HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Cellular Communications received a 13-month contract to sell 500,000 cellular phones to PCS PrimeCo, the joint services organization of AirTouch Communications Inc., U S West Inc., Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex Corp.
Three supply contracts were issued by PrimeCo; Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. also were selected to deliver handsets, Audiovox noted. PrimeCo members are existing clients of Audiovox, and shipment of Audiovox cellular products from July 1 falls under the new contract. The new agreement represents a 90.8 percent increase in unit sales compared with the 262,000 phones sold to PrimeCo members during the previous 13-month period, Audiovox said.
“This contract, which nearly doubles our historical sales…positions the company among the top three cellular suppliers in the world,” said Philip Christopher, executive vice president of Audiovox Corp., the parent company.
