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Article: Motorola Wins $21 Million to Deploy CDMA Digital Cellular Network in Bangladesh.
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- June 24, 1998
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SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1998--Motorola, Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group (CIG) today announced it has been awarded an initial $21 million contract from Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Ltd.(PBTL) to install a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital cellular network in Dhaka and Chittagong, Bangladesh. The announcement was made during the 1998 CDMA World Congress, the industry's annual conclave being held here this week.
In the city of Dhaka, the CDMA system will provide service to 50,000 subscribers and will operate in tandem with the 25,000 subscriber Motorola CIG supplied analog cellular network. In Chittagong, the existing analog cellular ...