Motorola Wins $19 Million Contract To Replace GSM System in China's Henan Province.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)--March 30, 1998--Motorola, Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group (CIG CIG Ceiling (height above ground level to base of clouds) CIG Conference Intergouvernementale (French: Intergovermental Conference) CIG Conservation Innovation Grants (USDA NRCS) ) has been awarded a $19 million contract to replace parts of the existing digital cellular Global System for Mobile (GSM) Communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. in China's Henan Province. The Henan Posts and Telecommunications Administration (PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. ) will deploy Motorola CIG's M-Cell(TM) and M-Cellcity base station equipment to upgrade and reconfigure the existing GSM network in Henan's three cities The Three Cities is a collective description of the three fortified cities of Cospicua, Vittoriosa, and Senglea on the Island of Malta, which are enclosed by the massive line of fortification created by the Knights of St John, the Cottonera Lines. of Anyang, Puyang and Hebi. Once the GSM replacement project has been completed by this September, the GSM capacity in the three cities will be 180,000 subscribers. "We are pleased that Henan PTA selected our GSM cellular solutions to upgrade their digital networks," said Tom Hinton, vice president and general manager of Motorola CIG's Greater China Cellular Infrastructure Division. "Our GSM solutions provide more flexibility and enhanced network performance -- leading to increased revenue-generation opportunities." Motorola CIG's first co-operation with Henan PTA was in 1992, when it supplied its initial TACS (Total Access Communication System) An analog cellular phone system deployed mostly in Europe. It was modeled after the AMPS system in the U.S. In the U.K., ETACS (Extended TACS) transmits in the 871-904/916-949 MHz band. system to the operator. Motorola, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems, components and services. Motorola's 1997 sales were $29.8 billion. -0- For more information on Motorola CIG, please visit our web site at: http://www.mot.com/cig/. CONTACT: Motorola CIG Scott Wyman, 847/632-4691 qa4650@email.mot.com |
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