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RFS MICROKIT CONTENTS

The Company

Company Profile Core Markets Core Activities Core Values Locations Production Sites

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Key Customers Future Directions

General Mission WIS & TML WINS

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Technology Roadmap Solution Highlights

Wireless Infrastructure Solutions Radio Link Networks WINS Solutions Overview Television and Radio Towers and Support Structures

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The Company

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THE COMPANY PROFILE

A global designer of cable, antenna and tower systems plus active and passive RF conditioning modules, providing total-package solutions for wireless infrastructure. RFS serves OEMs, distributors, system integrators, operators and installers in the broadcast, wireless communications, landmobile and microwave market sectors. As an ISO compliant organization with manufacturing and customer service facilities that span the globe, RFS offers cutting-edge engineering capabilities, superior field support and innovative product design.

RFS is a leader in wireless infrastructure.

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THE COMPANY CORE MARKETS

Cell-based Cell-based mobile mobile communications communications In-tunnel In-tunnel communications communications

Broadcast Broadcast & & HF HF Systems Systems

RF System Solutions
In-building In-building communications communications

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THE COMPANY CORE ACTIVITIES

Wireless Infrastructure Solutions

Site Optimization & RF Conditioning Products

RF Transmission Distribution
Transmission Lines Wireless Indoor Solutions

Radio Link Networks

Microwave Antennas

TV and Radio
Broadcast, Defense and Towers

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RFS VALUE STEMS From our Four Core Values

A TOTAL offering
Cell-based mobile communications In-building In-Tunnel Television & radio Radio-link networks LMR/PMR HF & defense

Defense

Radio link networks

A GLOBAL solution set

Nine manufacturing centers-ofexcellence (Germany, France, US, Brazil, Russia, China, Denmark, Mexico and Australia) Represented on six continents 32 technical support and sales offices In-building

Cell-based mobile communications In-tunnel

Genuine EXPERTISE
At the forefront of RF technology Proven quality & reliability Renowned technical leader for over half a century

COST-EFFECTIVE
Lightweight solutions Scalable and flexible Future-proof solutions Optimized end-to-end

True TOTAL LIFE-CYCLE value MAXIMIZED return-on-investment.

TV & radio LMR/PMR

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THE COMPANY LOCATIONS

Production facilities and offices

HANOVER HANOVER HADDENHAM HADDENHAM WARWICK WARWICK MERIDEN MERIDEN COCONUT COCONUT CREEK CREEK OAKBROOK OAKBROOK TERRACE TERRACE MANSFIELD MANSFIELD JUARZ JUARZ MEXICO MEXICO CITY CITY TRIGNAC/ TRIGNAC/ LANNION LANNION MADRID MADRID PARIS PARIS PACY PACY MONZA MONZA DUBAI DUBAI NEW NEW DELHI DELHI TALLINN TALLINN MOSCOW MOSCOW BALABANOVO BALABANOVO HILLEROD HILLEROD ATHENS ATHENS BEIJING BEIJING TOKYO TOKYO SHANGHAI SHANGHAI TAIPEI TAIPEI GUANGZHOU GUANGZHOU HONG HONG KONG KONG BANGKOK BANGKOK SINGAPORE SINGAPORE

BOGOTA BOGOTA

SAO SAO PAULO PAULO JOHANNESBURG JOHANNESBURG BUENOS BUENOS AIRES AIRES MELBOURNE MELBOURNE

We have over 2300 employees based in 21 countries and 33 locations, serving you globally.
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THE COMPANY PRODUCTION SITES

Microwave Antennas

MERIDEN MERIDEN
USA USA

TRIGNAC TRIGNAC
FRANCE FRANCE

JUARZ JUARZ
MEXICO MEXICO

MELBOURNE MELBOURNE
AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA

SAO SAO PAULO PAULO

BRAZIL BRAZIL OWN MANUFACTURING SUBCONTRACTING
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Transmission Lines

MERIDEN MERIDEN
USA USA

HANOVER HANOVER
GERMANY GERMANY

BALABANOVO BALABANOVO
RUSSIA RUSSIA

JUARZ JUARZ
MEXICO MEXICO

SHANGHAI SHANGHAI
CHINA CHINA

SAO SAO PAULO PAULO

BRAZIL BRAZIL OWN MANUFACTURING SUBCONTRACTING PLANNED
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Base Station Antennas

TALLINN TALLINN
ESTONIA ESTONIA

SHANGHAI SHANGHAI
CHINA CHINA

SAO SAO PAULO PAULO

BRAZIL BRAZIL OWN MANUFACTURING SUBCONTRACTING
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RF Conditioning

MERIDEN MERIDEN
USA USA

HILLEROED HILLEROED
DENMARK DENMARK

JUARZ JUARZ
MEXICO MEXICO

SHANGHAI SHANGHAI
CHINA CHINA

SAO SAO PAULO PAULO

BRAZIL BRAZIL OWN MANUFACTURING SUBCONTRACTING PLANNED
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Wireless Indoor Solutions

