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To: Clean who wrote (11047)	6/2/1998 12:44:00 PM
From: bananawind	Respond to of 152472

All... cdmaOne, now playing at a Maritime Province near you... MT&T Mobility, Nortel (Northern Telecom) Bring CDMA Service to Nova Scotia PR Newswire - June 02, 1998 11:56 NTL. NT %TLS V%PRN P%PRN HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, June 2 /PRNewswire/ - MT&T Mobility announced today it is investing Cdn $18 million to provide digital service to Nova Scotia customers using advanced CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) technology. In a deal valued at Cdn $13.5 million, Nortel (Northern Telecom) will provide MT&T Mobility with base stations and switching equipment for the network. MT&T Mobility's digital service will be available in the metropolitan Halifax area as of June 2, 1998, and is the first carrier to bring CDMA technology to Atlantic Canada. ''The launch of digital cellular service means we have yet another addition to our extensive family of wireless communications solutions,'' said Wendy Paquette, President and C.O.O. of MT&T Mobility. ''Our goal is to continue to build the suite of services we can offer our customers, making sure we can effectively meet their individual needs.'' ''We've invested a lot of time and effort to assess all available digital technologies,'' added Paquette. ''We're confident we've chosen the technology that best suits the needs of Nova Scotian businesses and consumers. CDMA technology is the most widely used in North America and delivers significantly enhanced voice quality and coverage relative to its competitors.'' The introduction of digital service will provide coverage to more than 50 percent of cellular users in Nova Scotia. In the second half of 1998 and 1999, MT&T Mobility will continue to expand the digital network to provide customers with the best overall coverage in the province. CDMA provides wireless subscribers with increased battery life, improved voice quality and advanced capabilities such as Call Privacy, Call Display, Visual Call Waiting and Visual Message Waiting. New services such as the delivery of text messaging and e-mail direct to a customer's digital phone will be developed. MT&T Mobility, the leading wireless service provider in Nova Scotia, serves more than 100,000 cellular and paging customers. MT&T Mobility is a separate, wholly owned subsidiary of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company Limited, and is Nova Scotia's leading provider of wireless mobile voice and data communications, through cellular, paging and private radio systems. Nortel had 1997 revenues of US$15.5 billion and has approximately 73,000 employees worldwide. SOURCE Northern Telecom Limited /CONTACT: Paul Rubin, Nortel, (972) 685-6652, paul.rubin(at)nortel.com; Peggy Hirtle, MT&T Mobility, (902) 481-2395, phirtle(at)mobility.mtt.ce; Frank McNally, Nortel, (703) 712-8374, frank.mcnally(at)nortel.com; Or visit Nortel's web-site at www.nortel.com/