Andrew to Wire New Chinese High Speed Railway
Andrew Solutions, a CommScope division, will provide a coverage and capacity system for wireless communications in the Shanxi Province section of the forthcoming Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan high speed railway in China.
The massive railway will run over 900 kilometers long upon completion and includes the Luliangshan Tunnel of over 20 kilometers. Andrew will supply RADIAX radiating cable and accessories for distributing wireless signals within the tunnel and along the railway in Shanxi Province. Andrew has supplied wireless coverage and capacity equipment for numerous high speed railways and subways before in China, including the Beijing-Tianjin and Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan high speed railways and the Beijing Metro in advance of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Andrew’s coverage and capacity system for the Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan railway will support essential communications in the public network, supporting railway operations and emergency responders. ?The Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan railway is expected to support commodity export activity in western China in addition to passenger transportation and strengthen the economic connection between East and West China. Freight transportation is forecasted to reach over 45 million tons along this rail line by 2015.?
Andrew is a provider for coverage and capacity system solutions including ION distributed antennas systems, Node series repeaters, RADIAX leaky cables, indoor antennas and passive components.