Ericsson Signs $50 Million Contract in Brazil.STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 1999-- Ericsson has signed a contract with operator Tele Norte Celular for a wireless network modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, program in Brazil, valued at more than $50 million (SEK SEK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 400 million) over the next three years. Tele Norte Celular, with Telesystems International Wireless Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) was a rapidly-growing, global mobile communications operator. The company's shares were listed on the Montreal Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TIW") and NASDAQ ("TIWI"). (TIW Tiw (tē`  ), Norse Tyr (tür), ancient Germanic god. ) as a major shareholder, is the corporate entity that provides wireless service under the Amazonia Celular brand name. The initial phase of the contract, signed by Ericsson's local company in Brazil, Ericsson Telecomunicagues S.A., will be completed during the second quarter of 1999. Over 20 new cell sites will be added to the existing network, which represents an almost 10 percent rise in the number of sites deployed and ensure capacity for the coming periods. Additionally, Tele Norte Celular plans to nearly double the number of microcells it has deployed in the region, greatly improving the quality level of its indoor coverage. The second phase of this modernization program represents the operator's desire to offer digital services, based on 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). technology, throughout the region. This TDMA network will be a migration from the existing AMPS network, and will provide the operator with the abil7ity to offer customers the latest in cellular technology, including new services such as caller line identification and text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. . The last phase of the modernization during 1999 includes adding 18 new cities to the already existing cities covered in the region. Tele Norte Celular will then have coverage in over 75 cities by the end of the expansion period, thereby meeting its regulatory requirements Regulatory requirements are part of the process of drug discovery and drug development. Regulatory requirements describe what is necessary for a new drug to be approved for marketing in any particular country. for coverage. Tele Norte Celular provides wireless services to over 240,000 subscribers in the states of Amazonas, Para para (par´ah) a woman who has produced one or more viable offspring, regardless of whether the child or children were living at birth. , Maranhao, Roraima and Amapa, under the brand name of Amazonia Celular. The company is engaged in a large scale modernization program to ensure that the evolving needs of its growing customer base will continue to be met. Tele Norte Celular is the sole supplier of cellular service in the region and has Ericsson as their only infrastructure supplier. There are approximately 95 million subscribers using TDMA/AMPS networks worldwide. TDMA is commercially available as a dual-band (800/1900 MHz (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. ) and dual-mode (analog-digital) technology. Over 19 million subscribers are already using TDMA digital services. TDMA already delivers most of the IMT-2000 functionality and is being further enhanced to deliver all IMT-2000 capabilities in the existing 800 and 1900 MHz frequency bands and in the new 2 GHz band. Ericsson is the leading provider in the new telecoms world, with communications solutions that combine telecom and datacom technologies with freedom of mobility for the user. With more than 100,000 employees in 140 countries, Ericsson simplifies communications for its customers - network operators, service providers, enterprises and consumers - the world over. Please visit Ericsson's Press Room at: http://www.ericsson.se/pressroom |
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