NextLevel Broadband Networks to Supply MPEG -2 Digital Wireless System to CS Wireless for Launch in San Antonio Area
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11/06/97
PR Newswire
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HATBORO, Pa., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- NextLevel Systems, Inc. (NYSE: NLV) Broadband Networks Group announced today that CS Wireless Systems, Inc. has placed orders for NextLevel's MPEG -2 digital network system technology and equipment for its wireless digital video deployment in San Antonio. This area has 440,000 line-of-sight homes that can be served using the digital wireless system. The launch of this market follows CS Wireless' previously announced plans to launch in the Dallas market with NextLevel equipment.
NextLevel will provide CS Wireless with a complete end-to-end solution, including digital wireless consumer set-top terminals with telco return path capability, related headend equipment and systems integration services. Video programming sources for the system will include a combination of digital satellite content, including programming provided by TelQuest, and local MPEG - 2 encoded content. This system will serve as the foundation for CS Wireless' service offerings, such as digital-quality video and audio, more channels, and a range of services including an Electronic Program Guide, Internet access over television, impulse pay-per-view and educational services.
"NextLevel's standards-based MPEG -2 platform enables us to offer our customers all the advantages of digital video today, and will evolve to include a wide range of additional digital and interactive services in the future," said Frank Hosea, Chief Operating Officer of CS Wireless. "The flexibility of NextLevel's digital system will allow us to deliver an evolving array of digital services and to maintain high-quality service for our customers."
"NextLevel is pleased to provide CS Wireless and its customers with a standards-based MPEG -2 digital wireless system," stated Glenn Altchek, Director of NextLevel's Wireless Systems Group. "Our relationship with CS Wireless further positions NextLevel as the leader in the North American wireless market."
CS Wireless Systems, Inc. is a privately held company formed by a partnership of Heartland Wireless Communications and CAI Wireless Systems, Inc. CS Wireless operates wireless cable systems in ten markets throughout the United States, having an estimated 6.2 million line-of-sight households.
NextLevel Systems, Inc. (NYSE: NLV) is a leading worldwide supplier of systems and components for high-performance communications networks delivering video, voice and Internet/data services. Created in the three-way split of General Instrument Corporation, NextLevel Systems comprises three businesses that are leaders in distinct global growth markets: the Broadband Networks Group, based in Hatboro, Pa.; the Satellite Data Networks business, based in San Diego, Calif.; and Next Level Communications, based in Rohnert Park, Calif. NextLevel Systems, headquartered in Chicago, posted revenues of $1.8 billion in 1996 and employs more than 8,300 people worldwide.
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