Velocita Wireless
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Velocita Wireless is a national wireless
-telecommunications service provider that is based in Woodbridge, New Jersey
, United States
. Known by several names over the years, Velocita Wireless has been in existence for over 17 years as the operator of the Mobitex
network in the United States. Previously known as Cingular Interactive, L.P., BellSouth Wireless Data and prior to that RAM Mobile Data
, Velocita Wireless carved a market for itself with the acquisition of the Mobitex
network from Cingular and rebranding itself overall as Velocita in 2004.
during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Most other cellular and wireless telecommunications services were knocked-out or overloaded in New York City
. The effectiveness of the network led to Velocita developing a small 'following' amongst emergency responders in the United States. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/83eb57de-e724-11d9-a721-00000e2511c8,dwp_uuid=fb0d80f4-2663-11d8-81c6-0820abe49a01.html.
In 2006, Velocita Wireless became a strategic buyout for the Sprint Nextel Corporation. http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=10500
Based in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Sprint was overcoming various shortcomings of the NEXTEL Communications
Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
(iDEN) which it acquired in 2005. The spectrum holdings of Velocita were intended to supplement Nextel's frequencies in the 900 MHz band and help relieve expected congestion in its network's 800 MHz band.
On July 2, 2007 Velocita Wireless was bought by United Wireless.
In 2010, Velocita Wireless emerged from internal restructuring to focus its narrow-band nationwide wireless data networks on machine-to-machine telemetry
solutions for Point-of-Sale credit card transactions, utility/energy smart grid applications, automatic vehicle location
(AVL), home and business security, and wireless vending.
Wireless
Wireless telecommunications is the transfer of information between two or more points that are not physically connected. Distances can be short, such as a few meters for television remote control, or as far as thousands or even millions of kilometers for deep-space radio communications...
-telecommunications service provider that is based in Woodbridge, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Known by several names over the years, Velocita Wireless has been in existence for over 17 years as the operator of 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 in the United States. Previously known as Cingular Interactive, L.P., BellSouth Wireless Data and prior to that 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...
, Velocita Wireless carved a market for itself with the acquisition of 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 from Cingular and rebranding itself overall as Velocita in 2004.
History
In 2001, the company's Mobitex network proved to be effective in communications in ManhattanManhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Most other cellular and wireless telecommunications services were knocked-out or overloaded in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. The effectiveness of the network led to Velocita developing a small 'following' amongst emergency responders in the United States. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/83eb57de-e724-11d9-a721-00000e2511c8,dwp_uuid=fb0d80f4-2663-11d8-81c6-0820abe49a01.html.
In 2006, Velocita Wireless became a strategic buyout for the Sprint Nextel Corporation. http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=10500
Based in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Sprint was overcoming various shortcomings of the NEXTEL Communications
Nextel Communications
Nextel Communications, commonly styled NEXTEL and formerly traded on the NASDAQ as NXTL, now a part of the Sprint Nextel Corporation, was a United States telecommunications firm operating a nationwide push to talk mobile communications system. Unlike other mobile networks, the Nextel network...
Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
Integrated Digital Enhanced Network is a mobile telecommunications technology, developed by Motorola, which provides its users the benefits of a trunked radio and a cellular telephone...
(iDEN) which it acquired in 2005. The spectrum holdings of Velocita were intended to supplement Nextel's frequencies in the 900 MHz band and help relieve expected congestion in its network's 800 MHz band.
On July 2, 2007 Velocita Wireless was bought by United Wireless.
In 2010, Velocita Wireless emerged from internal restructuring to focus its narrow-band nationwide wireless data networks on machine-to-machine telemetry
Telemetry
Telemetry is a technology that allows measurements to be made at a distance, usually via radio wave transmission and reception of the information. The word is derived from Greek roots: tele = remote, and metron = measure...
solutions for Point-of-Sale credit card transactions, utility/energy smart grid applications, automatic vehicle location
Automatic vehicle location
Automatic vehicle location is a means for automatically determining the geographic location of a vehicle and transmitting the information to a requester....
(AVL), home and business security, and wireless vending.