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To: Jon who wrote (15503)	9/25/1998 1:11:00 PM
From: 2brasil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

ot=====Northern Telecom announcement/CDMA cell (Full text of press release from Canada NewsWire) NORTEL (NORTHERN TELECOM) INTRODUCES STATE OF THE ART CDMA BASE STATION SOLUTION Flexible, High Capacity and Easily Upgradeable to 3G Features ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 23 /CNW/ - Nortel (Northern Telecom) (NYSE: NT/TSE:NTL) today announced the CDMA Metro Cell, a new base station designed to offer wireless operators the ultimate flexibility in deploying network assets and an easy path to third-generation (3G) upgrades. The CDMA Metro Cell, on display for the first time at PCS '98, gives operators the ability to deploy base stations designed with modular growth to help meet the current and projected traffic needs of metropolitan applications. The CDMA Metro Cell has the capacity to handle urban calling needs, while also having the flexibility and scalability for cost effectiveness in suburban settings. This provides operators with increased network capacity without needing to add additional base stations. The Metro Cell, the first in a new family of CDMA base stations, offers operators future standards (3G) compatibility, lowering cost of ownership and enabling more modular network solutions in fixed, mobile or hybrid environments. The CDMA Metro Cell uses fiber to connect the digital enclosure to the radio enclosure, eliminating signal loss, reducing installation costs for a variety of indoor and outdoor configurations, and providing the bandwidth required for future applications. The ATM based network architecture reduces the cost of networking, allowing high bandwidth IP enabled applications of the future. The Metro Cell also features a modular design and works with Nortel's Smart Multi Carrier Traffic Allocation (MCTA), the most advanced load balancing software available today. Smart MCTA allows CDMA network operators to manage call traffic dynamically, increasing network capacity up to 20 percent. Scheduled for general availability in the first quarter of 1999, the Metro Cell allows operators offering service at both 800 and 1900 MHz to use a single base station and associated cell site facilities to serve both frequencies. 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. /For further information: Paul Rubin, Nortel, (972) 685-6652, paul.rubin(at)nortel.com; Peter Janecek, Nortel, (905) 863-6251, peter.janecek(at)nortel.com; Or visit Nortel's web-site at www.nortel.com/