Andrew Corp. acquired selected assets of Deltec Telesystems International, Ltd. of Wellington, New Zealand, in July 2001. This acquisition brought to Andrew the assets of Deltec Telesystem’s International Teletiltä sales and development division including Teletiltä intellectual property, which is the enabling technology for remotely adjustable electrical downtilt antennas.

Andrew has a formidable intellectual property position regarding remotely adjustable electrical downtilt antennas that is fundamental to the deployment of third generation cellular networks. The agreement with Argus signifies the strength and value of our enabling technology, said Jim Giacobazzi, VP Base Station Antennas, Andrew Corporation.