Ericsson provides TDMA wireless networks in Caribbean

Ericsson provides TDMA wireless networks for offering wireline voice quality in Caribbean Ericsson has received orders from Cable & Wireless to construct IS-136 TDMA wireless networks in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. This is a part of its strategy to enhance subscriber services, enable roaming and offer wireline voice quality in the region. The combined value of these orders is USD 30 million (SEK 237 million). In 1998, Cable & Wireless purchased a IS-136 TDMA (D-AMPS) network in Panama that now provides coverage in all major urban and tourist areas as well as on all major connecting highways. In addition, it recently selected IS-136 TDMA to upgrade their networks in Trinidad and Barbados. Cable & Wireless has a long established history in the Caribbean and is now extending its mobile portfolio with the introduction of digital services using IS-136 TDMA. As virtually all countries in North, South and Central America and many parts of the Asia Pacific region, Eastern and Central Europe have selected this technology, roaming is enabled in a large part of the world. There are nearly 90 million subscribers using IS-136 TDMA/AMPS networks worldwide. IS-136 TDMA was the first technology to be commercially available as a dual-band (800/1900 MHz) and dual-mode (analog/digital) technology. Almost 16 million subscribers are already using IS-136 TDMA digital services. Ericsson is the leading provider in the new telecoms world, with communications solutions that combine telecom and datacom technologies with the freedom of mobility for the user. With more than 100,000 employees in 140 countries, Ericsson simplifies communications for its customers - network operators, service providers, enterprises and consumers - the world over. Please visit Ericsson's Press Room at: http://www.ericsson.se/pressroom FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Dominique Jodoin, Vice President Sales & Market Operations Ericsson Radio Systems, Cellular Systems - American Standards Phone: +46 8 757 2311 Bo Carlsson, President, Ericsson Caribbean Phone: +1 787 758 1770 Johan Wiklund, Press Relations Manager, Ericsson Mobile Systems Phone: +46 70 560 0134; E-mail: johan.wiklund@era.ericsson.se Company information Cable & Wireless is the world's leading provider of integrated communications and a major global carrier of communications traffic: internet, data, voice and video. Its businesses around the world offer a range of services spanning interactive entertainment and information, broadband data, internet access and broadcast television, as well as fixed and mobile voice. With 17 million customers in 70 countries, Cable & Wireless is one of the world's largest carriers of international traffic, provides mobile communications in more than 30 countries and operates the world's largest, most advanced cableship fleet.