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To: 4-UR-Eyes-Only who wrote (3176)	11/20/1997 8:50:00 AM
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Thursday November 20, 8:30 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: DSC Communications Corporation Unisource Signs Frame Agreement With DSC Airspan, DSC's Wireless Fixed Access System, Selected in International Tender DALLAS, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- DSC Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: DIGI - news) announced today that it has signed a frame agreement with the Unisource shareholders for the supply of DSC's Airspan Wireless Fixed Access (WFA) system. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Airspan is a CDMA-based WFA system that offers a variety of services, including 64 Kbit/s telephony, Basic Rate ISDN and n x 64 Kbit/s Digital Leased Lines. Airspan architecture is point to multipoint, using a central radio site to connect customers within a radius of 15 km. Airspan is initially planned to be deployed in the rural areas of Sweden, and deployments to other Unisource parties are expected to follow shortly. Ake Sall, responsible for purchasing coordination among the Unisource shareholders, said: ''Airspan's high speech quality, premium services and wide area coverage make it ideally suited for economic provision of advanced telecommunications services in the rural areas of Sweden. The system is also very flexible, offering us the ability to deliver advanced services to our customers as the need arises without the time and expense associated with traditional infrastructure upgrades.'' Eric Stonestrom, vice president, Airspan products division, DSC, said, ''This agreement provides the Unisource partners with an innovative, advanced fixed wireless service delivery system to carry them into the next century. DSC is proud to have been chosen in an open international tender to supply Airspan to the Unisource partners and to have the opportunity to work closely with three of Europe's premier operators.'' Unisource NV is a pan-European telecommunications company, created in response to the changing European business environment and customers' requirements for pan-European and global communications services. The company was established in 1992 by Telia of Sweden and PTT Telecom of the Netherlands. Swisscom of Switzerland became a partner in 1993. In 1994, Unisource gave its pan-European venture a global reach by forming a joint venture with AT&T, called AT&T-Unisource Communications Services. Unisource is also a founding equity partner with AT&T, KDD of Japan and Singapore Telecom of the WorldPartners company. AT&T-Unisource Communications Services is a member of the WorldPartner Association, which today consists of 17 telecom service providers, distributing services in over 30 countries around the world. Unisource shareholders also hold a majority stake in Infonet, whose WorldNetwork data communications services now cover over 180 countries worldwide. DSC Communications is a global provider of advanced telecommunications products, including digital switching, transmission, access and network management systems. DSC's integrated network solutions support voice, data and video services, including intelligent networking, wireless, Internet and switched digital video applications. DSC had 1996 revenues of approximately $1.4 billion and is active in more than 60 countries worldwide. SOURCE: DSC Communications Corporation