Tyco Electronics to Showcase DAS Solutions at Mobile World Congress

Innovative Portfolio Addresses Outdoor, In-Building, and Near-Building Applications for LTE and Other Mobile Services

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tyco Electronics (TE) today announced that it will showcase its portfolio of distributed antenna systems (DAS) at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 14 - 17. As mobile operators seek to expand the capacity and reach of 4G networks around the world, DAS will be an important part of the solution. Verizon and other American service providers have already deployed 700 MHz MIMO DAS as part of their LTE rollouts. Plans are now in circulation for European, Asian, and Middle Eastern deployments and many of these systems could be in place before the end of the year, with European LTE user projections to exceed that of North America.

“DAS have always been considered a niche product for specific applications in buildings and macro network hole fill, but this is now changing as mobile operators are faced with the challenge of cost-effectively distributing LTE signals across large areas,” said Chris Kissel, industry analyst with In-Stat's Mobile Internet Group. “As a leading provider of DAS solutions, Tyco Electronics can play an important role in enabling mobile operators to roll out LTE services in major metropolitan areas while still supporting legacy services.”

TE will display its comprehensive portfolio of DAS solutions in Hall 2, Stand 2B61 at the Congress including the following products:

• InterReach Fusion^® – an in-building DAS solution that uses a single set of electronics, easy-to-deploy thin cabling, and multi-band distributed amplifiers; and
• FlexWave^® Prism – an outdoor DAS that allows mobile operators to extend outdoor coverage and efficiently allocate capacity through a system of compact, inexpensive multi-band remote antennas.

All TE DAS solutions support a full range of services, including 700 and 800 MHz LTE, 2.6 GHz LTE, 3G and 2G, enabling them to expand network reach and capacity while supporting new as well as legacy services.

“TE DAS solutions are designed to extend 4G and other mobile services to places where they can’t normally reach, or where the cost of deploying them is prohibitive,” said Chris Jurasek, vice president of the Wireless and Services business unit of Tyco Electronics. “Our range of DAS solutions has enabled wireless services in communities and venues around the world, and we expect to play a key role in supporting LTE deployments this year and into the future.”

International operators are adopting DAS solutions as mainstream infrastructure because DAS is a more efficient and economical way to distribute LTE signals from centralized base stations. Unlike using hundreds or thousands of small base stations or radio heads, DAS allows for the distribution of high-capacity 3G and 4G services without the need for expensive configuration, management, and individual backhaul. Outdoor DAS solutions require lower capital costs than remote radio heads, and DAS solutions are also the greener choice in LTE infrastructure since they reduce cell site power consumption by up to 50 percent. Indoor DAS solutions bring strong coverage and capacity to every part of any building, providing clear and consistent mobile services to occupants.

ABOUT TYCO ELECTRONICS

Tyco Electronics Ltd. is a global technology company with fiscal 2010 sales of US$12.1 billion to customers in more than 150 countries. We design, manufacture and market products for customers in a broad array of industries including automotive; data communication systems; consumer electronics; telecommunications; aerospace, defense and marine; medical; energy; and lighting. With approximately 7,000 engineers and worldwide manufacturing, sales and customer service capabilities, we are a recognized leader in many of the industries we serve. More information on TE can be found at www.te.com.

ABOUT GLOBAL WIRELESS & SERVICES

Tyco Electronics’ Wireless & Services Business Unit provides innovative solutions for wireless, wireline, cable and enterprise networks around the world. A leader in distributed antenna systems (DAS) for in-building and microcellular networks, TE’s solutions transform the way mobile service delivery networks are created, deployed and used for new mobile applications. TE’s services capabilities support a variety of multi-vendor, multi-technology and multi-service deployments. Learn more about these solutions at http://www.tycoelectronics.com/.

Tyco Electronics, TE (logo), InterReach Fusion and FlexWave are trademarks of the Tyco Electronics group of companies and its licensors. All other trademarks or company names referred to herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

CONTACT:

Tyco Electronics
North American Region:
Danah Ditzig, 952-403-8064
Senior Marketing Manager
danah.ditzig@te.com

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