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Article: Andrew Wins Radio Coverage Contract from Alcatel-Lucent For World's Longest Railway Tunnel.
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- Business Wire
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- January 27, 2009
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HICKORY, N.C. -- Andrew, the CommScope, Inc. division that is a global leader in wireless communication systems and products, has signed a contract with Alcatel-Lucent Switzerland for providing radio frequency (RF) coverage solutions in the world's longest railway tunnel, the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland.
Andrew will provision its ION(TM)-M multi-band, multi-operator fiber distributed antenna system and RADIAX([R]) radiating cables to spread reliable, high-performance wireless coverage throughout the tunnel. Railway operators and emergency personnel will be primary users of the system with GSM-R and PMR communications standards supported, while public 2G ...