CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. said it successfully demonstrated
circuit-switched wireless data delivery at a connection speed of 14.4 kilobits per second on its Global System for
Mobile communications network in Syracuse, N.Y., using equipment provided by Nortel Networks.
Omnipoint is
planning to offer the service in the metropolitan New York area as well. The 14.4 kbps connections will be the same
price as the basic 9.6 kbps data rate, said the company.
