Products, Cabling, Global: Global wireless solutions group Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) is promoting what is believed to be the world's first corrugated aluminium transmission line and the lightest RF transmission cable currently on the market.

Wireless, Global: Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), has recently demonstrated a remote radio head (RRH) unit which the company claims to exhibit the fastest bit-rate of any “fibre-to-the-tower-top” solution.

Products, Cabling, Global: New jumper cable caps from Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) are claimed to offer improved RF connection between main feeders and antennas or system equipment.

Products, Cabling, Global: New jumper cable caps from Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) are claimed to offer improved RF connection between main feeders and antennas or system equipment.

3G, CALA: Motorola’s NC800 Cellular Gateway will be introduced into Latin America through a distribution agreement with Brightstar, a distribution and supply chain solution provider serving the wireless industry.

Products, Efficiency, Trouble-shooting, Global: Schema, a specialist in network optimisation software, has released Mentor, which Schema believes to be the first wideband CDMA, EVDO and UMTS optimisation solution based on actual network usage.

Customer churn, India, Global: Subex Systems Ltd, the Bangalore-based telecom software company, is in discussion with several telcos for a beta site for its Ontrack end-to-end subscriber risk management solution.

Products, 3G, Global:  Lucent Technologies has unveiled its Base Station Router (BSR), a Bell Labs innovation that integrates key components of 3G mobile networks into a single network element, thus "flattening" what is typically a more complex architecture.

3G, Global: Andrew Corporation has introduced a compact tower-mounted amplifier (TMA) designed to provide operators with options for coverage and capacity enhancement for 3G networks.

Network Management, Global:  Andrew Corporation has introduced a software system that works with the Teletilt(r) ATC200-1000 local rack-mounted controller and enables real-time adjustments to base station antennas from anywhere an Internet connection is established. The Andrew Network Management System (ANMS) enables users to schedule down-tilt adjustments to occur at any time and in any location, eliminating the cost and inconvenience of dispatching crews to make the adjustments on site.

GSM, Global: Global roaming specialist Roamware believes its new network solution will hand operators the missing link in the roaming world: its Prepaid Local Number (PLN) service is claimed to give every operator the capability to provide enhanced roaming and home network services to visitors, both pay-as-you-go or prepaid.