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To: Jay Rommel who wrote (4233)	10/26/1998 12:52:00 PM
From: Beltropolis Boy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 7342

U.K. Operator Selects Tellabs to Remove Most Background Noise From Mobile Phone Calls Cellnet to Install Tellabs Echo Cancellers in 13 Switching Sites October 26, 1998 10:38 AM LISLE, Ill., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellnet, a leading mobile telephone service operator in the United Kingdom, is deploying Tellabs EC Duo(TM) 8000 echo cancellers in a new product rollout plan that is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. Cellnet is installing EC Duo 8000 echo cancellers in 13 switching centers across the U.K. Cellnet is the first operator to deploy the Tellabs EC Duo 8000 system with noise cancellation. Cellnet said it selected Tellabs because of its echo cancellers' unique combination of call-quality capabilities, including the ability to suppress annoying background noise on mobile phone calls. "Cellnet's customers will notice real differences when making calls," said Mike Tiplady, director of technology at Cellnet. "There's no longer a need to shout into a phone," Tiplady said. "Our customers will be able to speak at normal conversation levels whether on mobile-to-mobile calls or mobile-to-landline calls -- even in noisy environments, such as in pubs, on busy streets or crowded commuter trains." By differentiating between the caller's voice and background sound and, in effect, amplifying the speaker's voice, the Tellabs echo cancellers can reduce background noise by 75 percent while retaining that element of background sound needed for natural sounding conversation. This breakthrough in providing optimum speech quality is a result of more than two years of research and development by both Tellabs and Cellnet, according to Chris Royden, Tellabs vice president of sales for Europe. "This represents a key strategic relationship for our two companies," Royden said. "This technology will provide high call quality for both mobile and landline users, helping build long-term customer loyalty." Based on Tellabs' advanced HDRP (high-density RISC processor) technology, the bi-directional EC Duo 8000 echo canceller provides the core platform for a set of powerful software tools that optimize levels in a call by distinguishing a caller's voice from background noise -- equivalent to amplifying the caller's speech. All forms of echo, including acoustic and hybrid echoes, are eliminated by the patented technology of Tellabs digital echo canceller systems. Cellnet launched its network service in 1985 and today has the biggest digital network in Britain, offering coverage to 99 percent of the population in the U.K. It is investing more than U.S. $1.5 million every working day to improve the quality of its network. Cellnet aims by 2000 to treble "call- ability," the call capacity of its network, to keep ahead of expected explosive growth in mobile phone use.