Walter, All... NT's press release re $200 million cdmaOne order from Testra (Australia). Good news for QCOM infrastructure group. Don't we still get a chunk of all NT infrastructure orders? -Jim
Telstra Awards National Mobile Telephone Service
Project to Nortel Networks
PR Newswire - October 14, 1998 10:29
cdmaOne Wireless Equipment Deal Valued at More Than US$200 Million
SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ - Announced earlier today in Australia, Telstra has
selected Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT/TSE: NTL) to build a national turnkey cdmaOne (IS-95
CDMA) mobile telephone network with service beginning in the third quarter of 1999. The project
is valued at more than US$200 million.
''Telstra has a long-standing working relationship with Nortel Networks through the deployment of
its DMS switches, Centrex ACD, data services, fixed wireless products and Norstar business
communications systems, and we are looking forward to continuing this successful association
during the CDMA project,'' said Gerry Moriarty, group managing director, Network Technology
Group and Multimedia, Telstra.
The Nortel Networks CDMA solution includes the DMS-MTX switching system, and features a
family of advanced base stations including the Nortel Networks CDMA Metro Cell. Together, they
are designed to meet Telstra's immediate needs for mobile service while allowing for future
introduction of data and fixed wireless services.
Nortel Networks CDMA wireless networks are in commercial service or under construction in
more than 80 cities worldwide, serving more than a million subscribers. Nortel Networks has
shipped more than 7,000 CDMA base stations in just over two years.
Telstra is Australia's principal telecommunications company offering a broad range of
telecommunications and information services. Telstra is the largest mobile telecommunications
company in Australia, and operates a national digital GSM network covering 94 percent and a
national AMPS network covering 93 percent of the Australian population respectively. Australia is
one of the leading mobile telecommunications markets in the world with approximately 30 percent
of the population owning a mobile telephone. As at June 30, 1998, Telstra had an estimated 56
percent share of the Australian mobile telephone market with over three million mobile customers.
SOURCE Northern Telecom Limited |
