Digital Microwave Corporation Radios Link Amman to Aqaba in Jordan Mobile Communications Network.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 1997--Digital Microwave Corporation (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 :DMIC DMIC Door Mounted Inflatable Curtain DMIC Discrete Memoryless Interference Channel ) today announced that it has received a $2.4 Million order from Fastlink, the Jordan Mobile Telephone Services provider, for transmission engineering services and the supply of digital microwave radios. Fastlink is expanding their GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. network in order to extend coverage from the capital city of Amman to Aqaba, Jordan's port city and holiday resort area. Addressing various terrain and propagation The transmission (spreading) of signals from one place to another. issues over territory that includes the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth, Digital Microwave Corporation provided the network planning and design Network planning and design is an iterative process, encompassing topological design, network-synthesis, and network-realization, and is aimed at ensuring that a new network or service meets the needs of the subscriber and operator [1]. of the microwave interconnections. Radios from the Company's SPECTRUM II and QUANTUM radio families will complete the links, some of which cover distances as great as 30 to 40 km. Shipments of the radios for this network expansion effort are expected to be completed during November 1997. "Digital Microwave Corporation is particularly well qualified by experience in the interconnection of GSM networks to be our transmission partner in this project," said David Bosworth, 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. , Fastlink, Jordan Mobile Telephone Services. "Having focused our attention on the Middle East area with the opening of our sales and technical support office in Amman earlier this year, we are very pleased to be working with Jordan Mobile Telephone Services as they meet demands for new services throughout Jordan," commented Charles D. Kissner, Chairman, President and CEO of Digital Microwave Corporation. Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Digital Microwave Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets advanced wireless solutions for worldwide telephone network interconnection and access. Transmitting and receiving multiple digital lines, Digital Microwave's high-performance systems carry voice, data, and digitized video signals across a full spectrum of frequencies and capacities. -0- Note to Editors: SPECTRUM and QUANTUM are trademarks of Digital Microwave Corporation. For more information, contact http://www.dmcwave.com CONTACT: Digital Microwave Sheryl Lewis, 408/944-1740 (IR) or Jeanne Harper Condren, 408/944-1817 (PR) jeanne_condren@dmcwave.com |
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