BELLEVUE, Wash., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- 3G Americas today announced the
election of Andrew Corporation (Nasdaq: ANDW), a global communications systems
and equipment supplier, to its Board of Governors effective March 2005.
'Andrew Corporation supports both traditional and evolving technology
standards for the GSM family of technologies including UMTS/HSDPA, and brings
wireless infrastructure into emerging markets as well as enhanced capabilities
in established markets,' stated Chris Pearson, President of 3G Americas.
'This matches ideally with the mission of 3G Americas and we welcome the
strategic insight Andrew Corporation will add as we progress wireless
technology in the Americas through the GSM evolution to 3G and beyond.'
'Andrew Corporation is honored to join this prestigious group and fully
supports 3G Americas' mission to facilitate the seamless deployment of the GSM
family of technologies in the Western Hemisphere,' said JC Huang, chief
strategy, technology, and corporate development officer, Andrew Corporation.
'A key part of our overall corporate strategy is to further the acceptance and
evolution of 3G technologies, such as GSM evolving to UMTS, in all parts of
the region.'
3G Americas' Board of Governor members include: Cingular Wireless (USA),
Cable & Wireless (West Indies), Ericsson, Gemplus, HP, Lucent Technologies,
Motorola, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Openwave Systems, Research In Motion, Rogers
Wireless (Canada), Siemens, T-Mobile USA, Telcel (Mexico), Texas Instruments
and now Andrew Corporation. Andrew will be represented on the board by JC
Huang and Ray Butler, Corporate Technology Director.
About 3G Americas: Unifying the Americas through Wireless Technology
The mission of 3G Americas is to promote and facilitate the seamless
deployment throughout the Americas of GSM and its evolution to 3G and beyond.
The organization fully supports the Third Generation technology migration
strategy to EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA adopted by many operators in the Americas that
is expected to account for up to 85% of next-generation customers worldwide.
3G Americas is headquartered in Bellevue, WA with an office for Latin America
and the Caribbean in Dallas, TX. For more information, visit
www.3gamericas.org.
About Andrew Corporation
Andrew Corporation designs, manufactures, and delivers innovative and
essential equipment and solutions for the global communications infrastructure
market. The company serves operators and equipment manufacturers from
facilities in 35 countries. Andrew (www.andrew.com), headquartered in Orland
Park, IL, is an S&P 500 company founded in 1937.
Contact:
Vicki Livingston
+1 262 242 3458
vicki.livingston@3gamericas.org
SOURCE 3G Americas
