AirTel USA Consortium Secures Agreement For Vietnam Nationwide Telecom Network.COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 23, 1997--AirTel USA, Inc., leading a multi-national telecom consortium which includes Harrison Digicom, Inc. and Lucent Technologies, announced today that it has reached agreement in principal with the Vietnamese Government and National Telephone Company of Vietnam (VNPT VNPT Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Corporation ) to jointly build and operate a nationwide telecommunications network throughout Vietnam, a country now with only 1.6 million telephones available to serve a rapidly growing population which exceeds 78 million. The network will utilize advanced wireless technologies, particularly CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. , to provide an extensive array of fixed and mobile services, including Personal Communications Services See PCS. (PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. ). The network will also deploy Wireless Local Loop (WLL), VSAT (Very Small Aperture satellite Terminal) A small earth station for satellite transmission that handles up to 56 Kbits/sec of digital transmission. VSATs that handle the T1 data rate (up to 1.544 Mbits/sec) are called "TSATs. and ESMR ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio ESMR Extended Specialized Mobile Radio (Nextel) ESMR Expert Systems Message Router ESMR Electrically/Electronically Scanned/ing Microwave Radiometer ESMR Engine Starter Motor Relay systems, as well as high-speed transmission and gateway facilities to expand Vietnam's national and international communications. Casey Freymuth, AirTel USA's Executive Vice President of Industry Relations, reports that AirTel's partnership with the Vietnamese Government and VNPT has been defined and the network project has received an endorsement from the Prime Minister's office The Prime Minister's Office is a small department which provides advice to a Prime Minister in some countries:
Freymuth explains that a key factor in the selection of AirTel by the Vietnam Government has been the presence of Harrison Digicom, a pioneer in Vietnam's telecommunications development. "In 1992, Harrison's wholly owned long distance operating company, TRANSPAC TRANSPAC North Pacific Ocean Monitoring for Climate Research Program Communications, had a leadership role in re-establishing direct international access to Vietnam. Harrison's long-time commitment to this market has been the key to the consortium's success." "The AirTel consortium now includes Lucent Technologies as our primary strategic vendor," Freymuth reports, "and we are continually seeking strategic partners to expand and strengthen the AirTel consortium as we focus on financial and implementation issues related to the network project. This is a long-term, multi-US billion dollar undertaking within an emerging country which has a solid economic foundation and is very well positioned for sustained economic growth into the 21st century and beyond, and we're reviewing and enhancing our plans on a real-time basis." AirTel USA is an international telecommunications infrastructure development firm and operator specializing in wireless technologies. It maintains offices in North America and Asia. CONTACT: Casey Freymuth, 602/867-6793 cfreymuth@airtel-usa.com |
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