California Microwave Wins $6.7 Million Satellite Earth Station Awards for China.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)--Nov. 6, 1996-- CALIFORNIA MICROWAVE, INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . (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 (CM-STS) division had won international tenders for three contracts totaling $6.7 million from the China Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPT MPT Maryland Public Television MPT Modern Portfolio Theory (investing) MPT Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications MPT Message-Passing Toolkit MPT Master of Physical Therapy MPT Mitochondrial Permeability Transition ) to provide nine 12-meter earth stations and to upgrade the capacities of eight existing earth stations for the Ministry's Domestic Satellite (DOMSAT DOMSAT Domestic Satellite DOMSAT Domestic Communications Satellite DOMSAT Domestic Satellite Service ) Intermediate Data Rate (IDR IDR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Indonesian Rupiah. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) system. Voice, Data and Fax Throughout China Among the nine new earth stations, five are located in the provincial capitals of Changchun, Xining, Taiyuan, Yinchuan and Guiyang as part of the MPT's DOMSAT IDR program; three are in Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia Chinese Nei Mongol or Nei-meng-ku Autonomous region (pop., 2002 est.: 23,790,000), China. Stretching some 1,800 mi (2,900 km) across north-northeastern China, it has an area of 454,600 sq mi (1,177,500 sq km); its capital is Hohhot. to service the autonomous region and interconnectivity with MPT; and one is in the city of Dalian to connect the Liaoning Province and interconnect with the Ministry's DOMSAT IDR system. The eight facilities to be upgraded are in Hohhot, Harbin, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Beijing and Shenyang. These projects contain converter subsystems manufactured by CM-STS and modem subsystems produced by another California Microwave division, EF Data. These new and upgraded facilities will enhance voice, data and fax services throughout the China national network. Experienced Supplier to China For the past 10 years, California Microwave has been active in China, where the company's extensive product portfolio for satellite and wireless communications is particularly well suited to China's emerging communications infrastructure requirements. These three DOMSAT contracts are among several recent satellite communications and microwave radio contracts awarded to California Microwave for the development of telecommunications in China. During the past year, California Microwave established a representative operation in Beijing with associated support to meet customers' technical needs. 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. The Company operates facilities in seven states and sells into more than 110 countries. In fiscal 1996, international sales were $224 million, or 49% of total sales. Sales to Asia-Pacific were $69 million. California Microwave's commercial wireless and satellite communications 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 Stephanie M. Day, 415/596-6629 (Corporate Communications) or Investor Information Line, 888/225-6789 http://www.calmike.com or William Dunk Partners, Inc. Deborah Passik, 214/960-9611 |
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