Telesp Cellular Selects Lucent Technologies To Build CDMA Wireless Networks In San
Paulo, Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil –November 3, 1998– Lucent Technologies today announced that it has been selected by
Telesp Cellular, which is owned by Portugal Telecom, to build wireless networks based on code division multiple
access (CDMA) in the metropolitan area and in the interior of the state of Sao Paulo.
In the privatization of Telebras in July, Portugal Telecom, S.A. won the wireless region of Telesp Cellular,
covering the state of Sao Paulo, which is the largest cellular market in Brazil. Managing a network of more than
1.6 millions subscribers, the Telesp cellular wireless network can be considered among the largest in Latin
America.
The award is subject to negotiation of final terms and conditions.
Lucent Technologies will provide its flagship 5ESS® AnyMedia™ switching platform, and Autoplex® System
1000 Series II cell sites, as well as technical expertise and support services. The digital cell sites for this project
will be manufactured at the Lucent manufacturing facility in Campinas, Brazil.
Last week Lucent announced that it had been selected by the cellular companies owned by Grupo Telefonica in
Brazil to build CDMA wireless networks in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Sergipe.
"We are delited to continue our long-standing affiliation with one of our first customers in Brazil as it is
invigoration under new ownership," said Virgillo Freire, president of Lucent Technologies in Brazil. "Being
selected by both Portugal Telecom and Grupo Telefonica is further proof that our customers in Brazil are
confident in the reliability of our equipment and the performance of our people. These projects will firmly
establish Lucent as a leading wireless infrastructure provider in Brazil."
Lucent's 5ESS® AnyMedia™ Switch is a large-scale, software-based digital switching system that delivers any
media from one platform. This capability allows service providers to offer any service—local, long distance,
voice, data, or video—over any network—wireless or wireline. The 5ESS switch currently serves more than 104
million lines and 48 million trunks from four thousand host switches in more than 50 countries worldwide.
The Autoplex System 1000 Series II cell sites will be equipped with digital radios using the cdmaOne technology.
This wireless technology, based on the IS-95 CDMA standard, provides increased call capacity and enhanced
call quality that is comparable to landline service. CDMA reduces the static and cross-talk sometimes heard on
analog systems, and provides a "soft hand-off" capability that makes call hand-offs between cell sites and
mobile switching centers (MSCs) virtually unnoticeable to customers.
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