Articles tagged with: Vodacom and Indoor Coverage

Vodacom Taps Andrew for Wireless Coverage In South African World Cup Stadiums

­Andrew Solutions says that it has won a contract from South Africa's vodacom to deploy indoor coverage in five of the 10 South African stadiums to be used for the 2010 World Cup. Andrew's multi-operator ION-M optical distributed antenna system supports current GSM 900/1800 and UMTS frequency bands as well as next generation LTE and WiMAX networks. The systems' basic architecture involves fiber optic and coaxial cables, master and remote units, and other subsystem products that receive and transmit signals from dedicated operator base stations to customer handhelds throughout the facility.  more

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Phone Networks Using Battery Backups During South Africa's Electricity Black-outs

South Africa is facing an electricity shortage, and the local dominant power company, Eskom had had to issue another of its semi-regular warnings about power failures this weekend. The company is engaging in a rolling series of power cuts all around the country, which cuts the supply to different areas for up to 2 hours at a time.  more

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