Re: The competition with 300 phones at the RNC
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 15:58:17 -0400
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 8, 1996--Next week's Republican National
Convention in San Diego will do more than kick off the 1996 presidential
campaign: it will also introduce Pacific Bell Mobile Service's (PBMS)
cutting-edge wireless communications to the West Coast. Republican
convention goers will use the advanced features and functionalities of the
GSM-based PCS 1900 system for their wireless communications. Ericsson
Inc., headquartered in Richardson, TX, provided the system infrastructure
and message center as well as 300 phones for the event.
Pacific Bell's wide coverage area includes the San Diego Convention Center,
downtown hotels, tourist attractions, the airport, major transportation
corridors and the coastline.
PCS stands for Personal Communications Services, a digital technology that
offers superior sound quality and the capacity for multiple communications
services, such as voice conversations, paging, text messaging and wireless
data transmissions over lightweight handsets.
The PCS digital technology being used at the convention promotes the modern
image Republicans are striving for, said J.C. Watts (R-Oklahoma), member of
the GOP platform committee. It helps symbolize our focus on the future and
our commitment to keeping the U.S. at the forefront of technology.
Ericsson supplied PBMS with a complete system infrastructure including
mobile switching centers and base stations as well as the MXE message
center. This is Ericsson's second major PCS 1900 system built in the
United States. The first system was introduced by Sprint Spectrum in the
Washington/Baltimore area last year. Ericsson has several other PCS 1900
systems under construction throughout the U.S. It is also the largest
supplier worldwide of GSM based technology, which has been deployed in
approximately 100 countries with 150 operators.
Ericsson's PCS 1900, CF 337, handset is small, ultra-lightweight and fits
easily into a pocket or a handbag. The phone weighs under 7 ounces and
integrates the features of a pager enabling delegates to send and receive
short messages. Another feature is voice mail notification. The phone
beeps and displays a message to notify you of an awaiting voice mail
message.
An additional phone feature includes the subscriber identity module or SIM.
The SIM is a small chip that contains network information about the
subscriber including their telephone number, calling plan, custom calling
features and speed dialing list. It also provides worldwide roaming
capabilities to GSM-based systems.
Delegates at the convention will find that the all-digital transmission of
the PBMS system provides superior sound quality and reliability as well as
built-in complex encryption for maximum privacy and protection, said Jan
Anders Dalenstam, Ericsson Inc., Radio Systems. |
