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To: Clarksterh who wrote (106)	6/16/1999 10:06:00 AM
From: DaveMG	Respond to of 426

Lucent Technologies Announces Flexent Range Extension Feature for cdmaOne Networks; Single Carrier Solution Ideal for Rural Applications MURRAY HILL, N.J., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU - news) today announced an enhancement to its Flexent(TM) wireless networks, offering a cost-effective range extension feature that provides coverage of up to 120 km with only one code division multiple access (CDMA) carrier. Extending the signal range to that distance with a single carrier offers significant cost savings to service providers and maximizes spectrum utilization, in addition to other benefits. The Flexent Range Extension Feature is ideally suited for low-density, widely-dispersed rural coverage areas, and only requires minor software and circuit upgrades for operators who have deployed Lucent Flexent cellular and PCS base station equipment. Rather than design a new base station for extending the available range for CDMA, Lucent has enhanced its Flexent product line to simplify and speed network deployment. For example, the Bell Laboratories improvement requires no additional installation or maintenance of external hardware such as masthead amplifiers. The Flexent Range Extension Feature is fully compliant with the cdmaOne standards and provides complete coverage of a sector. Available capacity is dispersed throughout the cell, unlike other techniques that divide cells into predetermined regions. This flexibility simplifies system planning and lowers overhead associated with call processing. Lucent is a global leader in CDMA deployment, with some 18,000 cdmaOne base stations in commercial service. Lucent has more than 160 cdmaOne networks either in commercial service or under deployment for more than two dozen global network operators throughout the Americas and the Asia Pacific region. biz.yahoo.com