newsbytes@clarinet.com (01/18/90)
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 1990 JAN 12 (NB) -- Mexico, a country working hard to upgrade its phone system with foreign help, has signed a $32 million contract with Ericsson of Sweden to create a cellular telephone system for Mexico City and expand the existing Ericsson system in Tijuana, Mexico. Previously, Mexico had installed land links to the American phone systems of AT&T, MCI, and US Sprint. The Ericcson contract calls for deliveries this year to DIPSA, a subsidiary of Telmex, the national phone company. Ericsson's Tijuana system was put into service last October and today serves 2,500 subscribers. The system is growing rapidly and soon will include "roaming" capabilities between Tijuana and San Diego. (Dana Blankenhorn/19900116/Press Contact: Kathy Egan, Ericsson, 212-685-4030)