US West has plan for cellular phones in the Soviet Union; joint venture is set to build network in Leningrad; other jobs could follow

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US West Inc forms a joint venture with the Soviet Union to build the country's first cellular-telephone network. The Soviet Union represents the second largest telecommunication market in the world and the joint venture will give US West a strong foothold in the market. Construction of the cellular system will occur in Leningrad where there are only 1.6 million telephone lines and six million people to use them. The system will have enough capacity to service 50,000 customers and US West expects to start building the network before 1991. Service will be available for 3,000 customers by mid-1991. US West will invest around $6 million and control around 40 percent of the new joint venture. The agreement between a US telephone company and the Soviet Union represents the first of its kind and could provide US West with several important opportunities.

United States, Foreign operations, Cellular telephones, Wireless telephones, U S WEST Inc., USW, United States foreign relations, Soviet foreign relations, Soviet Union, Cellular Radio, Telecommunications Industry

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Fiber-optic networks surprise Bell firms; start-ups in many cities steal business customers

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Bell regional holding companies (BRHCs) such as Bell Atlantic Corp and Nynex Corp are being pushed out of corporate communications by start-up companies with their own fiber-optic networks and lower prices. Teleport Communications began in 1984 with plans to offer fiber-optic telephone service to government agencies and large corporations; within a year, Teleport was providing private phone service and high-speed data systems at lower prices than Nynex Corp's New York Telephone. The BHRCs still primarily use copper lines, which are inferior to fiber-optic networks. The plight of the BHRc is not over yet; soon, the FCC and Justice Department will rule on an effort to force the Bell companies to allow other companies' equipment within their central offices, which would allow business customers to choose which company will handle their local calls.

Regulation, admin. of utilities, Legal counsel and prosecution, Usage, Services, United States. Federal Communications Commission, United States. Department of Justice, Science and technology policy, Telephone, Telephony, Regional Bell Operating Companies, Telecommunications, Competition, Bell Regional Holding Companies, Teleport Communications Group Inc.

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'Self-correcting' networks are latest word for phones

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The Bell companies and Bell Communications Research Inc are developing new technology designed to give telephone networks 'self-healing' or 'self-correcting' abilities. Threats to phone systems come from fires and other natural disasters, as well as from strikes and vandalism. Emergency recovery systems can give the telephone network the intelligence to re-direct phone traffic around severed cables or damaged central offices. The new system would function fully automatically, but someone would eventually need to repair the damage. The emergency recovery system would differ from the regular network in that each central office would be linked by optical-fiber cabling in a loop, or circle.

Network management systems, Product development, Industrial research, Telephone systems, Network Management, Research and Development, Telephone System, Error Recovery, Bell Communications Research Inc.

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