Andrew Corporation Agrees to Provide Samsung with Integrated Radio Amplifier Products.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)--Nov. 25, 2003 Andrew Corporation Andrew Corporation is an American multinational producer of communications devices. Andrew is a global designer, manufacturer, and supplier of communications equipment, services, and systems. (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 that it has agreed, with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., to supply digital input multi-carrier power amplifier units (DMAUs) for Samsung's next generation 3G base station product. Andrew and Samsung are jointly developing an integrated radio-amplifier subsystem supporting 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. 2000 and WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) A 3G high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that use the TDMA or GSM technology worldwide, including AT&T (formerly Cingular) and T-Mobile in the U.S. 3G air interfaces at multiple frequencies. The subsystem will be deployed in Samsung's V.5 BTS BTS - Bug Tracking System (Base Transceiver Station Base Transceiver Station (BTS) is the equipment which facilitates the wireless communication between user equipments (UE) and the network. UEs are devices like mobile phones (handsets), WLL phones, computers with wireless internet connectivity, WiFi and WiMAX gadgets etc. ) product. Mr. Soon-Ho Hong, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Telecommunication Division, Samsung Electronics, said, "Samsung Electronics' presence in the CDMA and WCDMA equipment markets has been accelerating rapidly. Our collaboration with Andrew on this integrated amplifier development project is enabling us to provide a low-cost, high-efficiency base station to our customers. We believe that Andrew's advanced digital predistortion technology will be especially valuable for our new integrated radio-amplifier subsystem." "Samsung is a world-leading telecommunications and electronics company that is clearly demonstrating its strong position in CDMA technology and markets worldwide and we look forward to working with them," added Ralph Faison, Chief Executive Officer of Andrew Corporation. "By forming this new relationship with Samsung, we are also continuing to expand our addressed customer base for advanced integrated products that deliver higher performance and address the need for lower Capex and operating costs demanded by service providers." About Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is a global leader in telecommunications, semiconductor flat panel display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time and digital convergence technology. Samsung Electronics employs approximately 75,000 people in 89 offices across 47 countries. The company is the world's largest producer of CDMA mobile phones, memory chips, TFT-LCDs, monitors and VCRs. Samsung Electronics consists of four main business units: Telecommunications Network, Digital Media Network, Device Solution Network, and Digital Appliance Network Businesses. For more information, please visit http://www.samsung.com About Andrew Corporation Andrew Corporation (http://www.andrew.com) designs, manufactures, and delivers innovative and essential communications equipment and solutions for the global telecommunications infrastructure market. Products cover virtually the entire radio frequency (RF) footprint including: transmission line systems, antennas, power amplifiers, filters, in-building distributed wireless systems, and network geolocation products. A global company, with operations in 36 countries, Andrew serves operators and OEMs worldwide. Andrew Corporation's global presence extends across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and The Americas. Andrew (founded in 1937) is an S&P 500 company listed on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol: ANDW. 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