California Microwave Provides Microwave Radios to Telecommunications of Jamaica for its Rural Connections.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1996--California Microwave Inc. (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 National Market:CMIC CMIC CPU Management Interface Controller CMIC Caucasus Media Investigations Center (Baku, Azerbaijan) CMIC Combined Military Interrogation Center (Vietnam) CMIC Configuration Management Information Center ) announced today that its Microwave Network Systems (MNS MNS Minutes MNS Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS Malaysian Nature Society MNS Mass Notification System MNS Mirror Neuron System MNS Metis Nation of Saskatchewan MNS mission needs statement (US DoD) MNS Maître Nageur Sauveteur ) division has been awarded a $1 million contract to supply digital microwave radios to Telecommunication of Jamaica Limited (TOJ TOJ Tribe of Judah (Christian gaming community) TOJ Track On Jam TOJ Time on Job ) to be utilized in the rural component of TOJ's extensive expansion program. Rural Expansion As the island's only telephone carrier, TOJ is aggressively expanding its transmission network coverage to rural areas and upgrading capacity to remote villages. Rather than running cables to each remote local loop, the carrier is using MNS' 2-GHz radios to connect the local loops to the existing central switch. TOJ is mid-way through an expansion program intended to increase the number of main lines in service to 500,000 by the year 2000. There are currently some 310,000 main lines installed across the island. TOJ is owned 70% by Cable and Wireless plc of the United Kingdom and 21% by employees and members of the public. California Microwave, Inc. is the leading U.S. supplier of microwave radios and telecommunications satellite earth stations used in wireless communications. The company operates facilities in seven states and sells into more than 110 countries. International sales accounted for 49% of total revenues in fiscal 1996. The MNS division designs and manufactures microwave radio systems for cellular, personal communications services See PCS. , and public and private communications networks. With total implementation capabilities, MNS offers system design, path engineering, program management, installation, training, and maintenance. All of California Microwave's commercial facilities are certified to the ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 quality standard. CONTACT: California Microwave Inc. Corporate Communications Stephanie M. Day, 415/596-6629 Investor Information Line, 888/225-6789 (Toll-free) http://www.calmike.com or William Dunk Partners, Inc. Deborah Passik, 214/960-9611 |
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