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To: bananawind who wrote (33094)	6/24/1999 2:24:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Lucent & Vodafone> une 24, 1999 Lucent, Vodafone trial 3G technology SWINDON, U.K.—Lucent Technologies Inc. and Vodafone Group plc announced they made their first third-generation over-the-air trial calls using Lucent's Global Third Generation Code Division Multiple Access technology at Vodafone's headquarters in Newbury, England. ‘‘These trials, together with Lucent's public demonstrations of over-the-air performance up to 1.2 megabits per second and its selection by NTT DoCoMo to provide W-CDMA equipment, reinforces Lucent's position as a leader in next-generation mobile communications,'' said Carlo Baravalle, marketing vice president for Lucent's Global System for Mobile communications/Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems group. Lucent deployed its prototype UMTS base station and mobile simulator and will progress to drive tests in the radio trials to gain practical experience of prototype 3G technologies, said the company. The U.K. government is expected to issue 3G licenses to operators like Vodafone in 2000, which would lead to commercial operation in 2002. Bell Atlantic to test WLL BRAINARDSVILLE, N.Y.—Bell Atlantic Corp. said it has begun testing wireless local loop technology to provide its rural customers an alternative to traditional landline telephone service. Bell Atlantic began installing equipment for the trial earlier this year. This month, the company began a six-month test with about 100 rural customers in Brainardsville, N.Y. ‘‘We expect this wireless technology will result in fewer service interruptions for our customers in rural areas during and immediately following severe storms,'' said James Moran, Bell Atlantic project manager for the wireless trial. ‘‘We also anticipate WLL will be cost effective in providing basic telephone service in rural areas.'' The WLL technology uses a line-of-sight signal that has a range of 7.5 miles and also has the ability to maintain service during commercial power outages, said Moran.