AT&T Inc. wiped some of the glow off Apple iPhone on Tuesday, releasing numbers that showed fewer people than expected signed up for service in the first two days of the multimedia cell phone's release.

AT&T — the iPhone exclusive carrier — said it activated 146,000 iPhones on June 29 and 30, a number that disappointed investors following some analyst forecasts that Apple would sell 500,000 or more iPhones in its first weekend.

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Top U.S. telecommunications service provider AT&T Inc. said on Tuesday quarterly profit and revenue rose, helped by growth in wireless and Internet subscribers.

Do not tell mainstream marketers this, but text-messaging promotions can work.

At least for Virgin Mobile, which used the power of its network of 5 million mobile customers to raise money and awareness for homeless children in America.

raising funds via text message

PageGate v5 Released
The long anticipated release of PageGate v5 has arrived. The new version of PageGate is now available. Existing customers can upgrade to the latest version for only $ 100.00!

Details on the new version can be found here: http://www.notepage.net/pagegate.htm
Upgrade Details - http://www.notepage.net/pagegate-v5.htm

Practical Use - College and University Notifications
Universities and colleges can use PageGate to notify students and staff on mobile phones and pagers in the event an urgent situation arises. We will be detailing some practical uses, and if you would like to be profiled please let us know!

New Priority Support Option
Realizing that many customers use PageGate for critical response, we have started offering a priority support option. Priority support is available to existing customers for only $ 395.00 per year. Both pre-sales and post-sales support will continue to be provided free of charge to existing and potential customers.

The priority support options is recommended and encouraged for clients interested in upgrading the level of support that they receive.
Additional Details http://www.notepage.net/priority-support.htm

New NotePage Knowledgebase
Check out the new NotePage knowledgebase. The knowledgebase contains answers to a variety of commonly asked questions. http://www.notepage.net/knowledgebase.htm

NotePager Pro and PageGate Support Tips
Remember to do backups! Backing up NotePager Pro and PageGate's data is incredibly important and needs to be done weekly, at the very least. Backing up is easy and simple, in fact, all you have to do is save one file.

In the NotePager Pro directory, you'll see a file called npp.mdb - that's the only file that needs to be backed up. For PageGate, if you'll look in the PageGate directory, you'll see a file called pagegate.mdb - that also is the only file that needs to be backed up. Backing up your data can avert disastrous situations, like having to manually input all of your carriers, recipients, and special program settings should the program need to be reloaded due to a hardware or software crash.

Note: DO NOT have either program running when you do a backup of the database. The programs must not be running in order to insure a proper backup.

If you need Carrier information, like which protocol to use or what settings go with what protocols, be sure to visit our website for an up-to-date list available. Feel free to visit http://www.notepage.net/support.htm and visit the SNPP, WCTP, SMTP, and TAP sections. If you know of carrier information we don't have, be sure to email us we are always happy to accept new information!

Just email it to support@notepage.com Having trouble sending pages out? Do the messages leave your system but never reach the cell phone or pager? Please email our support staff at support@notepage.com

Interested in Other Communication Mediums?
NotePage has another new product line, FeedForAll. FeedForAll, is used for creating, publishing and manipulating RSS feeds and podcasts. Interested in learning more? There is a great educational article section at: http://www.feedforall.com/newsletter.htm

Vista
If you are installing PageGate v5 on Vista we have set up a special set of instructions to assist you.
http://www.notepage.net/pagegate-5-vista.htm

IIS 7
Likewise, if you are using a system with IIS 7 use the following instructions to assist you
http://www.notepage.net/pagegate-iis.htm


Other New Applications from NotePage include:
FeedForAll - Software for creating and editing RSS and podcast feeds. An evaluation version is available for download from http://www.feedforall.com
RecordForAll - Audio recording and editing software. Primarily designed for podcasters. An evaluation version is available for download from: http://www.recordforall.com
SQL2RSS - A new PHP script. SQL2RSS has been released to allow users to dynamically create RSS feeds from database queries! More info at: http://www.feedforall.com/sql2rss.htm

A group of residents in the valley in southeastern British Columbia have asked telephone company Telus Corp. not to build a planned cellphone tower in New Denver, a one-time mining boomtown that is now home to about 600 people.

If Telus decides against building the system, the economic development group plans to promote the valley'cellphone free status as a unique reason to visit or move to the region, Roberts said.

Google Inc said on Friday it would take part in a major auction of wireless spectrum airwaves, meeting a minimum required bid of $4.6 billion, if U.S. regulators added a sale condition that Google said would promote an open wireless market.

The prospect of Google participation in the auction escalates the debate over how the valuable airwaves should be used.

Ericsson missed market forecasts for second-quarter earnings as its multimedia drive produced disappointing results and revenue in its key European market stagnated, sending its shares down 5 percent.

A troubled Motorola Inc. has realigned itself as its critical cell-phone business slows down.

The company sketched out the reorganization in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday, two days before it is set to announce its second-quarter financial results. Last week, Motorola slashed its earlier revenue forecast for the quarter and predicted a larger loss, blaming lower phone sales.

The European Commission said Wednesday it had dropped its antitrust investigation into mobile phone roaming prices charged by operators in Britain and Germany after new EU rules forcing telecom companies to cut the cost of using mobile phones abroad.

Wireless messaging communication is important in todays fast paced environment. PageGate allows critical alerts to be sent instantly to wireless devices regardless of the recipient's locations. PageGate supports group messaging and preprogrammed alerts, so that with the press of a single button notification can be sent to defined groups of individuals. .

To ensure delivery even in the event of connectivity loss, PageGate version 5 supports failover options and redundant connectors. Messages that cannot be delivered to their intended recipients can be automatically redirected to a backup recipient or group, or the message can be sent to the same recipient via an alternative delivery method.

Messages can be sent into PageGate via: a Windows client, web page, email, commandline, text file, serial port, modem, wireless modem, wireless phone or the Internet.

PageGate's modular design allows users to select from eight different interfaces, allowing users to scale PageGate to meet their business needs and expand as their needs change. Interfaces can be used individually or in conjunction with each other, as PageGate can receive and process messages simultaneously from multiple sources.

PageGate supports multiple telecom carriers, multiple connectors, direct connections to paging terminals, group paging, scheduled messages, repeating messages, on-call groups, and ad hoc paging, making it ideal for demanding, high-end messaging and communication.

PageGate supports a variety of delivery methods including the following protocols: Fax, GSM-AT, SMTP, SNPP, TAP, Tone, UCP and WCTP. Messages can also be delivered out the serial port, or via the Internet and TCP/IP to another computer.

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