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To: Sig who wrote (53769)	12/13/1999 11:02:00 AM
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Any thoughts??? cbs.marketwatch.com AT&T, Ericsson create overlay network New system will boost capacity in high traffic markets By Barbara Kollmeyer, CBS MarketWatch Last Update: 10:26 AM ET Dec 13, 1999 NewsWatch STOCKHOLM (CBS.MW) -- Swedish telecommunications group Ericsson AB and AT&T Wirelss Services Inc., the wireless unit of Ma Bell, said Monday they've created an overlay network that boosts capacity in high traffic wireless markets. The overlay system combines services on both the current 850 MHz and 1900 MHz frequencies, and will direct calls to the band that has the most capacity. The new network will serve customers in the Miami market and act as a prototype to move into other high-density AT&T Wireless markets. AT&T Wireless has installed Ericsson 1900 MHz radio base stations in 12 of Miami's most utilized sites, each of which also contains Ericsson 850 MHz equipment. Ericsson's (ERICY: news, msgs) switching system software has been upgraded to add heavy call-handling capacity. AT&T Wireless is now the biggest cellular phone company in the U.S. with 12 million customers. AT&T (T: news, msgs) plans to issue a tracking stock for the unit next year, which could raise up to $10 billion and is set to become the biggest U.S. initial public offering ever. "The demand for AT&T's wireless voice and data services is quite high as we add hundreds of thousands of new customers each month," said Greg Slemons, executive vice-president for Wireless Network Services at AWS. "Since the amount of spectrum to carry calls is limited, we need to seek new ways to increase capacity with technology. We intend to monitor any and all new technologies that will help us create more room for wireless calls on our network," said Slemons. Shares in Ericsson were last up seven Swedish krona, or 1.4 percent, to 512, on volume of 9,636 in Sweden. Shares in AT&T were up 9/16, or 1 percent, to 57 9/16 in New York.