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To: gdichaz who wrote (20752)	1/4/1999 1:32:00 PM
From: biostruggle	Respond to of 152472

Airtouch owns a large block of Qualcomm. If merger with BAM goes through they might look to sell or try to force Q into play to obtain money. Any thoughts out there.

To: gdichaz who wrote (20752)	1/4/1999 1:42:00 PM
From: 2brasil	Respond to of 152472

getting closer to europe! Israel's Pele-Phone Announces Nationwide Launch of Motorola Digital Wireless Network ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 1999--Motorola, Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector (NSS) announced today that Israel's Pele-Phone Communications, Ltd. has launched commercially a new Motorola NSS-built CDMA digital cellular network. The CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system is the first of its kind in Israel and provides the entire country with coverage. The new feature-rich network is designed to run parallel to Pele-Phone's other national cellular network, an analog version known as Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service or NAMPS, which Motorola NSS installed in 1994. Prior to that Pele-Phone had relied on another Motorola NSS analog system dating back to 1986. ''Cellular phone users throughout Israel are quite demanding in today's world of wireless telecommunications due to their unusually heavy use of the technology,'' said Yigal Bar-Yossef, Pele-Phone's CEO. ''They require the very best technology, and using both NAMPS and CDMA technologies allows us to give them what they want,'' he said. Motorola NSS was awarded the $260 million contract to build a new CDMA network in December 1997. The new network allows Pele-Phone to offer its customers Short Message Service (SMS), which Motorola NSS has installed on all of its commercial CDMA deployments. SMS enables subscribers to receive voice mail notification, English and Hebrew digital pages, text messages, message time stamps, an urgent message indicator, plus voice mail message count and informational services such as stock quotes, sports scores, weather and traffic. ''Pele-Phone Communications, Ltd. is a fine example of a cellular provider that has intensified its customer focus and marketplace competitiveness by tapping the best technology available to meet its current and future needs,'' said Adrian Nemcek, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Motorola NSS Customer Solutions Group. At the heart of Pele-Phone's new CDMA network are Motorola NSS's SC™4812 base transceivers, the most efficient and economical with regard to footprint and modular growth, and the EMX® 5000 Mobile Switch, the system's open architectural mainstay. The new network provides for the ''soft handoff'' of calls, a feature that virtually eliminates dropped calls. Soft handoffs help secure the connection of a caller's signal to a new cell before disconnecting the caller from the old cell they are about to leave. Pele-Phone Communications Ltd., the largest cellular telephone operator in Israel, was established in 1986. The company is jointly owned by Bezeq, Israel's Telecommunications Corporation, and Motorola. Pele-Phone offers customers national coverage with a wide variety of advanced cellular services. Their main offices are in Tel Aviv, with an additional 14 service centers throughout the country to serve customers in their local areas. Pele-Phone has approximately 950 employees, the majority of which are engineers, technicians and customer service personnel. Motorola NSS is a pioneer in CDMA network infrastructure technology design and deployment, having launched the world's first commercial CDMA system in Hong Kong in 1995. Motorola NSS also is the world leader in terms of both the number of CDMA deployments internationally (31) and the number of countries (16) where Motorola NSS equipment operates today. (a) Motorola, Inc. is a global leader in advanced electronic systems and services. It creates software-driven products that provide integrated customer solutions and Internet access via wireless and satellite communications, as well as computing, networking, and automotive electronics. Motorola also liberates the power of technology by providing essential digital building blocks in the form of embedded semiconductors, controls and systems. Sales in 1997 were $29.8 billion. For more information please visit the web site at motorola.com. (a) According to Cahners In-Stat Group's analysis of company announcements made during 1997 through November 1998, and includes awards for digital cellular, Personal Communications Service and wireless local loop. Contact: Motorola NSS Joe Arimond, 847/632-3889 JARIMON1@email.mot.com More Quotes and News: Motorola Inc (NYSE:MOT - news) Related News Categories: semiconductors, telecom Help Copyright © 1999 Business Wire. All rights reserved. All the news releases provided by Business Wire are copyrighted. Any forms of copying other than an individual user's personal reference without express written permission is prohibited. Further distribu

To: gdichaz who wrote (20752)	1/4/1999 1:52:00 PM
From: SKIP PAUL	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

BellAtlantic with ATI and Primeco would have coverage in 39 states with almost no overlap. GTE's wireless business would mostly be redundant to BEL+ATI+primeco. I think GTE deal is not happening.