Maurice, Some GSM bull----.
Metawave Communications Taps Victor Liang to Lead
Expansion into GSM Markets; Liang Will Lead Efforts to
Develop and Market Smart Antenna Systems For GSM
Networks
BUSINESS WIRE
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15,
1998--Metawave(tm) Communications Corp., a provider of spectrum
management solutions for wireless communications, today announced that
Victor K. Liang has joined the company as senior vice president, GSM.
Mr. Liang will lead the company's expansion into the GSM market as head
of a new organization that will design, manufacture and market smart
antenna systems for GSM networks worldwide.
"We are developing a significant new business opportunity for Metawave,"
said Bob Hunsberger, Metawave president and CEO. "Victor's
demonstrated ability to build a large-scale wireless business, combined with
his firsthand knowledge of the GSM market, make him the ideal choice to
lead this new organization."
Before joining Metawave, Mr. Liang held numerous senior executive
positions at Siemens. Most recently, he served as managing director of
Siemens Shanghai Mobile Communications where he was responsible for
building Siemens' GSM infrastructure and handset business in mainland
China. Previously, he led Siemens' entry into the U.S. wireless market as
vice president of the wireless products group at Siemens
Stromberg-Carlson.
Metawave's SpotLight(tm) 2000 smart antenna system is currently designed
for the CDMA and AMPS networks found in North America and South
America. Under Mr. Liang's leadership, Metawave will develop smart
antenna systems that are compatible with GSM base station equipment,
bringing the capacity expansion benefits of smart antennas to GSM
networks.
As the most widely deployed digital technology, GSM served 48.5 million
subscribers at the end of 1997, according to the Strategis Group, and Allied
Business Intelligence estimates that GSM will account for over 20 percent of
worldwide subscribers by 2000. With demand for GSM service growing
rapidly, GSM operators face capacity and call quality problems that must be
addressed quickly and economically in order to ensure successful network
growth.
About Metawave
Headquartered in Redmond, Wash., Metawave Communications
Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets spectrum
management solutions for the wireless communications industry worldwide.
The company's spectrum management solutions, consisting of smart antenna
systems, applications software and engineering services, enable cellular
service operators to increase overall network capacity, reduce network
operation costs, better manage network infrastructure and stimulate end user
demand through improved system quality. Metawave's SpotLight(tm) 2000
smart antenna system is deployed in networks in North America, South
America and Europe. For more information, call 1-888-METAWAVE or
visit the company's Website at metawave.com.
Metawave(tm) and SpotLight(tm) are trademarks of Metawave
Communications Corporation.
(Copyright 1998)
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Publication Date: September 15, 1998
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