California Microwave to Supply Microwave Radios for Brazil Telecommunications Infrastructure Expansion.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 16, 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 it had won a $2 million contract to supply digital microwave radios for Telecommunicaco~es de Rio de Janeiro S.A. (Telerj), a regional operator within Brazil's national telephone system. The radios, from the company's Microwave Network Systems division, will be used in Telerj's 1996 Data Network Infrastructure Expansion program. Telerj awarded a contract for the expansion of its telecommunications transmission network in the Rio de Janeiro area to California Microwave's Brazilian partner, Infranav. State-of-the-Art Technology Enhances Capabilities California Microwave will supply 18- and 23-GHz digital microwave radios from its K Model family of products, which offer compact, fully synthesized RF units; a common Network Monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. System (NMS See NetWare Management System. ) interface; and absolute system redundancy. Brazil: Privatization privatization: see nationalization. privatization Transfer of government services or assets to the private sector. State-owned assets may be sold to private owners, or statutory restrictions on competition between privately and publicly owned Spurs Telecommunications Market According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the market research firm, Pyramid Research, Brazil anticipates an increase in the number of cellular users to 10 million by the year 2000, up from 1 million in 1995. Between 1995 and 2000, the Latin American market for cellular and PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. infrastructure is expected to grow from $1.5 billion to $3.7 billion. Infranav is a Rio de Janeiro-based limited partnership, specializing in the installation and maintenance of telecommunications systems. In addition to the Telerj project, Infranav currently has active contracts with four other Brazilian regional operators. California Microwave Inc. is a leader in wireless communications. The company operates facilities in seven states and sells into more than 110 countries. International sales accounted for 48% in fiscal 1995; sales to Latin America were 13% of total sales. California Microwave is the number-one U.S. supplier of microwave radios and telecommunications satellite earth stations used in wireless communications. Its strategy calls for significant expansion in the wireless area. CONTACT: California Microwave Inc., Redwood City Stephanie M. Day, 415/596-6629 or William Dunk Partners Deborah Passik, 214/960-9611 |
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