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Lucent Technologies First to Reach Milestone of 5,000 PCS Base Stations
Using CDMA Technology
MT. OLIVE, N.J., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU)
said it established a lead in a digital wireless technology called code
division multiple access (CDMA) by shipping the 5,000th wireless base
station from its Product Realization Center here.
The refrigerator-size minicell relies on CDMA technology to provide a
new crop of all-digital Personal Communications Services (PCS). It is
being installed in Korea by Hansol PCS Telecom, one of Korea's three
licensed nationwide PCS service providers.
The Hansol PCS project, worth US$93 million, was awarded to Lucent and
Hanwha Telecommunications Co. Ltd. When completed, the network will
serve the areas of Pusan and Taegu, Korea's second and third largest
cities, respectively, and the rest of Kyungsang Province.
Lucent's Product Realization Center focuses on the design, development
and manufacturing of CDMA minicells for the global PCS market. Designed
for rapid deployment, the CDMA minicells can be installed in about a
half day.
When combined with nearly 3,000 CDMA Series II cell sites which Lucent
Technologies has shipped to cellular network operators for digital
upgrades, the company has established a firm position as the leading
North American vendor of CDMA network infrastructure.
Lucent Technologies is the only vendor to win a share of equipment
contracts for each of the largest North American PCS CDMA networks,
including Sprint PCS and PrimeCo Personal Communications. Lucent is the
exclusive supplier to PCS operators Clearnet in Canada and to Centennial
de Puerto Rico. Additionally, Lucent supplied network infrastructure for
cellular carriers deploying CDMA technology, including Bell Atlantic
NYNEX Mobile, GTE, Airtouch and Frontier.
Globally, Lucent Technologies has won CDMA contracts from 18 wireless
network operators, including the first CDMA system for the Thailand's
Total Access Communication Company Limited; a project for Indonesian
carrier P.T. Komunkasi Selular Indonesia (Komselindo) and the Pilpino
Telephone Corporation (Piltel) in the Philippines.
Lucent estimates that its commercial CDMA systems handle some three
million calls each day.
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, headquartered at Murray
Hill, N.J., visit Lucent's website at lucent.com.
SOURCE: Lucent Technologies
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