Astron Corp. appoints Repeater Technologies as its exclusive distributor.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 1997--Repeater Technologies has announced an exclusive purchasing agreement with Astron Corp. of Virginia. The recently signed agreement calls for Repeater Technologies to purchase Astron's proprietary antenna products that meet the specifications for repeaters in 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. applications in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The deal involves Astron's proprietary donor and subscriber antennas that will be marketed as Repeater Technologies CP1900 family of circular polarization (Min.) See under Polarization. See also: Circular antenna systems for PCS. The system will include a donor antenna (CP1900D), a subscriber antenna (CP1900S) and Repeater Technologies' Over-the-Air Network Repeaters. The donor antenna is only 6.5" in depth and 26.5" in diameter, and the subscriber antenna is only 6.5" deep and 40" tall by 9" wide, resulting in greater isolation, which allows back-to-back antenna and minimizes the real estate. ``The Astron agreement will allow us to offer smaller antenna packages to complement our new smaller repeaters, resulting in a complete repeater installation and antenna system that is much less obtrusive ob·tru·sive adj. 1. Thrusting out; protruding: an obtrusive rock formation. 2. Tending to push self-assertively forward; brash: a spoiled child's obtrusive behavior. than anything currently on the market,'' stated Ken Kenitzer, president and chief executive officer of Repeater Technologies. ``This will allow us to aggressively introduce total systems that meet the needs of the burgeoning PCS marketplace.'' ``This is a wonderful opportunity for Astron to take its extensive experience in classified military antenna technology and begin applying it to the commercial market,'' commented Joseph R. Jahoda, president of Astron. ``Working with Repeater Technologies will help us further expand our growing commercial and RF antenna product areas.'' Astron was founded in 1979 to specialize in RF communications, with emphasis on innovative antenna technology. Astron's Government Division has since developed and delivered a wide variety of fixed and mobile antennas for field-deployable, shipboard ship·board n. 1. The condition of being aboard a ship: on shipboard. 2. Archaic The side of a ship. adj. , airborne, vehicle and man-portable applications, many of which are now being applied to commercial systems. Astron has established itself as a recognized developer and manufacturer in the cellular telephone, personal communications, RF identification device, wireless local area network and military communications Military communications, or Signals, is a field of military activities, tactics and equipment dealing with communications. First of all, military communications are battlefield (combat) communications, including intercommunication with a higher command or country's arenas by providing products and services at competitive prices that are not generally available within the industry and are tailored to customer needs. Repeater Technologies currently supports more than 400 wireless networks in 60 countries on six continents. A broad line of products and services is offered that can increase coverage and/or enhance capacity, using over-the-air, patented fiber-linked and microwave-linked repeaters. All products provide operational transparency to the network and will function in all current wireless technologies such as AMPS, 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. , DAMPS, GSM, NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephone) An analog cellular phone system deployed in more than 40 countries in Europe. Launched in the Scandinavian countries in 1979, NMT was the first analog cellphone system. Both 450 MHz and 900 MHz versions are available. See cellular generations. , PDC (1) (Primary Domain Controller) A Windows NT/2000 service that manages security for its local domain. Every domain has one PDC, which contains a database of usernames, passwords and permissions. and TACS/ETACS. Products can be applied to cellular, PCS, wireless local loop, in-building, trunked radio and microwave radio networks. CONTACT: Repeater Technologies Inc., Sunnyvale David Bolan, 408/747-1900 davidb@repeaters.com http://www.repeaters.com or McQUERTERGROUP, San Diego Aaron Heinrich, 619/450-0030 aaron@mcqtr.com http://www.mcqtr.com |
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