__PalmPilot Pager:__The PalmPilot PDA organizer and scheduling device will soon have an add-in card to enable one-way paging capabilities, PC Week online reports. 3Com's Palm Computing subsidiary on Monday will announce the new card, developed by Motorola and PageMart Wireless of Dallas, which will also offer services to support the technology. Expected to cost less than US$200, the card fits in the PalmPilot's existing memory door, and requires no additional hardware support. (31.Oct.97)
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Celestri framework: Motorola has contracted Matra Marconi Space SA to build the US$1.2 billion framework for its Celestri satellite constellation, The Wall Street Journal reports. Matra Marconi, a French-British venture, will develop and manufacture the power, propulsion, and avionics equipment for the project. The satellite communications network will incorporate 63 low-earth-orbit satellites and provide customers with a data pipeline capable of 50-Gbps transmission. Motorola expects the $12.9 billion communications constellation to begin commercial operations in 2003. (30.Oct.97)
