California Microwave Wins $5 Million Wireless Communications System in Jamaica.REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 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 today that it had won a $5 million contract from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS JPS Jewish Publication Society JPS John Peter Smith (Hospital; Texas) JPS Justice & Public Safety JPS Jean Piaget Society JPS Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome JPS Joint Planning Staff ), the Jamaican electric power utility operation, to supply digital microwave radios for the new JPS communications system which will interconnect JPS facilities throughout the island. Work on the project already has commenced and the system is expected to be fully installed and operational in early 1997. New Digital System On completion of the new communications system, JPS will have the largest privately operated communications network in Jamaica. This network will enable JPS to provide a highly reliable "teleprotection" capability, which will safeguard its many substations in the event of equipment malfunction. Further, it will facilitate supervisory control and data acquisition (application) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition - (SCADA) Systems are used in industry to monitor and control plant status and provide logging facilities. SCADA systems are highly configurable, and usually interface to the plant via PLCs. (SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) A process control application that collects data from sensors and machines on the shop floor or in remote locations and sends them to a central computer for management and control. ) capability, which allows monitoring and control of equipment from remote locations. In addition, JPS will benefit from both voice and data communications to all its locations. Advanced Digital Microwave Radios From California Microwave The Microwave Network Systems Division's (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 ) point-to-point, 6-GHz digital microwave radios will form the backbone links for the overall network. In addition, 950-MHz and 2-GHz radios from the Microwave Data Systems Microwave Data Systems, Inc. is a company that makes wireless communications equipment for the industrial market space. The company is often referred to using the acronym MDS. Division (MDS MDS, n See temporomandibular pain-dysfunction syndrome. MDS 1 Maternal deprivation syndrome, see there 2 Myelodysplastic syndrome, see there ) are specified for "last-mile" or low-density interconnections. The microwave radios and other transmission elements in the network will be managed by California Microwave's TELESCAN TELESCAN Telematics Services in Cancer 3000 network management system. Dr. Douglas H. Morais, California Microwave's Executive Vice President-Business Development and Technology commented, "We are especially delighted to participate in the development of this major communications network in Jamaica. Digital microwave radio has proven itself to be the most cost-effective transmission methodology available for quick deployment and highly reliable service in building new communications networks, particularly in mountainous terrain such as in Jamaica. We are pleased that the Jamaica Public Service Company has chosen California Microwave as its technology partner in this effort." California Microwave, Inc. is a leader in satellite and wireless communications. It is the number one U.S. supplier of microwave radios and telecommunications satellite earth stations used in wireless communications. The company operates facilities in seven states and six countries 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 Deborah Passik, 214/960-9611 |
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