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New Siemens Multi-Standard Base Station Simplifies Deployment and Reduces Cost of Delivering Next-Generation Mobile Services

Posted on: Thursday, 6 April 2006, 09:00 CDT

Siemens Communications Inc. today announced the release of its Siemens(R) Multi-standard Base Station (MBS) solution. This high-performance system provides Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) cellular operators with a cost-effective way, within a single modular platform, to support the radio elements for second-generation (2G) and third-generation (3G) mobile networks, without the need to purchase individual systems for each technology.

Additionally, the Siemens MBS solution is designed to allow operators to expand - within a single rack - existing GSM base stations to support Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)-based 3G services, without sacrificing capacity. Siemens currently provides the only available solution that is designed to enable 2G base stations to become 3G capable.

"Whether operators are deploying 3G services now or in the future, the Siemens Multi-standard Base Station system helps provide investment protection," said Harald Braun, president, Networks Division, Siemens Communications Inc. "The Siemens MBS system provides a variety of benefits, including fast and flexible deployments, lower site acquisition costs, and reduced power consumption."

Using the Siemens MBS solution, operators can upgrade 2G base transceiver stations (BTSs) by adding a small slide-in Radio Server Unit (RSU) into the existing rack. The units easily fit into standard 19-inch GSM BTSs from numerous vendors, enabling any BTS to quickly become capable of supporting multiple standards. Optionally, the RSU can be used in combination with the Remote Radio Head (RRH), which can be mounted on a roof or tower.

The Siemens LifeWorks Vision

The Siemens Multi-standard Base Station system is one of the many components of the Siemens LifeWorks(TM) vision to help people interact, work and be entertained - without technology boundaries - in an always-on world. The company's award-winning LifeWorks vision provides the building blocks for the ongoing development of secure, reliable and high-quality converged communication solutions that drive greater efficiencies and improve user satisfaction.

About Siemens

Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $96 billion in fiscal 2005. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $18.8 billion and employs approximately 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 460,000 people in 190 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States: www.usa.siemens.com.

About Siemens Communications Inc.

Siemens Communications Inc. offers its customers a broad portfolio of communication products and services and is a leader in convergent technologies, products and services for wireless, fixed and enterprise networks. The company's portfolio ranges from devices for end users to complex network infrastructures and complementary services for enterprises, carriers and service providers. Siemens Communications Inc. is headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla. For more information, visit www.usa.siemens.com/communications.

Note: Siemens is a registered trademark of Siemens AG or its subsidiaries and affiliates. All other company, brand, product and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

This release contains forward-looking statements based on beliefs of Siemens management. The words "anticipate,""believe,""estimate,""forecast,""expect,""intend,""plan,""should," and "project" are used to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the company's current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause the actual results to be materially different, including, among others, changes in general economic and business conditions, changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates, introduction of competing products, lack of acceptance of new products or services and changes in business strategy. Actual results may vary materially from those projected here. Siemens does not intend or assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Source: Business Wire

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