CI Wireless Adds Tom Jones as Pacific Rim Regional Sales Manager; Strategic Hire Facilitates CI Wireless' International Growth.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2000 Underscoring the company's continued growth in the global wireless market, CI Wireless, a leading supplier of wireless distribution products, Monday announced the appointment of Tom Jones as Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. regional sales manager. In this new capacity, Jones will manage all sales activities for the Pacific Rim facilitating the company's growing customer base for the region, and will report directly to Magdy Michael, vice president of sales for CI Wireless. "CI Wireless is excited to welcome Tom Jones to the team," said Dave McKay, president of CI Wireless. "The company has experienced tremendous growth over the past couple of years, and Tom's expertise will be invaluable to the continued success that CI Wireless has achieved in today's global wireless market." Prior to joining CI Wireless, Jones served as the international regional manager for Celwave RF. At Celwave, Jones worked directly with wireless operators as well as OEMs in Egypt, Israel, Turkey, South Africa and Korea. Additionally, he obtained qualified supplier status, managed on-going customer account relations and handled multi-million dollar OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and accounts. Jones also was the sales support manager for Ericsson GE/Ericsson Inc. where he provided system sales support for the Asia Pacific region for the company's trunked products. Jones has held executive positions at GE Mobile Communications and Kustom Electronics and has a bachelor of science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in electronics from Pittsburgh State University. With headquarters in Grapevine, Texas, CI Wireless designs and manufactures products to enhance the performance of wireless communications systems. The company's mission is to provide high quality, cost-effective products that meet the need for RF signal distribution in buildings and outdoors where coverage or additional capacity is a system requirement. CI Wireless also provides the essential service and design support required to meet the fast pace growth conditions in today's global wireless environment. The company's wireless distribution products can be used in any wireless communications system, including AMPS, 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. , 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). , GSM, Paging, SMR/ESMR, LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution Service) A digital wireless transmission system that works in the 28 GHz range in the U.S. and 24-40 GHz overseas. It requires line of sight between transmitter and receiving antenna, which can be from one to four miles apart , MMDS (Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service or Microwave Multipoint Distribution Service) A digital wireless transmission system that works in the 2.2-2.4 GHz range. and conventional two-way radio systems. For more information on CI Wireless, call Ricca Silverio at 714/540-1030, e-mail: rsilverio@bockpr.com, or visit the company's Web site at www.ciwireless.com. |
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