Andrew Announces China R&D Center.Business Editors ORLAND PARK Or·land Park A village of northeast Illinois, a residential and manufacturing suburb of Chicago. Population: 53,300. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2002 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) today announced the establishment of the Andrew China Research & Development Center in Suzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. The new center joins the company's global R&D network and will become a hub for researching and developing base station antennas, connector products, accessories, and filters for worldwide wireless communications markets. "I am very pleased to see Andrew reach this new milestone in China," said John DeSana, Group President, RF Subsystems, Andrew Corporation. "This new R&D Center demonstrates our confidence in China and strengthens our commitment to the engineering excellence we've encountered in Suzhou. It will also enable us to be more responsive to the China market needs of Andrew's OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and operator customers." Located within the Andrew facility in the Suzhou Industrial Park The China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (中国——新加坡苏州工业园区, SIP) is an industrial park built in Suzhou, China with significant Singaporean input. , the Andrew China R&D Center will initially employ some 30 people who will focus on developing base station antennas and connector products and filters for GSM, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. and 3G technologies. As a world-leading supplier of RF subsystems, Andrew has brought the most advanced wireless infrastructure technology to China. Andrew customers include many of the major names in the telecommunications industry such as: China Mobile, China Unicom, Datang, Eastcom, Ericsson, Huawei Technologies, Lucent, Motorola, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Nokia, Nortel, Samsung, Siemens, and Zhongxing. The establishment of the China R&D Center enhances Suzhou's position in the Andrew global research and development network, creating new opportunities for technology transfer and the developing of local talent. Currently, Andrew sponsors vocational scholarships with three Suzhou schools: Changzhou Radio Technology School, Suzhou Mechanical School, and Wuxian Vocational Middle School. About Andrew Corporation Andrew Corporation is a global leader in the design, manufacture, and supply of communications equipment, systems, and services. Andrew products and services provide proven solutions for wireless, fixed-line, and broadband wireless telecommunications service providers, Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , and broadcasters throughout the world. Andrew is an S&P 500 company listed on the Nasdaq national Market System under the symbol: ANDW. |
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