California Microwave Wins $4.9 Million Satellite Earth Station Award for Ecuador.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)--July 18, 1996--California Microwave, Inc. (Nasdaq 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 that its Satellite Transmission Systems (STS (Synchronous Transport Signal) The electrical equivalent of the SONET optical signal. In SDH, the European counterpart of SONET, STS is known as STM (Synchronous Transport Module). ) division had won a contract valued at approximately $4.9 million to design, manufacture and install a domestic satellite (DOMSAT DOMSAT Domestic Satellite DOMSAT Domestic Communications Satellite DOMSAT Domestic Satellite Service ) communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. for Empresa Estatal de Telecomunicaciones (EMETEL), Ecuador's state-owned telephone company. The $4.9 million dollar contract calls for the installation of an INTELSAT Standard "A" hub earth station to be located in Guayaquil, with a network of five remote sites to serve rural towns throughout Ecuador. The contract also provides training for the operation and long-term maintenance of the system. Rural Telephony for Ecuador In 1993, EMETEL undertook a satellite network project to bring rural voice and fax telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. coverage throughout Ecuador. California Microwave won a $13 million contract that year to provide a master earth station and 44 remotes. Using equipment manufactured by two California Microwave divisions, STS and EF Data, the project relies on an INTELSAT Standard "A" hub station in the capital city of Quito. In rural towns throughout the eastern part of the country, particularly in the Amazon Region, the additional 44 remote earth stations currently are being installed to complete the network. The smallest remote stations supply four channels of voice for oil and mining outposts, while the largest connect 120 channels into local public telephone switches. The $4.9 million dollar DOMSAT network announced today will work independently from the 1993 system. Twenty remote sites will be networked with the Quito hub station, and 28 remote sites will be networked with the Guayaquil hub station. This most recent award also uses equipment from both STS and EF Data. California Microwave, Inc. is a leader in wireless and satellite communications. It is the number one U.S. supplier of microwave radios and telecommunications satellite products and earth stations used in wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. . The Company operates facilities in seven states and sells into more than 110 countries. Its strategy calls for significant expansion in the wireless area. CONTACT: California Microwave, Inc. Stephanie M. Day, 415/596-6629 or William Dunk Partners, Inc. Deborah Passik, 214/960-9611 |
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