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Lucent Technologies Wins Multi-Million Dollar Project in El Salvador

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Lucent Technologies has been awarded a multi-million dollar project by Intel S.A. de C.V., a Grupo Telefonica affiliate, to supply equipment and services for an integrated, multi-service telecommunications network in El Salvador. The project, which is scheduled for completion by the end of 1998, includes the installation of Lucent's flagship 5ESS AnyMedia switch, Autoplex System 1000 Series II cell sites, an Airloop Wireless Local Loop System, and technical expertise, professional, and support services.

Key Takeaways:

  • Lucent Technologies has been awarded a multi-million dollar project to build a new telecommunications network in El Salvador, expanding the country's telephone lines by 20 percent.
  • The project involves the installation of Lucent's flagship 5ESS AnyMedia switch, Autoplex System 1000 Series II cell sites, an Airloop Wireless Local Loop System, and technical expertise, professional, and support services.
  • The network will provide both fixed and mobile wireless services based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital technology and an international gateway for long distance calling and high-speed data transmission for businesses.
  • Lucent Technologies is the sole supplier to the project and has a comprehensive understanding of CDMA technology, with over 100 CDMA networks either in commercial operation or under construction for 25 network operators worldwide.
  • Telefonica, a Grupo Telefonica affiliate, has 51% of the shares in Intel, one of El Salvador's two telephone service providers, and has managed more than 12 million telephone lines, 2.5 million cellular subscribers, and two million cable TV customers in Latin America as of June 1998.
  • Lucent Technologies has a significant presence in the Caribbean and Latin America region, with 20 countries and approximately 15,000 employees, and five manufacturing plants in Mexico, Venezuela, and Brazil, and designs, builds, and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems, and software.

Statistics:

  • 300,000 existing telephone lines in El Salvador, which will increase by 20 percent with the new network.
  • 100 CDMA networks either in commercial operation or under construction for 25 network operators worldwide.
  • 12 million telephone lines managed by Telefonica in Latin America as of June 1998.
  • 2.5 million cellular subscribers managed by Telefonica in Latin America as of June 1998.
  • 2 million cable TV customers managed by Telefonica in Latin America as of June 1998.
  • $2.9 billion in revenues for TISA (Telefonica International, S.A.) in 1997.

Sources:

  • M2 Presswire, 23 September 1998
  • Lucent Technologies press release, 23 September 1998
  • M2 Communications, Ltd.

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