New MIMO Active Array Antenna From Powerwave Technologies Increases Basestation Coverage up to 100 Percent

Solution integrates basestation radio electronics for improved coverage, lower energy costs and lower total operating costs

BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS – Powerwave Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PWAV), a global leader in end-to-end advanced wireless solutions, introduced today its new multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) Active Array Antenna that increases mobile broadband coverage up to 100 percent and reduces power consumption by 40 percent, slashing total operational costs for network providers.

The Powerwave MIMO Active Array Antenna combines the company’s industry-leading remote radio head and antenna technologies into a single integrated design with a 3dB - 5dB link budget that doubles a basestation’s coverage radius when compared to non-integrated antennas. Similarly, the integrated design reduces power losses to make the antenna a much more cost-effective alternative. The compact design has the same height, width and front windloading as a conventional antenna, enabling like-for-like swapping of existing tower infrastructure. The MIMO Active Array Antenna is a leading part of Powerwave’s Inside Out Solutions™ network strategy designed to provide ubiquitous mobile broadband coverage both inside buildings and outdoors in large venues.

“While 3G and 4G networks provide the increased data rates needed for today’s mobile devices, they also lead to cell shrinkage that results in pockets of poor reception within the radius of the tower,” said Khurram Sheikh, chief technical officer at Powerwave. “The increased coverage and high performance data speed at cell edge offered by Powerwave’s MIMO Active Array Antenna provides the performance needed to solve the widening gap between mobile data traffic and bandwidth capacity, delivering significantly improved signal quality to customers.”

The MIMO Active Array Antenna is a total solution integrated into a single radome containing all the subsystems necessary to deploy the complete 3G or 4G BTS RF up the tower. These include wideband world radio transceiver, power amplifier with advanced DPD and CFR algorithms, integrated filter and duplexer, low noise amplifier (LNA) and cross-polarized antenna with the greatest gain per unit length. This all-in-one design compared to typical solutions with separate components is quickly and easily deployed and reduces tower lease costs. In addition, with a total weight of less than 20 kg (45 lbs.) and requiring only power and fiber optic data connections, the Powerwave MIMO Active Array can be installed by one person.

Based on Powerwave’s industry-proven software-defined world radio transceiver, the versatile MIMO Active Array Antenna can be used in 3G and/or 4G deployments, in frequency bands from 700 MHz to 2.7 GHz. Solutions deployed in 3G networks can be upgraded to 4G protocols at little or no cost, because no modifications to the tower-top active array antenna are necessary. The antenna supports a wide variety of protocols, including CDMA, WCDMA, HSPA+, WiMAX™ and LTE®.

Availability

The MIMO Active Array Antenna is now in carrier trials and will be generally available in Q3 2011.

About Powerwave Technologies

A global leader in end-to-end advanced wireless solutions, Powerwave Technologies, Inc. offers cutting edge wireless infrastructure to address the demands of enterprise and commercial customers. Powerwave offers a comprehensive suite of solutions, including antennas, base station solutions and coverage solutions. Powerwave’s product line supports all wireless network protocols and frequencies including next generation networks in 4G technologies such as WiMAX™ and LTE®. Powerwave solutions, products and services also help wireless operators and OEMs reduce capital and operating expenses, speed rollout of services, improve coverage and capacity, and reduce environmental impact. For more information, visit us at www.powerwave.com.

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CONTACT:

Powerwave Technologies, Inc.
Investor Inquiries:
Kevin Michaels, 714-466-1608
Media Inquiries:
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Laura.Gibbons@pwav.com

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