Andrew Corp. gets Hong Kong subway fiberoptic system contract

Andrew Corp. gets Hong Kong subway fiberoptic system contract

A $45 million contract to build an underground fiber/coax-based cellular and paging system in the Hong Kong subway system has been awarded to Andrew Corp. (Orland Park, IL). The system will use Andrew`s integrated fiberoptic and radiating cable system with more than 100 miles of coaxial cable, 29 miles of fiberoptic cable, 100 RF amplifiers, 133 paging amplifiers, and dozens of fiberoptic transceivers at more than 40 sites.