Radio Frequency Systems opens manufacturing plant in India

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) announced the opening of a new manufacturing plant in Kolkata, India, for its microwave antenna systems.

The first phase of a major investment by RFS in the country, this manufacturing plant will enable RFS to meet the burgeoning requirement across India and later the APAC region for microwave connectivity in mobile backhaul and transmission backbone applications.

“In India, a new cellular base station site goes on air every four minutes. This is generating a huge need for the timely and cost-effective delivery of high-quality and leading-edge microwave radio systems to connect new BTS to cellular networks,” said Kuldeep Tikoo, GM—India at RFS. “By ramping up our production capacity in India, we will be able to lower the cost of logistics and reduce import duties, while cutting delivery lead times by more than 50 percent. We anticipate further cost benefits to be realized by our solution partners and customers once the initial commissioning phase is completed in 2009.”

“We have set-out a five-year strategy to increase our manufacturing capacity and grow our global footprint. Today, RFS has ten manufacturing centers-of-excellence on six continents with 36 technical support and sales offices that enable us to deliver the best possible service and quality to our customers. The addition of India will enable us to further balance our production capacities, further capture the APAC market opportunity and ensure that we are uniquely positioned to provide an end-to-end solution tailored to the specific requirements of each customer locally,” added Modeste Addra, Head—Radio Link Network Products, RFS.