CELCORE UNVEILS NEW AMPS CELLULAR BASE STATION; GlobalCell Series II lowers overall cost of ownership for cellular operators.MEMPHIS Memphis, city, ancient Egypt Memphis (mĕm`fĭs), ancient city of Egypt, capital of the Old Kingdom (c.3100–c.2258 B.C.), at the apex of the Nile delta and 12 mi (18 km) from Cairo. , Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 1997--Celcore Inc. announced today the commercial availability of its new compact AMPS cellular base station, the GlobalCell Series II. Designed to lower the overall cost of ownership in the real-world operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. , the GlobalCell II will be unveiled at the Cellular Telecommunication Industry Association's Wireless '97 convention and exposition in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden on March 3rd. The GlobalCell II and all of Celcore's cellular system products will be on display in Booth No. 713. The GlobalCell II's compact size not only reduces space requirements, but also provides easy access to all major components. With its advanced features, Celcore has created a base station that is highly reliable and lowers start-up, maintenance and operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales . "The GlobalCell Series II's easy installation and operation make it ideal for operators to quickly add capacity or expand coverage of their networks," said Tom Berger, Celcore President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "With emphasis on lowering the overall cost of ownership, we have incorporated many features into the GlobalCell Series II that will pay significant dividends for operators both during its initial deployment and for years thereafter." The GlobalCell II has many advanced features such as redundant power buss and redundant oscillators, standard 20 Watt or optional 35 Watt transmit power, optional autotune combiners, and IS-20A performance compliance. The GlobalCell II can accommodate up to 24 radio channels in a single cabinet, including power amplifiers, combiners, transceivers, T1/E1 interface, as well as additional space for Celcore's GlobalSwitch Mobile Switching Center A switching center is a node in a telecommunications Circuit switching network which is connected to either another switching center and/or to end user devices. Switching centers are aware of other centers and possible routes between them such that on demand a center can establish and satellite interface equipment. Combined with Celcore's GlobalSwitch, the GlobalCell II forms a complete AMPS cellular system designed to serve areas with low population densities, such as rural or remote areas, small cities, or low-traffic fill-in opportunities. The entire system is compact enough to fit into a single cabinet. Through Celcore's GlobalHub mobility manager, multiple GlobalSwitches can be linked together with the power of IS-41 networking for full roaming and call delivery capability with other cellular networks. Celcore AMPS cellular systems are currently deployed in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Africa, Asia/Pacific, and Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. . Customers include Millicom International Cellular S.A., a leading international cellular operator, and Total Access Communications, the largest cellular service provider in Thailand. Celcore systems have also been adopted by the US Navy for deployment aboard ships to provide wireless communication at sea. Founded in 1992, Celcore is a privately-held company based in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A., with offices in the U.S., Canada, Singapore, Beijing, Sao Paulo, and Bangalore, India. Celcore develops and markets cellular infrastructure equipment worldwide. Based on a distributed client-server architecture, Celcore's portfolio of AMPS, GSM, 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. , and fixed wireless systems are designed for cost-effective deployment in low-traffic density markets. The GlobalHub(tm) intelligent network platform is a market leader for advanced personal mobility services with deployment in major markets and rural areas across North America. CONTACT: Celcore, Inc. Gary Miller, Director, Marketing Communications 901-759-5155 |
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