Product category: Wireless Communications
News Release from: Hemisphere GPS
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 28 November 2005
Order for GSM desktop phones totals US$4
million
CSI Wireless has announced US$4 million of purchase orders for its desktop cellular telephones.
CSI Wireless has announced US$4 million of purchase orders for its desktop cellular telephones The orders are for CSI's increasingly popular GSM-based phones, and are to be fulfilled by 31st January 2006
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Feb 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"These orders are indicative of the continuing strength of our fixed wireless business", said Stephen Verhoeff, CSI Wireless' President and CEO.
"The fourth quarter should see us ship a record volume of phones, and we expect more growth as cellular carriers that have tested and approved our phones for use on their networks increase their quarterly purchases".
The purchase orders that CSI Wireless announced today follow US$13 million of similar orders announced 28th September, most of which are to be shipped in the fourth quarter of 2005.
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The combination of these orders reflects both continuous business that CSI Wireless has under contract, and individual purchase orders from carriers that recently approved the phones for their network's use.
"Market interest in our desktop cellular or fixed wireless phones is escalating in the many countries where conventional copper-wire phone service is unavailable or very expensive", said Verhoeff.
"We are now selling our phones in several regions around the world".
CSI Wireless' GSM phones have been approved by 23 cellular carriers worldwide.
Another 39 GSM carriers are progressing through product testing and approval processes.
Meanwhile, CSI's TDMA phone has become the most popular TDMA desktop cellular phone in Latin America.
CSI began manufacturing a TDMA-based desktop cellular telephone in late 2002.
The 300 Series phone has become very popular in Mexico and other Latin American markets.
Following the 300 Series' success, CSI entered the much larger GSM market - including networks in 170 countries worldwide encompassing more than 70% of global cellular users - by introducing two GSM desktop cellular phones.
The 400 Series is an entry-level GSM product for consumers wanting superior-quality voice service at a competitive price, while the 410 Series provides the same superior-quality voice service plus the added capability of data through GPRS enabling the added value and convenience of supporting text-messaging, internet and email capabilities.
Desktop cellular phones enable rapid, low-cost telecommunications service to consumers in regions throughout the world where traditional copper-wire landline phone service is unavailable or not affordable.
Compared with portable cellular phones, desktop cellular phones provide much broader signal range and better voice quality.
They plug into standard AC electrical power outlets, and resemble standard desktop or wall-mounted phones.
The primary markets for CSI's desktop cellular phones are private homes and small businesses.
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