BCP S.A. Accepts Position On the Board of Governors for the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2000 The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium was a professional association of wireless communications companies operating in the Americas. The consortium was founded in 1996. It desolved in 2001 when its mission of promoting the TDMA protocol was deemed completed. (UWCC See UWC Consortium. ) announced today the acceptance of BCP BCP Best Current Practice(s) BCP Business Continuity Planning BCP Business Continuity Plan BCP Book of Common Prayer BCP Banco Comercial Português BCP Bureau of Consumer Protection (US Federal Trade Commission) S.A. as a member of the Board of Governors for the organization. BCP S.A. is a major Latin American B-Band wireless carrier serving over 1.9 million subscribers in Brazil. &uot;BCP will serve to strengthen the voice of the UWCC as we advance the development and deployment of TDMA-EDGE &WIN technologies worldwide,&uot; commented Sheila Mickool, President of the UWCC. She added, &uot;BCP's decision to join signifies the importance of TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). in Latin America where it is the dominant digital wireless technology.&uot; BCP, a joint venture of Bell South International and the Safra Bank, provides digital TDMA service in the world's third largest city with a total population of over 18 million. When it began service in May 1998, BCP held a pre-service lottery to determine the first 150,000 customers that drew more than 1.6 million applications. With its sister company in Northeastern Brazil, BCP signed up more than 1 million customers in less than seven months of service. BCP Chief Engineer, George Hill, stated, &uot;BCP's decision to join the UWCC Board of Governors stems from its goal of exercising leadership in the implementation of TDMA-EDGE &WIN technologies as they advance to the third generation (3G) of wireless services.&uot; In addition to the BCP Board placement, the UWCC has recently accepted the following companies as general members: HighwayMasters (United States), Silicon Automation (India), Telesystem International Wireless Corporation -- TIW Tiw (tē`  ), Norse Tyr (tür), ancient Germanic god. (Canada), Telemig Celular (Brazil), and Algar Telecom Leste (Brazil). The UWCC is a Bellevue, Washington-based international consortium of more than 100 wireless carriers and vendors supporting the TDMA-EDGE &WIN technology standards. TDMA network operators currently serves an estimated 65 million TDMA and Analog subscribers globally. Board Members of the UWCC include: Alcatel USA, AT& Wireless Services (USA), BellSouth Cellular Corp. (USA), BCP S.A. (Brazil), Cable and Wireless (United Kingdom), Cellcom (Israel), Celumovil (Colombia), Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. , Ericsson Radio Systems, Hughes Network Systems Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS), is a provider of broadband satellite network products for businesses and consumers. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services and IP-based networks with its original DirecPC service but which it now markets , Industar Digital 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. (USA), Lucent Technologies, Mobikom SDN BHD (Malaysia), Motorola, Movilnet (Venezuela), Nokia, Nortel Networks, Rogers Cantel (Canada), SBC Wireless (USA), Telecom Personal (Argentina), Telefonica Unifon (Argentina), and VimpelCom (Russia). |
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