InterDigital receives $17.6 million UltraPhone(R) order from the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.KING OF PRUSSIA King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1995--InterDigital Communications Corp. (ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. :IDC) announced Thursday that it has received an order valued at approximately $17.6 million for its UltraPhone(R) digital wireless local loop equipment and related services from the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT PLDT Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company ). The order includes recently introduced generations of base stations and 64-line cluster units, as well as new generation subscriber units. Installation is expected to commence in Metro Manila in the second half of 1995 and continue into 1996. PLDT is the leading telecommunications operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. in the Philippines, with reported gross revenues of over US $900 million in 1994. The InterDigital interdigital between two digits. interdigital cysts see interdigital pyoderma, pododermatitis. interdigital dermatitis 1. the early lesion in the development of infectious footrot in sheep; called also sheep scald. order is part of the Zero Backlog Program established by PLDT to dramatically expand its service base by extending service on an accelerated schedule to many under-served or unserved areas. Currently, there are approximately two telephones for each 100 inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. in the Philippines. Felizardo P. dela Merced, senior manager of PLDT Program Engineering, stated that, "PLDT is pleased to have entered into this agreement with InterDigital. "We believe that the digital wireless local loop equipment offered by InterDigital will allow us to extend service more quickly and efficiently than conventional wireline systems, while providing our new subscribers advanced, high quality services, including voice, data and facsimile transmission capabilities." William J. Burns, chairman and chief executive officer, emphasized that the Philippine telecommunications industry is one of the world's most dynamic. "We are pleased to be working with a company of the stature of PLDT and to have been selected by them from among the many major telecommunications equipment manufacturers. We believe that the cost effective, quality solution offered by the UltraPhone positions InterDigital to continue to be a future equipment supplier of choice to PLDT." InterDigital develops and markets advanced digital wireless telecommunications systems using proprietary technologies for voice and data communications. Its UltraPhone Time Division Multiple Access (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). ) digital wireless radiotelephone system is ordered for or installed in over 225 locations worldwide. InterDigital Technology, a subsidiary of InterDigital, holds and is the licensor of an extensive patent portfolio on TDMA and Broadband-Code Division Multiple Access (B-CDMA B-CDMA Broadband-Code Division Multiple Access ) technologies. CONTACT: InterDigital, King of Prussia Susan Sutton, 610/278-7800 |
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