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To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (8929)	2/26/1998 4:38:00 PM
From: bananawind	Respond to of 152472

Another North American CDMA rollout.... [7] MANITOBA GETS TASTE OF CDMA-BASED PCS MTS Mobility, the Mobility Canada affiliate responsible for serving the province of Manitoba, officially launched CDMA-based PCS service in Winnipeg today. Rollout plans call for introducing PCS in the Brandon, Steinbach and Selkirk markets later in the year, according to MTS Mobility. The company has committed to spend more than Cdn $40 million during the next four years to provide PCS to a majority of Manitoba's population. In keeping with its approach of offering a wealth of wireless services, MTS Mobility noted that it "remains fully committed" to analog cellular service. As proof, the company said that it has earmarked more than Cdn $8 million toward upgrading equipment and adding new cell sites in rural Manitoba under its 1998 spending plan. "Cellular service will be with us for many years to come, and we will continue to be the main [provincial] provider," said James Fitzgerald, MTS Mobility's president and chief operating officer. "In the years ahead, however, our focus will be fixed on" PCS, with pricing levels set to be competitive with the prevailing cellular rates. Subscribers choose from four different PCS pricing plans. Northern Telecom Ltd. [NT] provided the infrastructure that went into the MTS Mobility network; handsets are being supplied by Sony Electronics [SNE], Qualcomm Inc. [QCOM] and Audiovox Corp. [VOX] to start. Handsets from Motorola Inc. [MOT] and Nokia Corp. [NOK/A] will be offered once they have been fully certified, an MTS Mobility spokeswoman said, adding that the company expects to offer a selection of handsets from as many as 13 different vendors by year's end. PCS service features initially available on the network include call display and message waiting for voice mail. A voice dialing feature will be provided before the end of May, the company said. Pager, e-mail and Internet access applications are in development. (Therese Mickelson, MTS Mobility, 204/941-7733.)