Motorola signs $7 million contract to expand digital cellular network in Kuwait.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)--Dec. 4, 1996-- Motorola's International Cellular Infrastructure Group (ICIG ICIG International Conference on Image and Graphics ) today announced that it has signed a contract worth more than $7 million, for the most recent expansion phase of the Global System for Mobile Communications (communications) Global System for Mobile Communications - (GSM, originally "Groupe de travail Sp?ciale pour les services Mobiles") One of the major standards for digital cellular communications, in use in over 60 countries and serving over one billion subscribers. (GSM) network in Kuwait. The Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC mtc - A Modula-2 to C translator. ftp://rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/soft/Unixtools/compilerbau/mtc.tar.Z. ) expansion project will, when completed, provide service to more than 116,000 subscribers in Kuwait City, Jahra, and Ahmadi. As part of the expansion with MTC, ICIG will install its flexible InCell(TM) GSM base stations and will provide technical support for the network. The expansion is scheduled for completion by early 1997. "We are working very closely with MTC in Kuwait to continually enhance their very popular mobile network," said Gene O'Rourke, senior director of Motorola's ICIG. "With this expansion, MTC will be able to accommodate an increasing number of new subscribers, while also offering the enhanced digital features that GSM technology provides." The digital cellular system was initially deployed by Motorola in November, 1994 to serve 50,000 subscribers. In 1995, ICIG expanded the system to provide digital cellular service to an additional 50,000 subscribers in Kuwait, helping to accommodate the increasing subscriber demand. GSM is a digital cellular standard based on an open architecture network. To date, Motorola has contracts to supply GSM in 14 countries in the Middle East and Africa and contracts to provide GSM in more than 40 countries worldwide. Motorola's Cellular Infrastructure Group is the only infrastructure vendor that provides the three fastest growing digital technologies; 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. , GSM and PDC (1) (Primary Domain Controller) A Windows NT/2000 service that manages security for its local domain. Every domain has one PDC, which contains a database of usernames, passwords and permissions. for cellular and Personal Communications Systems worldwide. Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors and advanced electronic systems and services. Motorola's 1995 sales were $27 billion. CONTACT: Motorola's CIG CIG Ceiling (height above ground level to base of clouds) CIG Conference Intergouvernementale (French: Intergovermental Conference) CIG Conservation Innovation Grants (USDA NRCS) , Arlington Heights Jack Seller, 847/632-7248 |
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