Andrew Corporation Wins Contract With Hongkong Land.ORLAND PARK Or·land Park A village of northeast Illinois, a residential and manufacturing suburb of Chicago. Population: 53,300. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 1998-- -- signal distribution system makes it easier to make calls from the mall -- 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. has signed a contract with property investment group Hongkong Land The Hongkong Land Company, Limited SGX: H78 (branded as Hongkong Land, 置地公司 in Chinese) is the property development arm of Jardines. It is listed in Singapore as "Hongkong Land Holdings Limited". to supply a mobile phone signal distribution system for The Landmark retail complex in Hong Kong. Andrew will design, supply, and install the new system, which will combine cellular and PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. signals from nine mobile phone networks into a single HELIAX(R) cable-fed, antenna-based, distribution system. The system will use 3,000 meters of Andrew HELIAX cable and connectors. Due for completion this month, the new system will enable mobile phone users to access their respective phone services inside the retail complex. Like many commercial developments worldwide, a portion of The Landmark's retail complex is below ground, where it is traditionally difficult for mobile signals to penetrate. The signal distribution system offers a common means for mobile operators to broadcast and receive signals in the complex. The central antenna system provides in-building access (GSM, TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). , and 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. ) for Hong Kong's cellular and PCS operators. Hongkong Land owns the central distribution system and leases access to the cellular and PCS service operators. The Landmark and Hongkong Land Established in 1889, Hongkong Land is a leading property investment group with a prime commercial property portfolio in Hong Kong worth more than $8.1 billion U.S. dollars. The group's Landmark complex, in Hong Kong's Central business district, offers upscale offices and shopping from its central location. The Landmark's recently refurbished retail area has more than 214,000 square feet (19,900 square meters) of shopping space. 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 listed on the Nasdaq National Market System 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 NOTE TO EDITORS HELIAX is a registered trademark of Andrew Corporation. |
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