California Microwave supplies satellite earth station for direct-to-home television in Canada.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)--April 11, 1997-- 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 :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 has won a $2.4 million contract from AlphaStar Television Network Inc., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Tee-Comm Electronics Inc. STS will supply a satellite communications earth station uplink facility for direct-to-home video broadcast service from the AlphaStar facility located in Oxford, Conn. Direct-to-Home Video Broadcast Expands in Canada In April 1995, STS won an award from Tee-Comm for a satellite uplink for AlphaStar Canada, that country's first digital direct- to-home satellite service. These two uplink facilities currently provide more than 115 channels of programming to American and Canadian homes, and this will expand to more than 200 channels by mid-summer. STS' computerized Graphical Monitor and Control System(R) (GMACS GMACS Giga Multiply-Accumulate Operations Per Second GMACS Graphical Machine Automation Control System ) will simplify operation of the new Tee-Comm's uplink station. The uplink station uses the most advanced digital broadcasting techniques and will include 700W TWT TWT The Washington Times TWT Traveling Wave Tube TWT Teaching with Technology TWT Time Will Tell (Robert Cray song) TWT Tri-Wizard Tournament (Harry Potter event) TWT Third Wave Technologies, Inc. amplifiers and a filter-combining network which will enable simultaneous transmission of up to 24 satellite transponders of video programming. California Microwave Inc. is a leading U.S. supplier of satellite earth station and microwave radio infrastructure products, installed in more than 110 countries. CONTACT: California Microwave Inc. 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, 919/929-4100 |
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