Motorola wins $30 million contract to deploy its first GSM digital cellular system in Indonesia.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 7, 1996-- Motorola's International Cellular Infrastructure Division (ICID ICID International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage ICID International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary ICID Information Center for Individuals with Disabilities ICID Intensified Charge-Injection Device ICID Intelligent Craft Interface Device ), as part of a $30 million contract, is deploying a Global System for Mobile (GSM) Communications digital cellular network for PT. Telkomsel in Indonesia. This is Motorola's first GSM system in Indonesia. The system initially will have the capacity to serve up to 50,000 cellular subscribers in the capital city of Jakarta and 10,000 customers in Bandung and Cirebon. The multi-phase deployment of the digital cellular network is already underway in Bandung and Cirebon, where commercial service started in August of 1995. GSM subscribers in Jakarta are expected to have commercial service this month. Seventy percent of the country's cellular subscribers are in Jakarta, Bandung and Cirebon. PT. Telkomsel currently operates cellular networks in 12 states and 114 cities of Indonesia's major island (Java), including Sumatra, Batam, Bintan, Java and Bali. "We are very excited about working with Motorola to bring their extensive wireless telephony telephony without wires, usually employing electric waves of high frequency emitted from an oscillator or generator, as in wireless telegraphy. A telephone transmitter causes fluctuations in these waves, it being the fluctuations only which affect the receiver. See also: Wireless experience and the benefits of GSM digital cellular technology to our customers," said Mr. Garuda Sugardo, director of engineering and operations, PT. Telkomsel. "With the Bandung and Cirebon system on the air, subscribers in this very active cellular phone market are already realizing the advantages of the new GSM network." Pertti Johansson, corporate vice president and general manager of Motorola's ICID, commented, "PT. Telkomsel is one of the most aggressive Indonesian cellular operators with a plan to provide coverage to the country's 27 provinces by 1998. Motorola is proud to support PT. Telkomsel in achieving this goal by providing the latest high-quality digital GSM infrastructure equipment and strong technical team expertise." As part of the contract, Motorola will install turnkey TopCell(TM) and InCell(TM) cell site equipment throughout the three areas of East Java East Java (Indonesian: Jawa Timur) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and also includes neighboring Madura and Bawean islands. , Indonesia. Motorola's TopCell product is a self-contained compact base station for GSM-based microcellular applications which address more difficult deployment demands, such as indoor and outdoor coverage in dense urban areas. As one of Motorola's core GSM infrastructure products, InCell provides network operators with a wide range of cell site configuration options from a single cabinet. GSM is a digital cellular standard based on an open architecture network that allows operators to combine equipment from a variety of suppliers and gives subscribers the ability to roam between countries. Adopted internationally, GSM uses the same number of frequencies as traditional analog but in tighter re-use patterns and more traffic-carrying capacity. To date, Motorola has been awarded more than 50 GSM contracts worldwide. In 1993, a GSM network was initially implemented and pioneered by PT. Telkom in Batam-Bintan Area. PT. Telkomsel was established in May 1995 and acquired the PT. Telkom project, expanding the GSM cellular mobile network to North Sumatra North Sumatra (Indonesian: Sumatera Utara) is a province of Indonesia. Its capital is Medan. Geography and population The province of North Sumatra stretches across the island of Sumatra between the Indian Ocean and the Strait Malacca. , Bali, East Java, Middle Java, West Java West Java (Indonesian: :Jawa Barat) is a province of Indonesia, located on the island of Java. The capital is Bandung. History and Indonesia's capital of Jakarta, including islands on the west of Indonesia. PT. Telkomsel, a joint venture company between PT. Telkom (51%) and Indosat (49%), owns frequency allocation The electromagnetic spectrum is an aspect of the physical world, like land, water, and air. It is a resource, limited by its usability. Use of radio frequency bands of the electromagnetic spectrum is regulated by governments in most countries, in a process known as of 7.5 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. to 25 MHz that is available for GSM transmission. 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. , semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems and services. 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) , Arlington Heights Mary Anne McAndrew, 847/632-2775 |
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