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To: limtex who wrote (12089)	7/7/1998 1:23:00 AM
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NT Demonstrate Fastest Data Rate on Commercial IS-95 cdmaOne System TORONTO, July 6 /PRNewswire/ - Nortel (Northern Telecom) (NYSE: NT/TSE: NTL) today publicly demonstrated that high-speed delivery of data over wireless networks can be accomplished using existing cdmaOne networks. Nortel, along with wireless operator Bell Mobility, a Mobility Canada member company, will demonstrate high-speed circuit switched Internet access at speeds up to 57.6 kilobits per second over Bell Mobility's commercial CDMA network from a terminal at the Comdex technology exposition in Toronto, July 8-10, 1998. Until now, no cdmaOne infrastructure vendor has publicly displayed data delivery over IS-95 networks at speeds higher than 14.4 kbps. ''High-speed wireless data capability will allow us to meet the needs of our most demanding customers as well as differentiate ourselves from other operators who have less robust data offerings,'' said Brian O'Shaughnessy, vice-president, technology development, Bell Mobility. ''Especially attractive is the ability to provide customers with wireless data solutions over our current CDMA voice network.'' This high-speed data initiative is a part of a $Cdn 60 million research program announced earlier this year by Mobility Canada. Under this initiative, Nortel and Mobility Canada will pursue the development of multimedia services and applications. This demonstration further supports Nortel's commitment to webtone and the advancement of wireless IP networks. Nortel recently announced it would conduct 3G trials in 1998, which will allow for even faster data rates while protecting an operator's current infrastructure investment. 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, in 18 months of production, has shipped more than 5,000 base stations from its wireless manufacturing facility in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Mobility Canada brings together wireless companies, including Bell Mobility, from across Canada, to provide service under the Mobility umbrella. Offering Canadians national service on a regional basis, Mobility Canada is a market leader in wireless communication solutions, including cellular, PCS, wireless data and satellite services. Bell Mobility provides a complete range of wireless communications solutions - cellular, one- and two-way paging, data, satellite, PCS and airline passenger communications services to more than 1.7 million Canadian customers. Bell Mobility companies are subsidiaries of BCE Mobile Communications Inc. [NYSE:BCX - news], a publicly traded company (TSE, ME, NYSE; stock symbol BCX) which is 65% owned by BCE Inc [NYSE:BCE - news]. Nortel had 1997 revenues of $US 15.5 billion and has approximately 73,000 employees worldwide.