Bell Canada International Inc.: KG Telecom Activates Asia's First GPRS Platform for Mobile Broadband Web Services.Business Editors MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2000 The Taiwanese 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. provider, KG Telecom, has become the first operator in Asia to activate a GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. (general packet radio service) wireless platform for mobile broadband Web service. The GPRS system deployed by KG Telecom provides subscribers with instant, "always-on" IP connectivity at a packet data transmission rate of over 115 kbps - 10 times faster than conventional "second generation" wireless technology. As a result, KG Telecom will be able to provide advanced Web-based services, ranging from multimedia messaging to wireless corporate Internet, while eliminating annoying modem delays. Bell Canada International Inc. ("BCI")(NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BCICF) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :BI.) owns a 20% interest in KG Telecom in partnership with the Koo Group of Taiwan. Launched in late 1997, KG Telecom now provides mobile voice and data services to nearly 2 million subscribers on an island-wide basis in the 22-million Taiwanese market. Bell Canada International owns and develops advanced communications companies in markets outside Canada, with a focus on Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. A subsidiary of BCE Inc., Canada's largest communications company, BCI is listed on the Toronto stock exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol BI, and on the Nasdaq national market under the symbol BCICF. |
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