Metromedia International Group announces nationwide expansion of paging joint venture in Uzbekistan.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 1996--Metromedia International Group (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. :MMG MMG Macquarie Media Group MMG Ministry Medical Group MMG Medium Machine Gun MMG Mobile Messaging Gateway MMG Master of Management MMG Meridian Management Group, Inc. ) has announced that its joint venture with the Ministry of Communications of Uzbekistan has begun its first phase of a nationwide paging expansion in Uzbekistan. This first phase of the joint venture, Kamalak Paging, will double the original 4 million population coverage. Kamalak Paging will eventually cover 75 percent of the 22 million population in Uzbekistan. The joint venture, through MMG's wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. Metromedia International Telecommunications Inc. (MITI), will initiate paging services in Samarkand, Bukhara and Andijan during September 1996 as an extension of its current offering of 24-hour wide-area paging service in the Tashkent region. The expanded service will cover the Samarkand and Bukhara regions as well as a majority of the Fergana Valley Fergana Valley or Ferghana Valley, region, 8,494 sq mi (22,000 sq km), divided among Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. The Fergana Range (part of the Tian Shan system) rises in the northeast and the Pamir in the south. . "The first phase expansion of our paging services in the Republic of Uzbekistan Noun 1. Republic of Uzbekistan - a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet Uzbekistan, Uzbek IMU, Islamic Group of Uzbekistan, Islamic Party of Turkestan - a terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996; opposes Uzbekistan's is responsive to the needs of the business community in Uzbekistan," said John Kluge John Werner Kluge (born September 21, 1914) is an entrepreneur who was born in Chemnitz, Germany, best known as a television industry mogul in the United States. He earned his B.A. degree in Economics from Columbia University in 1937. , chairman of MMG. "As more businesses develop, there will be a greater need for cost effective communications, and Kamalak is prepared to provide these services throughout Uzbekistan." Metromedia International Group in a global entertainment, media and communications company whose primary operations are engaged in two businesses. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, MITI, the company operates the communications and media businesses in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and other emerging markets including wireless cable television and FM radio stations covering 9.5 million households each; radio paging operations serving 90 million population; Trunked Mobile Radio systems serving nearly 80 million population; and GSM cellular operations that will serve 3 million population. Through its entertainment group, Orion Pictures, the company develops, produces, acquires and distributes worldwide motion pictures, television programming and prerecorded pre·re·cord tr.v. pre·re·cord·ed, pre·re·cord·ing, pre·re·cords To record (a television program, for example) at an earlier time for later presentation or use. Adj. 1. videocassettes. CONTACT: The Myers Company Phillip Myers, 310/282-2572 |
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