Andrew, the CommScope, Inc. division that is a global leader in communications products and systems, has won NTT DoCoMo Inc.’s “Best Partner Award” for its outstanding telecommunications network infrastructure support during the past fiscal year.
The award was presented at the NTT DoCoMo Partners Day 2008 ceremony hosted by NTT DoCoMo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masao Nakamura. More than 200 people and 63 companies attended the event hosted in Tokyo by Japan’s largest telecom operator.
Akira Kawada, country manager and president, Andrew Japan, accepted the award on behalf of Andrew. Four awards were presented during the event to recognize the top companies from among all of NTT DoCoMo’s global and domestic suppliers. Andrew was the only company based outside of Japan that won this award under the Network Segment category, with the other three awards being presented to domestic handset companies.
Andrew was nominated for the award by NTT, primarily for its strong track record in delivering reliable, high quality and well-designed products that incorporate state-of-the-art technologies. Andrew has been supplying NTT DoCoMo with HELIAX cables and connector products, which have been used in NTT DoCoMo’s WCDMA and PDC base stations for wireless networks since 1982.
The NTT DoCoMo award is the fourth such honor received by Andrew in the past two years for its excellence in supporting customers in Asia. The company was also been named best partner by ZTE in China, Samsung in South Korea and Globe in Philippines. Andrew also has won best supplier awards from Lucent, Siemens and Nortel in the past.
