PANAMA: NEW WIRELESS NETWORK.

0 Comments | Caribbean Update, March, 1998

Cable & Wireless Panama has inaugurated a wireless network, based on the latest Ericsson D-AMPS (IS-136) technology, which is a part of a projected five-year major investment in Cable & Wireless's operation in Panama, it was reported February 3. The first phase of the new wireless network covers the main cities of Panama, as well as some tourist resorts.

Ericsson has also supplied AXE switching equipment to expand Cable & Wireless' fixed network in Panama. To support the expanding business in Panama, Ericsson has established a new company, Ericsson de Panama S.A. Based in Sweden, Ericsson (with 100,000 employees in more than 130 countries) is the major supplier of fixed and wireless network infrastructure in the country, as well as the country's largest supplier of...