a device that transforms computer data into signals that can be sent over telephone lines. The modem enables computers to transmit and receive data. The speed at which it can send and receive data is measured in BPS (bits per second).
Wiktionary Definition for: Modem
A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and ''vice versa'' and allows computers to communicate over a phone line.
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. -- AT&T has introduced a low-power modem package for the laptop and notebook market, opening that segment of the market to greater competition and posing a potential challenge to vendors of traditional modems who also happen to be customers for AT&T's modem data pumps.
Norwood, Mass.--Analog Devices, Inc. will wake up the modem IC market today with the rollout of a single-chip, programmable modem for the remote access server RAS market. The first call is sure to go to Rockwell, according to Bob Fine, ADI's modem product line manager. Rockwell holds an estimated 60-plus...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.--AT&T Microelectronics said it is sampling a line of high speed modem HSM chipsets, some of which support teh disputed V.32terbo modem specification which AT&T and other companies have been pushing since earlier this year (EN, Jan. 8, Feb. 8, 15 and 22).
SOMERS, NY--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 25, 1997--IBMa today announced its 56K PC Card Modem /Cellular Capable with data/fax/voice functions. This new modem provides ThinkPada and other notebook computer users with a powerful communications tool that includes the cellular-capable modem and an advanced suite of software.
Huntsville, Ala.--Signaling a possible turning of the tide in the "modem wars," Motorola is bowing out of the low end of the modem business. The electronics giant is selling its Transmission Products division modem business, including its new manufacturing center here that made mainly consumer products such as the SURFR...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 13, 1995--Motorola Transmission Products, the world's leader in high-speed modem products, today announced a partnership with Egghead Software as a retailer for its modem and ISDN communication products.
CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 2, 1994--Ericsson announced the immediate availability of its M2190 OEM Wireless Modem, a PCMCIA Type III form-factor internal modem that connects portable industrial terminals and hand-held devices to MobitexTM mobile data networks in the United States and Canada.
Berkeley Heights, N.J. -- Watch out, Rockwell and 3Com. Lucent Technologies wants a big chunk of your retail modem sales. As with many hardware vendors who are jockeying for the lead in the changing modem business, so are suppliers of silicon.
BOCA RATON, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 17, 1999--Boca Research, Inc. (Nasdaq:BOCI) today announced the immediate availability of the TelePorttm Internal 56K Fax/Modem for new AppleR Power MacintoshR G3 minitowers. The TelePort Internal 56K Fax/Modem is a COM slot modem that fits into the modem port located on the motherboard. It is available...
Mountain View, Calif.--The groundswell under the emerging 56 kilobits-per-second Kps modem initiative surged last week in a flood of chip rollouts and technology announcements, among them, Cirrus Logic's telephony platform supporting the controversial U.S. Robotics x2 protocol.
FREMONT, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 21, 1995--Cirrus Logic Inc. (NASDAQ:CRUS) today announced that Smart Modular Technologies selected one of its V.32bis fax and voice modem chip sets (CL-MD1414ECP) for use in its popular SMART ST1414L PCMCIA multifunctional modem card.
SKOKIE, ILL.--U.S. Robotics is pushing into the integrated services digital network ISDN market with the Courier I-Modem, a V.34 modem integrated with an ISDN terminal adapter, which will be followed later this year by products supporting the company's Enterprise network hubs.
MILPITAS, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 15, 1997--OEMs using Cirrus Logic's CrystalClear audio chips (CS4236B, CS4237B, and CS4238B) will be able to add modem, fax and telephony features to their sound chip for just $15, with MODIO, a software modem from SmartLink, Inc. of Milpitas.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 11, 1995--Xircom Inc. (NASDAQ:XIRC) Monday introduced its CreditCard Modem 28.8, the company's first modem-only PC Card PCMCIA.
SKOKIE, Ill.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 20, 1996--U.S. Robotics (NASDAQ: USRX) is now shipping the MP/8 I-Modem and MP/16 I-Modem with ISDN/V.34 technology, two new products that integrate U.S. Robotics V.EverythingTM/V.34 modem technology with ISDN terminal adapters, providing analog and ISDN support in one self-contained device.
GENEVA--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 2, 1995--Cylink Corporation today announced the latest entry in its AirLink wireless modem family, a full duplex 128kbps wireless modem approved by the ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute for use in the European market.
BOCA RATON, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 6, 1999--Boca Research, Inc. (Nasdaq:BOCI) announced today that the TelePorttm 56K Fax/Modem again has beaten all the competitors to retain the "Editors' Choice" crown in this year's modem competition by MacworldR magazine in the May 1999 issue. Compared with four other competitive products, Macworld declared the...
DAYTON, Ohio--BUSINESS WIRE--August 7, 1995--A new voice modem kit from AT&T's computer unit means the end of expensive hotel faxes, missed phone messages and misplaced memos for traveling professionals. AT&T Global Information Solutions today announced its Voice Modem Solution, a PCMCIA voice/fax/data modem with supporting software and a telephone...
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