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| | Business Wire: interWAVE's GSM Network Solution Enables Voice and Data Communications to Cocos Keeling ... |
 | | Continuing to provide wireless communications to island nations throughout the world, interWAVE(R) Communications (Nasdaq:IWAV), a pioneer in compact wireless voice communications systems and broadband wireless data networks, today announced the completion of a fully-functional GSM network with both voice and data capabilities deployed on Cocos (Keeling) Islands, located in the Indian Ocean, north-west of Australia. |
 | | On March 7, 1991, the Prime Minister of Australia, as well as leaders of the Cocos Island community, signed a Memorandum of Understanding that set out the range of measures required to make the living standards throughout the Cocos (Keeling) Islands equivalent to those of Australia, including telecommunications capabilities. |
 | | The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, located northwest of Perth and southwest of Christmas Island, consists of twenty-seven coral islands with a total land area of approximately 14 square kilometers. |
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