ECI Telecom's Wireless Solutions to Deliver Telecommunications Services to Thousands of Subscribers in Portugal.Business Editors PETAH TIKVA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2000 Maxitel, Portugal, Awards US$22 Million Frame Agreement to ECI ECI Employment Cost Index ECI Election Commission(er) of India ECI Enterprise Content Integration ECI Early Childhood Intervention ECI Environmental Change Institute Telecom ECI Telecom ECI Telecom Ltd NASDAQ: ECIL, is a telecommunication equipment manufacturer based in Petah Tikva, Israel. Ltd.'s (NASDAQ/NM symbol: ECIL ECIL Electronics Corporation of India Limited ) fully owned subsidiary, InnoWave ECI Wireless Systems Ltd., ("InnoWave"), a global leader in Wireless Local Loop (WLL See wireless local loop and PHS-WLL. ) solutions, has been chosen by Maxitel, Portugal to deliver a MultiGain Wireless (MGW MGW Media Gateway (3GPP) MGW Maximum Gross Weight MGW Morgantown, WV, USA - Morgantown Municipal Airport (Airport Code) MGW Mission Gross Weight (aviation) ) Local Loop solution. InnoWave's MGW system will be deployed by Maxitel under the new $22 million frame agreement, to deliver wireless telecommunications services to subscribers throughout Portugal. The first phase will connect thousands of subscribers in the cities of Lisbon and Porto. The agreement was signed after the new Portuguese operator successfully tested InnoWave's MultiGain Wireless systems. InnoWave's comprehensive technical support program includes full cooperation and assistance to Maxitel in all stages of their implementation to the extent that InnoWave assisted the new Portuguese operator in the compilation of a detailed technical document submitted to the Portuguese Radio Authority as part of Maxitel's successful license tender. InnoWave's advanced MGW solutions operating in the 3.6-3.8GHz frequency band will grant Maxitel a strategic advantage enabling it to become the first operator to provide direct telecommunications services in the deregulated Portuguese telecom market (starting January, 2000). The project will be fully implemented by InnoWave and its local representative LUSIS Equipamentos & Servicos Lda., providing full local support to Maxitel. Shlomo Yariv, President and 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. of InnoWave, ECI Telecom's subsidiary, stated: "We are pleased that Maxitel has chosen the MGW system as the WLL solution that will connect thousands of subscribers. We view this new implementation in Portugal as a continuous process of our activity with other new operators around the world." Sequeira Braga, Chairman of Maxitel, declares: "with this partnership, Maxitel will place in the Portuguese market advanced telecommunications services and an alternative solution for the local access. The development of wireless local access is an important axis for our telecommunication marketing strategy". Wireless Local Loop systems utilize digital radio links instead of copper telephone lines and provide the connection between individual subscribers and telecommunications service providers. InnoWave's MGW solution supports a wide range of frequency bands ranging from 800MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. to 3.8GHz. The Frequency Hopping A wireless modulation method that rapidly changes the center frequency of a transmission. See spread spectrum and 802.11. 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. technology used in the MGW system is designed to meet the specific requirements of Radio in the Local Loop. The InnoWave MGW system supports toll quality voice, high-speed voice band data, ISDN-BRI ISDN-BRI Integrated Services Digital Network-Basic Rate Interface and IP packet switching A network technology that breaks up a message into small packets for transmission. Unlike circuit switching, which requires the establishment of a dedicated point-to-point connection, each packet in a packet-switched network contains a destination address. services. About Maxitel: Maxitel is, today, the second largest telecom operator for Business telephony services in Portugal. They offer a complete portfolio of telecom services from long distance telephony services (both international and national) to network services, satellites communication services and also consulting. Maxitel is still a licensed telecommunications operator, which is developing a project to implement a national backbone. Maxitel manages more than 45 thousand phone-lines and has already built a national network with more than 10 points of presence that allows a full coverage of the country. Maxitel is one of the new operators in Portugal that were given licensees to provide fixed telephony services with the beginning of deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. at 1.1.2000. Maxitel intends to invest more than 160 million dollars in the next five years, aiming to achieve + 20% share of the new telecommunications operators market in Portugal. Maxitel is the leading telecommunications operator in various fields: Telecommunications services for Business, satellites communications, radio broadcasting The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , access to Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. , fax services. About InnoWave: InnoWave ECI Telecom Wireless Systems Ltd. (InnoWave), a fully owned subsidiary of ECI Telecom Ltd., is a global leader in Fixed Wireless Access Systems and Wireless Local Loop (WLL) products and solutions. About ECI Telecom: ECI Telecom Ltd. is a provider of integrated network solutions for digital communications and data transmission systems. The Company designs, develops, manufactures, markets and supports end-to-end digital telecommunications solutions for today's new services and converging networks. The Company's products create bandwidth, maximize revenues for network operators, expand capacity, improve performance and enable new revenue-producing services. In doing so, they enhance the capabilities of existing networks to support voice, data, video and multimedia services. ECI Telecom's equipment supports traffic in more than 500 service networks in over 145 countries. This press release and additional information about the Company, are now available on ECI TELECOM's site on the World Wide Web: http://www.ecitele.com. If you would like to receive future news releases electronically, please forward your email address to eci.enews@inc.ecitele.com Certain statements contained in this release may contain forward-looking information with respect to plans, projections or future performance of the Company. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, product and market acceptance risks, the impact of competitive pricing, product development, commercialization and technological difficulties and other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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