Wireless Facilities has been selected by Western Wireless as a services vendor for the company's on-going CDMA, and recently announced GSM/GPRS overlay. Under the terms of the agreement, Wireless Facilities will provide full turnkey services to Western Wireless, including Project Management, Radio Frequency (RF) Design, Network Installation and Commissioning, and Construction Management Services.
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Commenting on the newly signed agreement, Masood K. Tayebi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wireless Facilities, said, "We are very pleased that Western Wireless has once again entrusted their technology overlay efforts to WFI. We have a long-standing relationship with Western Wireless, and we believe this selection provides further confirmation of WFI's ability to deliver full turnkey, reliable services to our clients, as we assist them in expanding their networks to meet the increasing demand for wireless voice and data services."
Western Wireless Chief Operating Officer Eric Hertz commented, "WFI has provided excellent turnkey design and implementation services for WWC's CDMA overlay and we are pleased to extend this relationship to our upcoming GSM deployment." Western Wireless recently announced they will be overlaying GSM/GPRS technology in select markets to accommodate newly signed GSM roaming agreements with Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile USA.
Wireless Facilities designs, deploys and manages wireless networks for some of the largest cellular and PCS carriers and equipment suppliers worldwide. WFI is headquartered in San Diego and has performed work in over 100 countries since the Company was founded in late 1994."
Posted to the site on 29th May 2003
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