New Wireless Phone Network Comes Through Power Outage; Pacific Bell Mobile Services Reports 100% Increase in Call Volumes at Republican National Convention.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 1996--Pacific Bell Mobile Services announced today that its new wireless phone network serving the Republican National Convention performed flawlessly through yesterday's power outage Noun 1. power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" power failure equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" affecting nine western states. When the power outage occurred at 3:45 p.m. Saturday, 25 antennae sites in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. automatically switched from a commercial power source to their on-site back-up batteries. Additionally, the company's master switching center A switching center is a node in a telecommunications Circuit switching network which is connected to either another switching center and/or to end user devices. Switching centers are aware of other centers and possible routes between them such that on demand a center can establish in San Diego and its network operations center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. in Pleasanton, Calif., switched to diesel generators. As a result, the company's new Personal Communications Services See PCS. network stayed on the air to process 8,000 calls from 3:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m., a 100% increase in calls from the same time period Friday. Pacific Bell Mobile Services is the official provider of wireless telecommunications services for the Republican National Convention. "The network didn't miss a beat," said Frank Casazza, operations vice president for Pacific Bell Mobile Services. "We built back-up power sources into the network for exactly these types of crises, and our planning paid off. More than 600 people using our Personal Communications Services at the Republican Convention made call after call after call without any interruption or delay." Personal Communications Services -- PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. -- is a new wireless telecommunications technology that offers a secure and private alternative to cellular. Unlike cellular, PCS is 100 percent pure digital. Being digital, PCS offers superior sound quality and reliability, as well as built-in complex encryption for maximum privacy and protection from cloning. The Republican Party and Pacific Bell Mobile Services have distributed more than 600 PCS phones to party officials, candidates, their staffs, event organizers, city officials, security agencies and the news media. Pacific Bell Mobile Services is the 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. subsidiary of Pacific Bell. Pacific Telesis Group, the parent company of Pacific Bell and Pacific Bell Mobile Services, is a diversified telecommunications company headquartered in San Francisco. CONTACT: Pacific Bell Linda Bonniksen, 619/917-0951 (PCS Phone) 619/237-2430 John Britton, 619/917-1048 (PCS Phone) 619/237-2430 |
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