There are no network towers in the middle of oceans. There are no phone lines trailing the international cruise ships that dot large waterways. But there are thousands of tourists making long-distance cruises every year. In working with one of its customers, Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) recognized this and came to Andrew Wireless Solutions to see what could be done.

Spectators at the 2006 World Cup tournament in Germany were able to instantly share their experiences via cell phone without interuption thanks to the foresight and investment of most wireless operators serving the region. Andrew designed, supplied, and installed single- and multi-carrier indoor systems in nine of the 12 stadiums used for the Cup, as well as in several of the host cities’ metro rail systems.

Wireless operators and global OEMs who operate in regions with comparatively low average revenues per user (ARPU) understand pricing pressure all too well. To help bring deployment costs down, especially in ARPU-challenged regions, Andrew developed a new line of corrugated HELIAX® coaxial cables, which use lower cost aluminum as the outer conductor instead of copper.

Each day 11 million passengers travel on the Moscow Metro. Andrew has helped to make their daily ride safer and smoother.

Access to your cellular network in an airport is important to customers. Travelers spend significant time waiting for planes to leave, in transit between flights, sitting through delays, and waiting to be picked up. In all cases, there is little to do but call friends and loved ones; pass time by playing video games, checking emails, or surfing the Internet. The wireless operators that provide travelers the coverage and capacity to do these things in the airport are the ones that keep their customers connected and happy.

Hundreds of thousands of tourists flocked to Turin, Italy in 2006 for the spectacle of XX Winter Olympics. After witnessing a game-winning slap shot, a perfectly rendered ice dance, or the torrential rush of a bobsled in motion, many of these visitors wanted to share their experiences.Andrew provided solutions to ensure that operators could make wireless signals available to customers even in the most difficult environments.

The United States National Weather Service (NWS) sends up about 200 balloons a day to track weather patterns from high in the sky.

Big, mountainous, and lightly populated, British Columbia is on Canada’s west coast; 80% of the population lives within 100 miles of the US border. Telus Communications brings local and long distance voice, banking, Internet, lottery, home security, credit card, 911 emergency, marine radio, and autotel services into this 367,000 sq mi province. Andrew microwave systems provide the most economical, dependable communications connections in remote areas.

Twelve sunny Caribbean islands will be talking on a new GSM wireless system that is augmenting a TDMA network. Nortel Networks CALA, (Caribbean/Latin America) is installing a next-generation GSM network for operator Cable & Wireless.

Over two million people widely dispersed throughout a 50-county area in the rural Eastern part of the state of Texas have many career choices, but resources for career development weren’t readily available.