SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ADC (NASDAQ: ADCT) (www.adc.com) announced today that its wireless precision coverage and capacity solutions portfolio is designed to significantly ease the way for wireless service providers seeking to migrate their networks to provide 4G services such as WiMAX and LTE. ADC will show how products such as the FlexWave™ Prism and InterReach Fusion^® provide the network architecture flexibility to speed 4G rollouts while reducing the cost to build and operate legacy and next-generation networks in Booth #4B1-05 at CommunicAsia 2010 being held in Singapore, 15-18 June.

ADC’s wireless precision coverage and capacity solutions allow mobile operators to provide ubiquitous, high-quality 3G and 4G services at a savings of over 30 percent compared to simply deploying fixed-location, single-purpose base stations (BTS) alone. As the proliferation of smartphones and other bandwidth-intensive mobile devices has made clear, 3G and 4G users demand far more data from the mobile network than today’s wireless infrastructure was designed to provide.

Some industry analysts claim that operators and enterprises can simply deploy picoBTS or microBTS to deliver the needed capacity and coverage improvements. However, using small radios in this manner alone is extremely expensive and operationally complex because thousands of these units may be required even for a single urban area to serve the mix of services (2G, 3G, 4G) and frequencies that any given mobile operator has today. ADC has demonstrated that deploying more multi-purpose access nodes throughout an area at a relatively low cost enables operators to deploy far fewer macro cell sites, substantially reducing deployment, backhaul and management costs.

”Our solutions de-couple capacity from coverage, making it possible for mobile operators to optimize their investments in base station capacity and backhaul while extending coverage to a far greater area than the base station alone could reach,” said Dick Parran, president of Network Solutions business unit for ADC. “By coupling a small base station with our DAS products, operators can provide their full complement of services while maximizing the spectral assets to any indoor or outdoor area without the expense of multiple backhaul connections or complex multi-cell maintenance.”

A global market leader, ADC has shipped more than 20,000 wireless systems to customers in more than 130 countries. These customers include the world’s largest mobile operators as well as Fortune 100 companies. Designed to enhance coverage in high-profile public venues, ADC’s coverage and capacity solutions are ideal for resorts, stadiums, university and business campuses, sports facilities, and casinos. Examples of these include deployments in the 49-hectare Resorts World at Sentosa in Singapore, the Melbourne Cricket Grounds which hosts the Australian Football League (AFL), the 1.5 million-square-metre King Abdul Aziz Endowment complex in Mecca, and the Vancouver, Canada major sports and hospitality venues for the 2010 Winter Games.

ADC Solutions at CommunicAsia 2010

During the conference, ADC’s microcellular network solutions will be displayed including:

• FlexWave Prism that offers the benefits of distributed antennas with the capabilities of a remote radio head to deliver 2G, 3G, and 4G services in tunnels, subways, on university campuses, in suburbs and in urban canyons. The need for small-cell topology to deliver 4G services in these environments requires a DAS solution that brings the next-generation signals closer to the subscriber while supporting legacy voice and data systems. Signal strength is the major factor for delivering the performance promises of 4G technology. FlexWave Prism accomplishes these things and offers more than 30 percent CAPEX and OPEX savings, on average, compared to a traditional cell-site build; and
• InterReach Fusion in-building DAS which is the world’s most popular in-building antenna system. Using an active architecture with standard structured cabling to deliver wireless signals in facilities of any size, InterReach Fusion ensures high and uniform signal strength at every antenna location in enterprises and large venues around the world.

In addition, ADC offers a full range of cell site solutions that address backhaul coverage and capacity challenges faced by mobile operators today as they upgrade their networks to deliver advanced 3G and 4G broadband services. These solutions include ADC’s fiber connectivity portfolio and wireless DAS products.

About ADC Network Solutions

ADC’s Network Solutions Business Unit offers products that deliver high-performance wireless coverage and capacity to business and consumer subscribers in any indoor or outdoor location. ADC is the global leader in advanced in-building wireless solutions and compact network systems, and is a leader in solutions that enhance coverage in macro networks.

About ADC

ADC provides the connections for wireline, wireless, cable, broadcast, and enterprise networks around the world. ADC's innovative network infrastructure equipment and professional services enable high-speed Internet, data, video, and voice services to residential, business and mobile subscribers. ADC (NASDAQ: ADCT) has sales into more than 130 countries. Learn more about ADC at www.adc.com.

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