HANOVER HANOVER
GERMANY GERMANY

SHANGHAI SHANGHAI
CHINA CHINA

OWN MANUFACTURING
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Broadcast and Defense Systems

UNITED UNITED KINGDOM KINGDOM

MELBOURNE MELBOURNE
AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA

OWN MANUFACTURING

OWN MANUFACTURING PLANNED

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CGTI Towers

PACY PACY
FRANCE FRANCE

SYRIA SYRIA
NORTH NORTH AFRICA AFRICA

OWN MANUFACTURING

SUBCONTRACTING PLANNED
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THE COMPANY KEY CUSTOMERS

RFS - A global presence with global customers and key players

Telefonica TeliaSonera T-Mobile Telstra project 4 SingTel NEC Arqiva MEGAFON China Unicom China Mobile Sprint Ericsson MTC National Grid THALES Cingular harris stratex VIVO Beeline Nortel Networks Telenor e-plus Motorola kpn TIM Intracom Broadcast Australia Alcatel-Lucent Nokia Siemens O2 TV Globo HUAWEI ORASCOM ORANGE VODAFONE Verizon Wireless ORASCOM Telecom

The above companies are a random indication of our customer range

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THE COMPANY FUTURE DIRECTIONS

General mission
New technologies (Wimax, Mobile TV) Innovative product concepts Global presence Short delivery time and best service Network Management System Application for Indoor/Outdoor Designed to be light

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THE COMPANY TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP

Solutions Solutions Sub-systems (Indoor & Outdoor) Sub systems
Radio Remote Head, Repeater (off air, on line) Master/Remote Unit Rack System Integrated Antenna Network Mgt Systems Operation & Maintenance Indoor / Outdoor

Components

Components
Antennas (Microwave, Broadcast / Base station) Filter / Combiner Cables PA (Indoor/outdoor)

Standard Components

Basic Material
3D Foam for filter Ceramic for filter Techno for feed/dipole Techno for cables Plastics & Polymers for radomes Plastics & Dielectrics for cables Metals & Bi-metals

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THE COMPANY FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Product line Wireless Infrastructure Solutions

Balancing coverage needs Broadband and multi-band solutions New antenna platforms covering 3G-LTE, Wimax and MIMO Site optimization products Reduce visual impact and component weight Tunable filters for Software Defined Radio applications Remote Radio Head

Product line Transmission Lines

Optimization of materials Performance enhancements Alternative material to copper maintaining high quality and performance

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THE COMPANY SOLUTION HIGHLIGHTS

Wireless Infrastructure Solutions

Towers

Site Optimization Solutions

Optimizer Rooftop

Highlights of the Solution

CELLFLEX Lite

Remote Radio Head/ Fiber-to-the-Tower Top WiMAX Adaptive Antenna System (AAS)

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THE COMPANY SOLUTION HIGHLIGHTS

Radio Link Networks

Solid RFS microwave antennas up to 12 ft Integrated antenna solutions from 1 to 6 ft Towers

Frequency Ranges from 3 to 60 GHz

Elements of the Solution

RFS CompactLine antennas

Economic dehydration and pressurization systems

FLEXWELL elliptical waveguide

RFS SlimLine antennas

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THE COMPANY FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Product Line WINS

Balancing coverage requirements Broadband modular concept with fiber optic backbone Multi operators, multi services products IP based active solutions for in-building and tunnel applications Repeater

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THE COMPANY SOLUTION HIGHLIGHTS

WINS Solutions Overview

Transport Air
Off-Air Repeater

In-Building
ClearFillAir
Focus on Building 2G, 3G

Wifi In Building

Products

ClearFillAir
or

Tunnel entry 2G, 3G, GSM-R

Line
Cables & Components

ClearFillLine
Tunnel > 500m 2G, 3G, GSM-R, Tetra

ClearFillLine
Building < 5000m 2G, 3G, Wimax opt. Wifi

ClearFillLine
Corridor < 100x25m Wifi

Boost
Bi-Directional Amplifier

ClearFillBoost
Tunnel < 4,6km 2G, 3G, GSM-R, Tetra

Space

ClearFillSpace2
Tunnel > 20km 2G,3G, GSM-R, Tetra

Space1 2G, 3G
ClearFillSpace2
Building > 60.000m 2G,3G

ClearFill Building < 60.000m

Fiber-Fed Repeater

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THE COMPANY SOLUTION HIGHLIGHTS

Broadband UHF panel arrays

Television and Radio

Turnkey structures: self-supporting towers or guyed mast

FM panel arrays

Suite of low-power antennas for mobile TV

Elements of the Solution

HELIFLEX air-dielectric coaxial transmission line RF monitoring systems

RF switch frames with digital monitoring

RF combining technology Slot antennas

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THE COMPANY SOLUTION HIGHLIGHTS

Towers and Support Structures

Self-supporting towers up to 200 meters (720 feet) Triangular Section Towers (Tubular legs)

Elements of the Solution

Optimizer Rooftop solution

Self-supporting towers up to 200 meters (720 feet) Square Section Towers (Angle Profile legs)

Monopoles

Antenna supports

Guyed masts up to 600 meters (1970 feet)

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