Telefonia Lokalna S.A. and Lucent Technologies Sign Contract for Delivery of Telecommunications Equipment to Wroclaw and Walbrzych Provinces.WARSAW, Poland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1998--Telefonia Lokalna S.A. and Lucent Technologies Poland S Poland, Pol. Polska, officially Republic of Poland, republic (2005 est. pop. 38,635,000), 120,725 sq mi (312,677 sq km), central Europe. It borders on Germany in the west, on the Baltic Sea and the Kaliningrad region of Russia in the north, on Lithuania, .A. announced today they have signed a contract under which Lucent Technologies will supply and install its 5ESS (1) (Electronic Switching System) A large-scale computer from Lucent used to route telephone calls in a telephone company office. The 5ESS is a Class 5 central office switch, and the 4ESS is a Class 4 tandem office switch. (R)-2000 digital switching system and transmission equipment to Wroclaw and Walbrzych provinces. The first subscribers of Telefonia Lokalna S.A. will be connected to the new network in November of this year. Under the contract, Lucent will supply 5ESS switch hosts, two RAIUs (Remote Access Interface Units) and transmission equipment, to be installed in Wroclaw and Walbrzych. Lucent's 5ESS digital telecommunications switch is one of the most advanced systems in the world, and will allow Telefonia Lokalna S.A. to offer its customers a full range of advanced services including ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. services, Centrex and other capabilities. The switches are being manufactured at Lucent's facility in Bydgoszcz. Telefonia Lokalna S.A. is a new private operator of wired telecommunications networks A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. , with licences to operate in the provinces of Elblag, Jelenia Gora Je·le·nia Gó·ra A city of southwest Poland west-southwest of Pozna  . Chartered in 1312, it passed to Prussia in 1741 and was assigned to Poland by the Potsdam Conference of 1945. , Walbrzych and Wroclaw. It will begin operations in the latter two provinces, with plans for Elblag and Jelenia Gora to follow. The company was created in 1997 as a result of the demonopolization of Poland's telecommunications services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. market. KGHM Polska Miedu S.A. and Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne signed an agreement and created Telefonia Lokalna S.A., whose charter is to apply for telecommunications licences, build telecommunications networks and offer telecommunications services. Lucent Technologies designs, builds, and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, consumer and business telephone systems and microelectronics components. Bell Laboratories is the research and development arm of the company. For more information about Lucent Technologies, visit its website at http://www.lucent.com. |
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