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Telocator Alphanumeric input Protocol

Telocator Alphanumeric input Protocol

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Telocator Alphanumeric input Protocol was also known at PET and IXO protocol.http://www.tap-ixo.info/ This protocol was used for sending one way alphanumeric pages. Originally, devices like the IXO Device (right) were used to send Alphanumeric Pages using TAP. Later, Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. is an American, multinational, Fortune 100, telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. It is a manufacturer of wireless telephone handsets, and also designs and sells wireless network infrastructure equipment such as cellular transmission base stations and signal...

 would create a similar device called the AlphaMate.
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Telocator Alphanumeric input Protocol was also known at PET and IXO protocol.http://www.tap-ixo.info/ This protocol was used for sending one way alphanumeric pages. Originally, devices like the IXO Device (right) were used to send Alphanumeric Pages using TAP. Later, Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. is an American, multinational, Fortune 100, telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. It is a manufacturer of wireless telephone handsets, and also designs and sells wireless network infrastructure equipment such as cellular transmission base stations and signal...

 would create a similar device called the AlphaMate. TAP Protocol is still used today in the still existing one way paging customer base and also to send one way messages to cellphones. In 1996, RAM Mobile Data
RAM Mobile Data
RAM Mobile Data was originally founded by RAM Broadcasting Corporation as American Mobile Data Communications, Inc. in 1988. The name of the company was changed to RAM Mobile Data in 1989. RAM Mobile Data was the U.S...

 introduced extensions to TAP for two way paging over the Mobitex
Mobitex
Mobitex is an OSI based open standard, national public access wireless packet-switched data network. Mobitex puts great emphasis on safety and reliability with its use by military, police, firefighters and ambulance services. Mobitex was developed in the beginning of the 1980s by the Swedish...

network.