Andrew Receives NEC Order for Nextel Brazilian Buildout.Business Editors ORLAND PARK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2001 Andrew Corporation's (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) Brazilian subsidiary received a $1.369 million wireless infrastructure equipment order from 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. . The equipment -- HELIAX(R) VXL VXL Voxel (volume pixels) VXL Vision something Libraries 5 coaxial cable, connectors and accessories; base station antennas for Specialized Mobile Radio See SMR. (SMR (Specialized Mobile Radio) The communications services used by police, ambulances, taxicabs, trucks and other delivery vehicles. Throughout the U.S., approximately 3,000 independent operators are licensed by the FCC to offer this service, which provides always-on ); ValuLine(R) and terrestrial microwave antennas -- will be used by NEC in the buildout of Nextel Communications, Inc.'s all-digital national wireless network in Brazil. "Nextel's network expansion is one of the biggest wireless projects happening in Brazil, and we are delighted to have Andrew products playing a part in it," said Sylvio Peres, Andrew Corporation's Vice President Wireless Infrastructure. "The cable and antennas for this order will be manufactured at the Andrew facility in Sorocaba, Brazil." NEC will use the Andrew-supplied equipment in its infrastructure for Nextel's network expansion in Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Curitiba, and Porto Alegre. This portion of the network's expansion is due for completion by the end of 2001. Nextel has been successfully supplying commercial wireless service in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē`  thĭ zhənĕē`r for more than two years. The network will provide customers with guaranteed all-digital cellular service, text/numeric paging capabilities, Nextel Direct Connect digital two-way radio, and wireless Internet services. NEC is supplying the entire infrastructure for the Nextel project, including communications towers, civil works, equipment shelters, power systems, microwave and RF systems, and installation services. The Nextel network uses iDEN technology, developed by Motorola. This technology operates in the 800 MHz, 900 MHz and 1.5 GHz radio bands. iDEN wireless technology gives superior sound and transmission quality using packet-based transmission methods. For the end user, the result is crisp and clear high-quality voice communications. The system is also secure with safeguards to prevent calls being overheard and an advanced security system to prevent numbers from being cloned. 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 HELIAX and ValuLine are registered trademarks of Andrew Corporation |
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