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To: bananawind who wrote (11732)	6/23/1998 5:52:00 PM
From: 2brasil	Respond to of 152472

IP Over Wireless, Standards Convergence Keys to Future Growth, Nortel (Northern Telecom) Executive Tells CDMA World Congress SINGAPORE, June 23 /PRNewswire/ - Make the Internet Protocol (IP) work over wireless, and resolve the political and technical barriers to a single, global third generation standard. These are imperatives for the continued dynamic growth of wireless communications into the next century, Matt Desch, president, Wireless Networks, Nortel (Northern Telecom) (NYSE/NT/TSE: NTL), told cdmaOne proponents today in his opening address to the third annual CDMA World Congress. ''Right now, subscribers don't know or care about W-CDMA or cdma2000,'' Desch said. ''It's just not important to them. All they want is mobile communications that work... and in the near future, mobile multimedia services that are simple, affordable and reliable.'' Desch called for a renewed focus on business and consumer needs, and on identification and development of compelling services to meet those needs. He also linked the growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web with the continued success of wireless. ''Subscribers are finding new ways to use the Internet to drive added value in their personal and professional lives,'' he said. ''The only thing missing is making it available to them anytime, anywhere... and the only solution that can make it happen is a wireless one.'' Nortel recently demonstrated its commitment to development and delivery of IP-centric wired and wireless networks by announcing plans to acquire Bay Networks, a worldwide data networking market leader, in a deal estimated to be worth US $9.1 billion. The combination of Nortel and Bay Networks will create a new category of company which will be first to deliver mission-critical IP networks capable of reaching anyone, anytime, anyplace in the world. Nortel's exhibit at the third annual CDMA World Congress this week features the latest addition to the complete Nortel family of flexible, cost-effective cdmaOne digital wireless network solutions -- the Nortel CDMA Minicell base station. The Nortel CDMA Minicell provides quick and cost-effective service coverage in rural areas, along highways, in ''hot spots,'' and indoors in office buildings, malls and other public areas. Nortel's exhibit also includes the Nortel FCP800 CDMA base station, the Nortel RF Optimizer and Nortel's Virtual Home Location Register (VHLR). The Nortel FCP800 base station combines power and channel elements and RF components in a single cabinet for scalability and a small footprint. It features low receive sensitivity for improved coverage, an integrated duplexer for easy overlay of existing networks, and easy migration from an omni-directional configuration to a three-sector design. The Nortel RF Optimizer is an easy-to-use software package that provides status reports on network performance and detailed problem analysis. Nortel's VHLR allows one physical Home Location Register to be divided into multiple partitions for use by multiple networks. Nortel CDMA digital wireless networks are in service or under construction in more than 80 cities around the world, serving more than a million subscribers. Nortel has shipped more than 5,000 CDMA base stations in 18 months.