Ericsson receives breakthrough contract in Russia for GSM Digital Cellular Network.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- July 29, 1996-- Ericsson has signed a contract with Udmurt Telecom for the supply of a GSM cellular telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. in the Udmurtia Republic. The contract was signed in Izhevsk, the capital city of Udmurtia, an autonomous republic A significant number of autonomous republics can be found within the successor states of the Soviet Union, but the majority are located within Russia. Many of these republics were established during the Soviet period as Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, or ASSRs. situated in the south-eastern part of the Ural region in Russia. This contract is Ericsson's first order for a GSM system in Russia and includes mobile switching equipment and radio base stations. The system will initially serve approximately 3,000 subscribers and will provide GSM mobile services in the city of Izhevsk. The implementation of the network will commence immediately, with commercial service planned for the fourth quarter of this year. For the last three months Udmurtia republic has been using an Ericsson NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephone) An analog cellular phone system deployed in more than 40 countries in Europe. Launched in the Scandinavian countries in 1979, NMT was the first analog cellphone system. Both 450 MHz and 900 MHz versions are available. See cellular generations. 450i analog cellular system, and a contract for the supply of three AXE10 telephone exchanges was signed recently. Udmurt Telecom is an operator of local and transit telephone communication in Udmurtia Republic. Udmurtia Republic is one of the twenty one autonomous republics of the Russian Federation Russian Federation: see Russia. , and has currently about 1.5 million inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. . Ericsson's presence on the Russian market goes back to as early as 1881, when the company received its first order for the supply of telephones in St. Petersburg. Since then Ericsson has always been present in the Russian Federation. In November 1994 Ericsson opened a local company, Ericsson Corporatia AO, in Moscow. Ericsson's 85,000 employees are active in more than 100 countries. Their combined expertise in switching, radio and networking makes Ericsson a world leader in telecommunications. CONTACT: Ericsson, 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 Kathy Egan or Lars Jonsteg 212/685-4030 |
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