DL - 4G Americas

� Alcatel-Lucent and KaR-Tel LLP, an affiliate of the VimpelCom Ltd group have launched the first
live market pilot of LTE in 700 MHz band in Kazakhstan. Alcatel-Lucent is the sole equipment
supplier for the new LTE network that will cover the central districts of Amalty.
� Alcatel-Lucent was selected by AT&T as IP/MPLS/Ethernet/Evolved Packet Core Domain
equipment supplier. In addition, AT&T has selected Alcatel-Lucent’s mobile backhaul equipment
along with professional services.
� Texas Energy Network (TEN) has announced that it will be the first communications company to
deploy LTE technology to benefit Oil and Gas companies’ growing data requirements, leveraging
Alcatel-Lucent‘s market-leading end-to-end LTE solution.
Andrew Solutions, the CommScope, Inc. division that is a global leader in wireless communication
systems and products, delivers solutions that address all areas of RF path and coverage needs in UMTS
including a suite of tools for UMTS planning, implementation, geo-coded traffic, and performance data
management. Andrew’s RF solutions enable operators to synchronize investments with revenue using
scalable deployment strategies and technologies, accelerate payback by expanding macro coverage
effectively, and manage coverage, capacity and interference in key areas such as urban settings, indoors,
and along transportation corridors.
Andrew’s solutions specifically address the unique needs of wireless operators deploying UMTS networks
in the following ways:
� Rapid development of a focused outdoor UMTS footprint – Andrew accelerates dense urban
builds with small footprint rooftop deployments; supplements macro coverage with microcellbased
capacity for outdoor hotspots; simplifies Greenfield site builds with kits and bundles; and
broadens effective cell coverage with tower-mounted amplifiers, multi-carrier power amplifiers,
and Node-based interference cancelling repeaters. Andrew provides turnkey coverage and
distributed capacity for outdoor venues such as urban streets, urban canyons, road tunnels, and
railways with multi-operator, multi-standard ION® optical distribution networks and RADIAX®
radiating cable. Andrew’s HELIAX® 2.0 cable and connector products have best-in-class RF
performance coupled with ease of deployment. Andrew’s broadband, multiband base station
antennas, with available Teletilt® remote electrical tilt, facilitate site optimization and simplify
configuration, lowering rental costs. The Andrew Institute provides world renowned training for RF
system installers and maintenance crews.
� Cost-effective indoor capacity and coverage – Andrew also helps operators and OEMs evolve
beyond voice and move indoors aggressively with its ION distributed antenna system distributing
coverage and capacity in a cost-effective, homogonous, future proof fashion. The current ION
system supports up to five frequency bands in a tightly integrated package with an extension for
up to three more frequencies over a pair of single mode fibers. The new Node A indoor or outdoor
all-digital repeater provides a low cost coverage extension solution, supporting up to four
simultaneous frequency bands in 400, 700, 800, 850, 900, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, or 2600 MHz.
� Real-time network monitoring and optimization – Andrew makes regular, systemic drive
testing fast and effective with Invex.NxG i.Scan scanners that were among the first to support
LTE and other technologies in the same instrument. Our patented remote electrical tilt base
station antennas accelerate post-deployment optimization by responding quickly to changing
traffic patterns and reducing interference and coverage “holes.” Andrew’s reconfigurable
SmartBeam® antennas provide remote adjustment of the elevation beamtilt, azimuth beamwidth
and boresite pointing direction. This provides the operator with the ability to achieve capacity
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