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To: waitwatchwander who wrote (12353)	7/14/1998 1:09:00 PM
From: Daniel Lacroix	Respond to of 152472

Nokia to begin shipments of its CDMA phones to Sprint PCS USA's Largest all-Digital Nationwide PCS Provider to begin offering Nokia 2170 this Month (April 16, 1998) - Nokia today announced it has signed a contract with Sprint PCS, the USA's largest PCS provider, for PCS handsets. Nokia developed its first Code Division Multiple Access-based (CDMA) PCS 1900 MHz digital phone, the Nokia 2170, at its research and development center in San Diego. The CDMA phones will be manufactured at Nokia's facilities in Fort Worth, Texas. Deliveries will begin this month. The Nokia 2170 supports all new digital features, including short message service (SMS), call forwarding, call waiting and caller ID. The phone can be personalized easily with 10 distinct ringing tones, VIP alert tones. It can be ordered in different colors and has multi-language capabilities including English, French and Spanish. Larry Paulson, vice president, CDMA product line management at Nokia Mobile Phones Inc., said the Nokia 2170 incorporates Nokia's own CDMA chip design, which provides customers a choice in selecting CDMA digital technology. Nokia is one of the few companies in the world to design and manufacture both 800 MHz and 1900 MHz phones with its own chip set. "The Nokia 2170, along with the Nokia 2180 (dual-mode 800 MHz), reflects Nokia's dominance in digital technology development," said Paulson. "Now Sprint PCS customers can enjoy the digital features of the new Nokia 2170. When combined with the exceptional call clarity, security and reach of the 100 percent digital Sprint PCS CDMA nationwide network, the Nokia 2170 is a winning product." The Nokia 2170 incorporates all of Nokia's award-winning features, including the company's pioneering, big-screen, 30-character LCD display with permanent signal and battery-strength indicators, and separate voicemail and text-message-waiting indicators. "One-touch" dialing keys provide instant access to emergency services, voicemail, messaging, keyguard and frequently called numbers. All features are easily accessible via Nokia's user-friendly menu with soft-key interface. "We have worked very closely on the introduction of Nokia's first CDMA PCS phone," said Mike Coad, vice president of subscriber equipment for Sprint PCS. "Nokia's experience in digital wireless products, sales and support combined with the Sprint PCS 100-percent digital, 100-percent CDMA nationwide PCS network makes the Nokia 2170 a valuable addition to the extensive line of Sprint PCS phones from which our customers can choose. The Nokia 2170 will be available in RadioShack stores, Sprint PCS retail stores and other third party retail stores nationwide in the U.S." In its introductory slim-battery configuration, the Nokia 2170 provides up to 120 minutes of talk time or up to 53 hours of standby time. An optional extended NiMH (nickel metal hydride) battery pack is also available, providing up to four hours and fifteen minutes of talk time or up to 110 hours (more than four days) of standby time. A full range of accessories, unmatched by any other manufacturer in the industry, are available, including hands-free car, desk and headset kits. Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is a broad-scope telecommunications company supplying mobile phones, mobile and fixed telecommunications networks, data communications solutions, multimedia terminals and PC monitors. With sales in 130 countries, net sales totaled FIM 52.6 billion ($9.8 billion) in 1997. Nokia employs more than 36,000 people worldwide. Find us at www.nokia.com. Sprint PCS has the largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network in the United States, already serving 149 metropolitan markets which include more than 800 cities. Sprint PCS, together with its affiliates and Sprint Corporation, has licensed PCS coverage of nearly 260 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Sprint PCS, with headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, is a partnership of Sprint Corporation, Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), Cox Communications, Inc. and Comcast Corporation. For more information, visit the Sprint PCS web-site at www.sprintpcsnews.com

