Cellcom Installs Foxcom Wireless Equipment for In-Building Coverage in Azrieli Center; Cellcom Sets Up One of the World's Largest Cellular Coverage Projects Using Fiberoptic Technology.Business Editors, Telecommunications Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2000 Cellcom, Israel's leading cellular service provider and a BellSouth affiliate, installed a Foxcom Wireless system to improve cellular coverage in the Azrieli Center, the largest building complex in the Middle East. The complex currently includes three office buildings reaching 50 floors, a recreation area and entertainment center, as well as underground parking. Foxcom Wireless' Litenna(TM) system, an in-building coverage solution, makes high quality cellular reception possible for Cellcom's subscribers inside the Azrieli Center. As cellular phone use grows and the availability of advanced services to cellular subscribers expands, demand has increased for better service and wider cellular coverage. Services offered over cellular devices are multiplying: including Internet, and message transfer using SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. and WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. technologies. The widespread need for these services is driving cellular service providers to supply high quality cellular coverage everywhere. "Current options do not provide sufficient coverage for in-building solutions" says Ofer Ronen, Foxcom Wireless CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. & President. "Our Litenna system not only provides coverage to these areas but is also easily upgradable to support multi-services and upper bands, for future needs." Foxcom Wireless' patented wireless signal transmission systems, provide wireless access for subscribers inside any structure. Sending the cellular or 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. signal from the base station via fiberoptic cables to rooms and hallways throughout both private and public facilities, enhances reception and increases capacity for any cellular network. "Advanced wireless service penetr ation into buildings requires maximum cellular coverage. Foxcom Wireless furnishes the optimum solution to meet these demands," Ronen adds. "Cellcom is dedicated to providing the best possible service, and that includes coverage in buildings," says Tzvi Shchori, Cellcom's Director of RF System Engineering. "In the Azrieli Center, reception and penetration problems were solved by Foxcom Wireless' Litenna system," explains Shchori. The Azrieli Center The Litenna system, which is based on a fiberoptic technology is a solution that provides cellular coverage in buildings world wide, serving as both a cost effective and an efficient alternative to traditional copper wiring. The Litenna system supports a wide range of standards including GSM 900, TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). 800, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. 800, LMR LMR Land Mobile Radio LMR Labor-Management Relations LMR Last Minute Resistance LMR Living Marine Resources LMR Longmoor Military Railway (UK) LMR Liquid-Metal Reactor LMR Laser Magnetic Resonance 800, GSM 1800, TDMA1900, CDMA1800 and dual bands. About Foxcom Wireless Foxcom Wireless designs, manufactures and markets fiberoptic RF communication solutions serving the wireless industry. Foxcom Wireless produces high performance, yet cost effective products that provide reliable RF distribution to hundreds of installations worldwide. The company's products enable reception of cellular services in tunnels, underground parking lots, office buildings and public buildings. The company has installations in buildings in Asia, Europe and North America, in subways in Berlin, Seoul and Istanbul and in tunnels and sites throughout Europe and the Far East. The array of investors includes APAX, Genesis Partners (CIBC CIBC Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CIBC Centres Interinstitutionnels de Bilan de Compétences CIBC Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control (Trinidad) CIBC Commercial International Brokerage Company Oppenheimer), Israel Seed partners and AIG AIG addressee indicator group (US DoD) AIG American International Group, Inc AiG Answers in Genesis (religious group in defense of Scripture) AIG Artificial Intelligence Group AIG Australian Industry Group Orion. The company has over 60 employees and has offices in both USA and Israel. 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