Ericsson increases capacity fourfold in NMT
Ericsson continues to improve and renew its NMT network offerings. Advances in
cell planning and radio base stations now gives a fourfold increase in the
capacity of Ericsson's NMT 450 systems.
Ericsson had its best sales performance ever in 1997 for NMT networks. Demand
for NMT 450 MHz continues to grow, especially in Eastern Europe and Russia. In
Bulgaria operator Mobicom has tripled the number of subscribers over the last
two years in its Ericsson supplied system.
"NMT 450 provides coverage over a large geographic area at low cost, since the
lower frequencies have longer ranges. This is an especially important factor
for operators and end-users in sparsely-populated areas", says Olle Ljungfeldt
at Ericsson Radio Systems.
The continuous development of Ericsson's NMT systems has led to several new
features. Enhanced capacity and further improved speech quality is a powerful
addition to the already extensive coverage capabilities.
Ericsson has supplied NMT networks since 1981 and will continue to develop new
services and features. Existing services for example include calling line
identity and prepaid. Datacom services are also available enabling end-users
to send and receive e-mail and faxes; Short Message Services as well Internet
services.
Ericsson also provides solutions for co-existence between NMT and GSM networks
as well as migration and Number Portability between networks.
NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephony) systems operate primarily in Scandinavia, Asia,
Russia and countries of Eastern Europe. There are 4,5 million users of NMT
services in some 40 countries worldwide.
Ericsson's 100,000 employees are active in more than 130 countries. Their
combined expertise in fixed and mobile networks, mobile phones and infocom
systems makes Ericsson a world-leading supplier in telecommunications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT
Olle Ljungfeldt, Manager, Product Unit NMT and TACS
Ericsson Radio Systems
Phone: +46 70 560 3333, +46 8 404 5316
E-mail: olle.ljungfeldt@era.ericsson.se
Johan Wiklund, Press Relations Manager
Ericsson Business Area Mobile Systems
Phone: +46 70 560 0134; E-mail: johan.wiklund@era.ericsson.se
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