Nokia In $240 Million Deal With At & T

The three-year agreement was valued at $240 million, it said.

Nokia will supply AWS with TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) dual band, dual mode handsets, which will have a default capability to switch to analog networks when not operating in an AWS digital network, Nokia said.

This new phone will allow our customers the flexibility to travel to all of our markets and utilise our various networks seamlessly, AWS executive vice-president Maggie Wilderotter said.

AWS will begin to deploy new PCS (Personal Communication Services) systems in 1997. When ready, AWS networks will cover about 80 per cent of the US population. AWS has more than six million celluar subscribers, Nokia said. Nokia will supply AWS with TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) dual band, dual mode handsets, which will have a default capability to switch to analog networks.

 

when not operating in an AWS digital network, Nokia said.

This new phone will allow our customers the flexibility to travel to all of our markets and utilise our various networks seamlessly, AWS executive vice president Maggie Wilderotter said.

AWS will begin to deploy new PCS (Personal Communication Services) systems in 1997. When ready, AWS networks will cover about 80 per cent of the US population. AWS has more than six million celluar subscribers, Nokia said.