970's, I operated a telephone recorded announcement service here in Chicago. I gave a three minute daily message of news and events going on in the Chicago area which was paid for by various sponsors each day who were announced in the course of the recorded message. Incoming calls to my main listed number, HARrison 7-1234 were distributed to about 35 lines which were in a hunt group. So far so good; hunt groups are tariffed. The recordings were on equipment rented from IBT -- large, bulky, *very* heavy things normally used for intercept service in central offices ("the number you have dialed is not in service") -- with round, spinning drums inside them coated with what appeared to be mylar tape. A ringing line would activate one of the 35 or so such machines (each one handled one line) and as the drum inside would spin around and around a 'finger' would drop down onto the drum to read it, just like a phonograph needle touches a record when the arm is mechanically lowered. Again, so far so good, these were tariffed even if not in common use. What was *not* tariffed orginally however was having the machines all wired so that one was a master and the others were all slaves to it for the purpose of recording the messages. Originally, IBT suggested to me I should record my message 35 times in a row, once on each machine. We discussed the feasability of that -- none whatsoever -- and the phone guy showed up at my office one day with a boxful of odds and ends, various little wires and things, and after diddling around for about three hours informed me of his improvements: a little toggle switch mounted on the wall was to be used first to 'busy out' all 35 lines when it was time to record a new message. New calls would not be accepted but calls in progress would be allowed to finish playing out or until the caller disconnected, whichever came first. Then I was to use the telephone associated with machine one to record my message in the usual way, but it would be simultaneously recorded on all machines. Following that, if satisfied with my recording, I was to flip the little toggle switch on the wall back to its normal position and all lines would go back in service with the 'busy out' condition removed. I asked him what was his tariff authority for this. His answer was that a miscellaneous tariff covers special situations and allows Bell to report after the fact any 'special constructions' done for subscribers and that the Commission would always approve it at Bell's 'suggested' pricing for the service. I had no arguments with that; I was thrilled they had done this. The phone guy was one of these old men who had been with the company for decades and he told me in all his years with the company he had never seen anything quite like what I had there. He said I was the first subscriber of Illinois Bell to 'do recorded messages' that were not religious, most of which were just on one line, never a hunt group of 35 lines. He also put in call registers for me. Each line had a register which inc- remented by one whenever a call came on that line. In addition there was a register which showed a grand total for all lines and a register which incremented by one each time all positions were engaged (thus causing a new caller to get a busy signal) although this was not evidence that a call had been turned away, merely that *if* there had been a call it would have gotten a busy signal. All the registers could be reset by hand whenever desired. They also put an 'annunciator board' on the wall with 35 beehive lamps to illuminate when the line was in use or a new call was ringing in. They were apparently quite proud of their work and for about a year afterward every visiting executive of a telco somewhere in the USA who came to IBT headquarters was always brought over to my office to see this unusual system the old guy had developed for me. Some exec from IBT would come in, bringing one or two people with him who he'd introduce as vice-president of whatever from Ohio Bell, Michigan Bell or wherever. They'd poke and prod at my machines, say they had never seen anything like it before, and have it all explained to them. About six months after it was installed I got a formal letter from the Illinois Commerce Commission stating that IBT had petitioned them for a 'single subscriber miscellaneous tariff' with the monthly fee requested. I had to sign off and return it to the ICC stating I had no objections to Bell's petition and found the arrangements and tariff to be satisfactory. Oh, I almost forgot: I had automatic reverse toll service on it also; 'Enterprise 5748' would connect from anywhere in northern Indiana, northern Illinois or southern Wisconsin. Call volume was typically seven to eight thousand calls per 24 hours with my busiest times each day logging five to six hundred calls per hour. My sponsor/patrons paid me money to talk about them and their services to whoever called 427-1234 eight thousand times each day. PAT] ------------------------------ From: octela!!mikedi@uunet.UU.NET (Michael Dimitrov) Subject: Super Long Range Cordless Phones Organization: Octel Communications Corporation Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1993 21:53:45 GMT A few months ago I saw an ad for a long range radio telephone -- it works like cordless, but it's range is about 100 miles (right, one hundred miles). Of course, it said "Not for sale in the US". A friend of mine from Eastern Europe would like to buy one of these, but I've lost the ad since then. Could anyone provide information about similar telephone systems -- manufacturers, reteilers, technical details etc. Thanks, Mike ------------------------------ From: hedlund@reed.edu (M. Hedlund) Subject: Caller ID/911 Seattle and Article Recommendation Date: 29 Dec 1993 18:27:04 GMT Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon I recently read a law review article covering legal/privacy issues of Caller ID, cordless and cellular phones, and automated dialer and recorded message players; it was the best review of current and upcoming issues I have read. "'Sorry, Wrong Number," The Effect of Telephone Technology on Privacy Rights," 26 Wake Forest L. Rev. 669 (1991), by Robert Asa Crook. I also saw a news piece about 911 technology and cellular phones, saying that Caller-ID/Signalling System Seven had speeded response to home calls (as discussed) but that only _some_ systems could ID cellular phones -- Seattle was mentioned as considering cellular- Caller ID to improve 911. Apologies if this overlaps a thread I missed, but anyone in Seattle with info? hedlund@reed.edu : M. Hedlund : : Ourselves Alone // S.F. ------------------------------ From: ebcguss@ebc.ericsson.se (Claes Gussing) Subject: Swedish Caller ID Hardware? Reply-To: ebcguss@ebc.ericsson.se Organization: Ericsson Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1993 16:25:32 GMT In Sweden and maybe also Germany, the public phone-operators are planning to provide CID in a different style than the American. According to the specifications, the public exchange will deliver the calling party's number as a sequence of DTMF-signals before the first ring-signal. Is there any providers of consumer electronics out there who are planning to support this? Please respond to ebcguss@ebc.ericsson.se. Claes The opinions are my own, and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. ------------------------------ From: tony@cmhcsys.com (Tony Barnecut) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 93 10:33:28 EST From: tony@cmhcsys.cmhcsys.com (Tony Barnecut) Subject: Information Wanted on Simon Cellular Phones Organization: CMHC Systems Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1993 15:33:15 GMT I am looking for information on a cellular phone called SIMON. I saw a picture of it in a recent issue of {InfoWorld} but it did not say who the manufacturer is or where it could be purchased. From the short description that was included I found that it has an LCD panel where the keypad would be with interchangable cards that make it act as a phone, pager and other things. With different cards, different icons appear on the LCD panel for the functions for that particular card. Any information anyone could give me on this this product would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, tony@cmhcsys.com ------------------------------ End of TELECOM Digest V13 #842 ****************************** ****************************************************************************** Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253