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To: Bernard Levy who wrote (15861)	10/1/1998 2:18:00 PM
From: SKIP PAUL	Respond to of 152472

Utah Operator Selects Wireless Network Solution from Nortel Networks PR Newswire - October 01, 1998 10:42 Jump to first matched term UBTA to Offer Wireline, Wireless Services from Nortel Networks DMS-100 Wireless Switch DALLAS, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ - UBTA Communications, an independent operating company (IOC) offering wireline telephone service in Utah, has selected Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT/TSE: NTL) to upgrade its network to also provide wireless services under a three-year US$ 6.6 million contract. UBTA, which has approximately 4,000 customers, will add Nortel Networks' flexible DMS-100 Wireless switch to handle its wireline telephone traffic. The versatile switch will also support 800 MHz analog and TDMA networks as well as a cdmaOne (IS-95 CDMA) 1900 MHz network operated by its wireless subsidiary, Uintah Basin Electronic Telecommunication (UBET). As part of the contract with Nortel Networks, UBET will replace its existing analog 800 MHz base stations with Nortel's DualMode Radio base stations and deploy CDMA base stations for a 1900 MHz system. UBTA is the first company to commercially deploy TDMA service off the DMS-100 Wireless switch as well as one of the first operators to offer analog, TDMA and CDMA in the same market. This signals the continued growth of CDMA in rural locations using the Nortel DMS-100 Wireless. The DMS-100 Wireless switch elegantly integrates wireless and wireline services, providing a number of features that can potentially increase revenue. The switch supports simultaneous and sequential ringing at multiple phones and sharing of a common voice mailbox between a wireless and wireline phone. The operator will also benefit since switching costs are spread between wireless and wireline applications, without the addition of costly platforms, creating operational savings. ''The seamless integration of wireless and wireline services off a single switch helps us better position our company for the future,'' said Bruce Todd, general manager, UBTA Communications. ''By deploying Nortel Networks' DMS-100 Wireless we are able to look at additional offerings down the road as well as address the needs of our customers today.''