To: waitwatchwander who wrote (12353)	7/14/1998 1:30:00 PM
From: bananawind	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

nf and all... Japan cdmaOne is up and running. Should be a nice pop to royalties from the MOT infrastructure for the current quarter (assuming recognition follows commercial start date). Motorola CIG Announces First Commercial Launch of Nationwide cdmaOne Cellular Network in Japan Business Wire - July 14, 1998 10:45 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1998--Commercial service of Japan's first CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) digital cellular network began today using state-of-the-art infrastructure designed, manufactured and installed by Motorola, Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group (CIG) for DDI, one of Japan's leading cellular service providers. The CDMA network also is known as cdmaOne(TM). The commercial launch of the new network, which was tested during an extensive trial, is being introduced today by three of DDI's regional service providers in 177 cities including Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Nagasaki, Fukuoka and Naha, plus 440 towns and villages. Five other DDI regional service providers plan commercial cdmaOne launches between December and April that will extend the new service to more than 800 other cities, towns and villages. And when IDO, another leading Japanese cellular service provider, launches its commercial cdmaOne service in April 1999, the combined service territories of the two companies will encompass nearly 2,000 cities, towns and villages nationally. Until then, DDI's cdmaOne customers with dual-mode handsets will have nationwide coverage through an existing Motorola CIG-installed analog network. The Japanese government's original decision to support the selection of CDMA technology by its cellular service providers was based on the nation's requirement for a more spectrally efficient RF technology that provides high voice and call quality and the maximum capacity for future growth. "In a country whose 126 million people are signing up for cellular service at a rate of almost one million a month, cdmaOne technology is the optimal cellular solution because of its high-capacity characteristics and superior voice and call quality," said Ron Hamma, vice president and general manager of Motorola CIG's Japan Cellular Infrastructure Division. The DDI/IDO nationwide network is comprised of Motorola CIG's SC(TM) family of base stations and EMX(R) 5000 mobile switches. The EMX 5000 was developed jointly by Motorola CIG and DSC Communications Corporation. DSC manufactures the switch and provides core platform software while Motorola CIG develops the mobility applications software. Six-sector technology, which nearly doubles a cell's capacity, plus state-of-the-art 8 Kbps Enhanced Variable Rate Coders (EVRC), digital voice encoders that provide landline quality voice transmission and significant capacity gains, are incorporated throughout the network. Unlike the older 8 Kbps and 13 Kbps vocoder technology used by other cellular and Personal Communications Service (PCS) operators, the new 8 Kbps EVRC also is exceptional in eliminating background noise that may be heard during calls in dense urban areas, for example. In a recent survey of more than 1,400 cdmaOne live trial participants, 80 percent said the technology produced voice and call quality equal to or better than a conventional landline call, while 82 percent of those who currently use cellular phones said the cdmaOne technology's voice and call quality was superior to all other cellular technologies. DDI is the second largest carrier in Japan. Established in June of 1984, DDI operates eight regional phone companies that provide both analog and Personal Digital Communications (PDC) cellular service. IDO was established in March of 1987 to offer mobile phone communication services. IDO's service areas reach out from the heart of Tokyo and cover much of the central region of Honshu, the principal island of Japan and the nation's most densely populated area. Motorola CIG deployed the world's first commercial CDMA system in 1995 in Hong Kong. Currently, the company has more than 100 agreements in 25 countries to provide commercial and trial cdmaOne equipment across the globe. Motorola CIG deployed its first cellular system, an analog TACS network, in 1989 in Japan for DDI's Kansai Cellular Telephone in the Osaka region. The other seven DDI regions and IDO followed later to provide nationwide coverage. In 1991, Motorola CIG introduced NTACS (Narrowband TACS) into Japan when DDI began NTACS service in Osaka and IDO later launched NTACS service in Tokyo and Nagoya. By 1992, Motorola CIG analog systems were serving subscribers nationwide in all eight regions served by DDI and the two areas served by IDO. To accommodate the tremendous popularity of cellular in Japan, operators began launching PDC, a new digital technology which offered system capacity gains of about three times that of TACS. In 1993, Motorola CIG began deploying PDC systems for the service provider Tu-Ka at 1.5 GHz in the Tokyo and Tokai regions and at 800 MHz with DDI's other cellular telephone companies. The nationwide buildout of PDC was completed by Motorola CIG in late 1996 with the commercial launch of the Okinawa system. Motorola, Inc. has been operating in Japan since opening its first office in 1962 in Tokyo. Motorola CIG maintains sales, service and engineering support facilities in Japan, as well as a 3G research and development center. Motorola, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems, components and services. Motorola's 1997 sales were $29.8 billion. For more information on Motorola CIG, please visit the web site at mot.com.