Andrew Earns Best Supplier Award from Huawei Brazil.

WESTCHESTER, Ill. -- Andrew Corporation, a global leader in communications systems and products, has been given the "Best Supplier Award" by the Brazilian division of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., the Shenzhen, China-based provider of next-generation telecommunications networks.

The award recognizes Andrew's key role in a Huawei project to supply parts and equipment for a cellular overlay network for Vivo Participacoe, a Brazilian mobile phone joint venture of Portugal Telecom and Telefonica. The Vivo project lasted about 18 months and involved more than 2,700 sites spread over five Brazilian regions.

"The recognition from Huawei is a great honor," said Sylvio Peres, sales vice president, Latin America, Andrew Corporation. "It shows how the dedication and skill of Andrew people working together with our customers spells success in this fast-growing environment."

Andrew's work with Huawei involved helping build a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) overlay wireless network on top of an existing Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless system. Andrew supplied the dual band antennas and HELIAX[R] cable for the program. In total, Huawei and Andrew equipped 2,789 sites for Vivo in the Rio De Janeiro, Espirito Santo, Parana, Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul regions.

The award was presented during a ceremony at the landmark Espaco Noah in San Paulo, Brazil. The Huawei award is the fourth such honor received by Andrew this year for its excellence in supporting customers. The company also was named best telecom equipment supplier by Philippines telecommunications operator Globe Telecom and best partner by ZTE in China and Samsung in South Korea. Andrew also has won best supplier awards from Lucent, Siemens and Nortel in the past two years.

About Andrew Corporation

Andrew Corporation (NASDAQ:ANDW) designs, manufactures and delivers innovative and essential equipment and solutions for the global communications infrastructure market. The company serves operators and original equipment manufacturers from facilities in 35 countries. Andrew (www.andrew.com), headquartered in Westchester, IL, is an S&P MidCap 400 company founded in 1937.

HELIAX is a registered trademark of Andrew Corporation.

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