Andrew Solutions, the CommScope, Inc. division that is a global leader in wireless communication systems and products, has received the Excellent Core Partner Award from Huawei, one of the world's leading manufacturers of telecommunications equipment.
The award was presented at the 2009 Huawei Core Partner Convention in Shenzhen, China. Andrew has been invited to this strategic meeting of Huawei for three consecutive years. Andrew previously won Huawei’s 2007 Best Supplier award for outstanding support and on time delivery performance.
Upon receiving the award, Carson Cato, senior vice president, Global Supply Chain, CommScope, said, “We take great honor in this award. Huawei and Andrew have had a thriving and long-standing partnership for many years. As Huawei is working rigorously to support next generation telecommunications networks worldwide, we look forward to continuing and elevating our highly successful relationship.
“Huawei successfully works with its partners to provide customers with innovative solutions. Andrew can leverage its manufacturing facilities worldwide to support the quality product needs of Huawei’s operator clientele. With broad geographic coverage and economies of scale, Andrew can provide a shorter delivery cycle and reduced end-to-end costs and total costs of ownership. This enables Huawei to optimize its project deployment and implementation costs.”
“Our solutions have been deployed in a number of Huawei’s high-profile projects worldwide,” said Brian Donohue, managing director of Global OEMs, Andrew China. “We are honored to be a core partner of Huawei and are proud of our joint success. We are proud to team with Huawei to build quality telecommunications infrastructure around the globe.”
Currently 31 of the world’s top 50 operators are customers of Huawei.
Andrew entered the China market in 1997 and operates manufacturing facilities in Suzhou and Shenzhen, along with R&D centers in Shanghai, Suzhou and Shenzhen to provide its customers with world-class and customized product design support. With a high-degree of localization, Andrew is highly acclaimed for its product quality, technological innovations and timely delivery.
About CommScope
CommScope, Inc. (NYSE: CTV)( www.commscope.com) is a world leader in infrastructure solutions for communication networks. Through its Andrew Solutions™ brand, it is a global leader in radio frequency subsystem solutions for wireless networks. Through its SYSTIMAX® and Uniprise® brands, CommScope is a world leader in network infrastructure solutions, delivering a complete end-to-end physical layer solution, including cables and connectivity, enclosures, intelligent software and network design services, for business enterprise applications. CommScope also is the premier manufacturer of coaxial cable for broadband cable television networks and one of the leading North American providers of environmentally secure cabinets for DSL and FTTN applications. Backed by strong research and development, CommScope combines technical expertise and proprietary technology with global manufacturing capability to provide customers with infrastructure solutions for evolving global communications networks in more than 130 countries around the world.
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