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Motorola to Upgrade NTELOS
CDMA Networks to 3G
$44 million Contract for Virginia and
West Virginia Markets
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS,
Ill., Feb. 13, 2002 – Motorola’s Global Telecom Solutions Sector has
been awarded a $44 million contract to upgrade the NTELOS CDMA (Code Division
Multiple Access) networks to third generation (3G) CDMA2000 1X capability and it
installs new call switching capacity.
The
contract, which includes upgrading existing base station transceivers, covers
the NTELOS networks in the West Virginia cities of Huntington, Morgantown,
Charleston, Beckley and Bluefield, and in the Virginia cities of
Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Danville, Martinsville, Roanoke, Waynesboro and
Staunton.
This contract win becomes the
seventh CDMA2000 1X contract announced by Motorola for networks in the United
States and 13th announced contract worldwide.
“With this contract, we will equip our
network with the infrastructure necessary for future wireless subscriber
growth,” said James Quarforth, chief executive officer for NTELOS.
”Motorola is a proven leader in designing, planning and optimizing CDMA
networks,” said Quarforth.
“Motorola and NTELOS have enjoyed an
excellent working relationship for several years. This major CDMA 1X system
upgrade project will benefit NTELOS by significantly increasing voice capacity
and it will make the network ready to introduce high-speed wireless Internet
access capability for subscribers,” said Fred Wright, senior vice
president and general manager of North America for Motorola’s Global
Telecom Solutions Sector. “The network upgrade also provides the
foundation for increased data speed enhancements that will evolve over the next
few years,” said Wright.
About
NTELOS
NTELOS Inc. (NASDAQ:
NTLO)
is an integrated communications provider with headquarters in Waynesboro,
Virginia. NTELOS provides products and services to customers in Virginia, West
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, including digital PCS, dial-up
Internet access, high-speed DSL (high-speed Internet access), and local and long
distance telephone services. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, a New York
investment firm with $12 billion in private capital, is a leading shareholder of
NTELOS. Detailed information about NTELOS is available online at
www.ntelos.com.
About
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global
leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic
solutions. Sales in 2001 were $30 billion. Visit
www.motorola.com
for more information.
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Inc. 2002.
Media
Contacts:
Susan
Bernard
NTELOS Public
Relations
(540)
946-3518
Roderick
Kelly
Motorola
(847)
632-6730 office
(847) 732-6730
mobile
Roderick.Kelly@motorola.com
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