Germany's T-Mobil trials Motorola CDMA system.ARLINGTON HEIGHTS Arlington Heights, village (1990 pop. 75,460), Cook county, NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; founded 1836, inc. 1887. Its manufactures include machinery, drugs and medical equipment, and metal fabrication. Arlington Park racetrack is there. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 1996--T-Mobil (Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom AG (ISIN: DE0005557508, FWB: DTE, NYSE: DT, LSE: DEU, TYO: 9496 ) (abbreviated DTAG) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the EU. Mobilnet) GmbH, the leading cellular mobile operator in Germany, has announced plans to become one of the first cellular operators in Europe to trial a Motorola 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. system. The system, to be provided by Motorola's European Cellular Infrastructure Division (ECID ECID Equine Combined Immunodeficiency ), will operate at 800 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. . It will be installed in Muenster, Germany, and is planned to be fully operational for a technical field trial during the fourth quarter of this year. "T-Mobil recognizes the continuing global advance of both CDMA and GSM, and intends to trial the potential of CDMA to further strengthen our position in the international marketplace," said Dr. Hans Eckard Krueger, T-Mobil's executive director of Systems Technology. Using the IS-95 common air interface, the trial system will use SC(TM)2400 omni-directional and sector base stations from Motorola's SC product family. A full system will be implemented for T-Mobil, including an operations and maintenance center, switching, and evaluation and monitoring tools. "Motorola is proud to have this opportunity to work with T-Mobil as it evaluates the strengths of CDMA technology within the international cellular market," said Pertti Johansson, senior vice president and general manager of Motorola's International Cellular Infrastructure Group. "This trial will demonstrate the potential of CDMA to deliver major competitive advantages to liberalising markets around the world." Motorola's relationship with T-Mobil began in 1989 when a GSM validation system was installed for the new D1 network. Motorola continues to be one of the major suppliers to T-Mobil GSM networks. Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of 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. . Motorola delivered the world's first commercial CDMA system in 1995 in Hong Kong and to date has contracts to provide commercial CDMA equipment to more than 25 markets worldwide. Motorola is a leading provider of GSM systems worldwide with contracts in more than 65 markets. Motorola's 1995 sales were $27 billion. CONTACT: Motorola CIG CIG Ceiling (height above ground level to base of clouds) CIG Conference Intergouvernementale (French: Intergovermental Conference) CIG Conservation Innovation Grants (USDA NRCS) Scott Wyman, 847/632-4691 or Motorola ECID Julian Long, 44-1793-556685 |
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