Passengers traveling through Brasilia International Airport in Brazil's capital city now enjoy optimum quality wireless access, thanks to a newly-installed wireless solution from Andrew Corporation, a global leader in communications systems and products.
The Andrew in-building wireless solution to provide enhanced voice and data coverage throughout Brazil's third busiest airport includes the ION-B(R) optical fiber distributed antenna system, Cell-Max(TM) indoor antennas, and HELIAX(R) coaxial cables.
"Andrew's coverage and capacity systems, which transmit in all wireless frequencies and modulation standards with perfect integrity, are easy to install and flexible to cover indoor areas of any size," said Bob Hudzik, group president, Wireless Innovations, Andrew Corporation. "That's part of the reason Andrew systems are chosen for installation in airports and similar indoor environments around the world. We are pleased to bring our coverage and capacity expertise to the many people who visit the Brasilia International Airport."
Brasilia International Airport is a connection point for destinations nationwide with operational capacity of 555,000 landings and take-offs per year. Work is being done to expand the capacity of the terminal to accommodate 16 million passengers annually.
Andrew offers a complete line of robust and field-proven distributed communications system solutions for difficult coverage areas, tunnels, metros, and buildings, and has more than 15 years of experience in designing, installing, and managing large and complex radio frequency distribution systems for metropolitan railways, building owners, and public mobile radio and telephone operators throughout the world. Major projects include the Hong Kong metro, Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport, Sydney Olympics, Montreal metro, Turin metro, and Germany's Inter-City Express high speed rail.
About Andrew Corporation
Andrew Corporation (NASDAQ:ANDW) designs, manufactures, and delivers innovative and essential equipment and solutions for the global communications infrastructure market. The company serves operators and equipment manufacturers from facilities in 35 countries. Andrew (www.andrew.com), headquartered in Westchester, IL, is an S&P 500 company founded in 1937.
ION-B and HELIAX are registered trademarks of Andrew Corporation. Cell-Max is a trademark of Andrew Corporation.
Forward Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this news release are forward looking statements and we caution our stockholders and others that these statements involve certain risks and uncertainties. Factors that may cause actual results to differ from expected results include fluctuations in commodity costs, the company's ability to integrate acquisitions and to realize the anticipated synergies and cost savings, the effects of competitive products and pricing, economic and political conditions that may impact customers' ability to fund purchases of our products and services, the company's ability to achieve the cost savings anticipated from cost reduction programs, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, the timing of cash payments and receipts, end use demands for wireless communication services, the loss of one or more significant customers, and other business factors. Investors should also review other risks and uncertainties discussed in company documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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