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To: Ruffian who wrote (6472)	2/13/2000 10:52:00 PM
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economictimes.com Motorola develops cell technology at Bangalore unit Sharad Goel New Delhi 18 January Motorola India is developing a single-cell WAM (wireless access manager) technology?a low-cost code division multiple access (CDMA) wireless in local loop (WiLL)?cellular technology for the local markets at its Banglore facility. This is the first time that a multinational corporation is developing a cost-effective cellular technology specifically for the domestic market. Company sources said the technology would be introduced worldwide at a later stage. At present, a cellular network requires a base station, a wireless access manager (WAM) and a switch as basic building blocks for servicing a few thousands of subscribers. A base station, or a cell, is designed to handle nearly 3,000 subscribers and a WAM is designed to manage about eight to 10 such cells in a given territory. The cost per subscriber for a 30,000-subscriber network is nearly $300 per subscriber. However, the costs will increase phenomenally if the subscriber base is low. For instance, it can touch $1,000 per subscriber if the service group is as low as 1,000 subscribers. The high costs involved in installing cellular network makes it uneconomical for telecom operators to set up base stations in villages and towns with low population. A single-cell WAM envisages merging of the base station with WAM. The cell can be designed to service a group of 200 to 500 subscribers. By switching to the single-cell WAM technology, the cost per subscriber can be brought down by 30 to 40 per cent. Industry experts said, the new technology would make it viable for towns and villages with small population to have cellular networks. The single-cell WAM technology will be compatible with all existing C-DOT (Centre for Development of Telematics) switches. However, the company sources said the technology is still in the development stage. They said it is expected to unveil the technology in local markets soon. If proved successful in Indian conditions, it will be to introduced foreign countries, too, they added. Motorola has already launched its CDMA V5.2 link commercially on Bharti Telecom's Madhya Pradesh network. This, incidentally, was the first commercial deployment of Motorola?s V5.2 link in the world. ?V5.2 is now a standard interface compatible to all switches,? said a Motorola official adding that the company has also bagged its first major CDMA WiLL order from the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) for its Delhi circle. The company has bagged this $25m order after qualifying in a tender round joined by Ericcson, Alcatel, LG and Fujitsu. The company has bagged an order to install a total of 1,50,000-line systems over three years, where 50,000-lines system has to be installed in the first six months of this year, said Motorola officials. Kals to focus on software products US alumni readies to pay IIT dues Motorola Q4 profits beat Wall Street forecasts JDS Uniphase to acquire E-Tek in $15-bn deal Compaq cuts prices on notebook PCs, workstations Cyberspace Info comes out with IT solutions for power sector CMIT ties up with German universities T-Rex bones to be auctioned online Indian IT cos head West to Canada Cyberbeauty to be the new face of news Insat-3B to be launched in March Vodafone plans mobile Web-linked products Motorola India making single cell WAM IT cos invest $57m in TurboLinux Infotech Stocks --------------------------------------------------------------------------------