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To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (18618)	3/6/2002 2:20:48 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

re: Dumb antennas << Sharing masts, much more cost-efficient. >> Do both. Nortel and Cingular also today say they have completed a trial of radio spectrum innovations that can increase voice traffic capacity by 120 percent. The companies plan to deploy the technology. Then in February, Cingular and AT&T Wireless -- another carrier moving the GPRS route -- said they would split the cost of network upgrades along remote U.S. highways. >> Nortel Seals $500 Million Deal With Cingular Kristy Bassuener March 6, 2002 Nortel Networks today announces a $500 million contract to expand and upgrade Cingular Wireless networks. Under the deal, signed in November 2001, Nortel will provide GRM/GPRS upgrades to Cingular territories in the Carolinas, Georgia and Puerto Rico. The arrangement also calls for a TDMA-to-GSM upgrade for the networks located in Puerto Rico. Nortel and Cingular also today say they have completed a trial of radio spectrum innovations that can increase voice traffic capacity by 120 percent. The companies plan to deploy the technology. Late last year Cingular surprised some insiders by announcing that it would port its current-generation TDMA networks to GPRS and EDGE technologies as its path to next-generation services. In December, Ericsson and Nokia announced that they had signed contracts worth most of the $3 billion estimated cost of migrating Cingular's networks. Then in February, Cingular and AT&T Wireless -- another carrier moving the GPRS route -- said they would split the cost of network upgrades along remote U.S. highways. << - Eric -