African Destination for Andrew Corporation's First 6.5-meter Dual Reflector ESA Shipment.Business Editors, Telecommunications Writers ORLAND PARK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2000 First three 6.5-meter dual-reflector ESAs are shipped to Africa for use in GS Telecom's frame relay network in Ghana and Nigeria Andrew Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ANDW) has shipped three of its new 6.5-meter dual reflector Earth Station Antennas to GS Telecom, a leading wireless and satellite systems integrator in West Africa. GS Telecom is installing a frame relay network in Nigeria and across Africa and also plans to offer a Wholesale Internet service. The Andrew antennas are being used to provide VSAT (Very Small Aperture satellite Terminal) A small earth station for satellite transmission that handles up to 56 Kbits/sec of digital transmission. VSATs that handle the T1 data rate (up to 1.544 Mbits/sec) are called "TSATs. links between major towns and cities in Ghana
"We are very excited at the introduction of the 6.5-meter satellite dish into the Andrew product range," said Steve Chapman, Managing Director of GS Telecom Nigeria. "It provides us with an extremely effective means of carrying high density traffic, which previously was only achievable at almost twice the cost." The 6.5-meter dual-reflector earth station antennas supply excellent performance for high-density data, voice communications networks and broadcast applications. Their dual-reflector Gregorian optical systems give high gain and closely controlled pattern characteristics. The antennas shipped to GS Telecom have standard C- band capabilities and include several labor-saving features such as variable speed motors and enhanced APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. 300 step track controllers for reducing field installation time and costs. Each ESA 1. (architecture) ESA - Enterprise Systems Architecture. 2. (body) ESA - European Space Agency. has a self-aligning main reflector eliminating the need for field alignment. The Andrew 6.5-meter dual reflector ESA is the only antenna in its class that does not need a FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. waiver for routine C-band licensing. "The dual reflector Gregorian optics system on the antennas supplied to GS Telecom ensures that meter-for-meter, these antennas will give GS Telecom the highest gain and superior pattern performance," said Alan Jones, Director, Andrew Satcom Africa. Andrew 6.5-meter ESAs are compliant with the following industry transmission standards: FCC 25.209 specifications from 1- to 180-degrees at C- and Ku-bands; Brasilsat, ASIASAT, EUTELSAT EUTELSAT European Telecommunications Satellite , APSTAR, and INTELSAT F-2 at C-band and E-3 at Ku-band. The 6.5-meter ESA's steel pedestal ground mount assembly is hot-dipped galvanized for extended product life. Stainless steel hardware provides maximum resistance against corrosion. The antenna has a guaranteed wind survival factor of up to 125 mph (200 kph) in any operational position. A three-year warranty is included for all structural components. For further information call the Andrew Customer Support Center at 1-800-255-1479 and request packet number 502 (bulletin number 10304.) Andrew Corporation is a global supplier of communications systems equipment and services. Major markets are wireless communications -- which includes cellular, personal communications services See PCS. , and land mobile radio -- broadcast, and common carrier. Andrew is an S&P 500 company whose common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. (R) under the symbol: ANDW. For further information on Andrew products and services, including the text of this release, visit our Web site at http://www.andrew.com |
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