Cellular Technical Services signs new contract to deploy Blackbird Platform and Pretect Anti-fraud system.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1996--Cellular Technical Services Company, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM Symbol: CTSC CTSC Cathepsin CTSC Clinical and Translational Science Center (University of California at Davis) CTSC Chenega Technology Services Corporation CTSC Canadian Technical Security Conference (Burlington, ON, Canada) ) ("CTS (1) (Clear To Send) The RS-232 signal sent from the receiving station to the transmitting station that indicates it is ready to accept data. Contrast with RTS. (2) (Common Type System) The data typing used in . "), a provider of real-time information management systems for the wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. industry, today announced that it has signed a master purchase and license agreement with Ameritech Cellular Ameritech Mobile Communications, LLC was the first company in the United States to provide cellular mobile phone service to the general public. Cell service became publicly available in Chicago on October 13, 1983. Services under which CTS will provide its Blackbird blackbird, common name in North America of a perching bird allied to the bobolink, the meadow lark, the oriole, and the grackle and belonging to the family Icteridae. The European blackbird, Turdus merula, is a thrush. (R) Platform and PreTect(TM) cellular fraud prevention system for use in all of Ameritech's "A" and "B" Band cellular markets. Chicago based Ameritech provides cellular service throughout Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and Missouri. The contract also includes Ameritech's participation in CTS's No Clone Zone(SM) roaming fraud prevention service. Under terms of a letter of intent signed in August of this year, CTS has already begun deployment of the Blackbird Platform in a number of Ameritech's cellular markets. Bob Dahut, CTS President, said, "We're very excited to add Ameritech to our growing list of major wireless communications service providers who are deploying the Blackbird Platform throughout the nation. Most important, Ameritech's participation in our No Clone Zone service means that their cellular customers will be protected from cloning fraud both in their home market and when they roam in the major markets on the east and west coasts, including Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , where our system has already been installed." The CTS PreTect application on Blackbird Platform uses patented signal processing See DSP. , or radio frequency, "fingerprinting" technology to accurately distinguish between legitimate customers and counterfeit users on a pre-call basis. This system captures information from the cellular phone call at the cell site, before it enters the service provider's system, and compares it to validation data. PreTect can then automatically intercept and shut down a call if a proper match is not made. CTS's No Clone Zone service provides seamless real-time roaming fraud protection between markets using the Blackbird Platform and PreTect application. A worldwide leader in making communications easy, Ameritech serves millions of customers in fifty states and more than forty countries. Ameritech provides a full range of communications services, including local and long distance telephone, cellular, paging, security monitoring, cable TV, electronic commerce, on-line services and more. One of the world's 100 largest companies, Ameritech (www.ameritech.com) has 65,000 employees, 1 million shareowners and $22 billion in assets. CTS develops, markets and supports real-time information management systems for the wireless communications industry. The company's integrated data management platforms and software applications enable wireless communications service providers to more rapidly and cost effectively grow their businesses. CONTACT: Cellular Technical Services Joseph D. Pititto, Director, Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. 516/887-0727 |
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