Cutting Costs, hassle and network downtime with Alan Dick's triband
   cellular antenna technology

Alan Dick, the global telecoms and broadcast infrastructure specialist, is shipping its triband cellular antenna technology to cellular carriers around the world.

The triband - 2.2 GHz 3G and 900/1800 MHz GSM - antenna is notable for its ability to slot into the same space previously occupied by a GSM 900/1800 unit, saving the networks precious time when it comes to planning permission and base station logistics - and this is before the total cost of ownership (TCO) issue enters the frame.

Just as when the first GSM 1800 networks were rolled out in the mid-1990s, causing networks to upgrade their base stations and allied infrastructure, carriers now face the prospect of upgrading their networks to support the new 3G 2.2 GHz waveband. With Alan Dick's Triband Array any of the following combinations are achievable:

Some infrastructure companies offer 3G antennas to sit alongside existing GSM installations, but, as any network planner will confirm, adding to the infrastructure of a cellular tower in this way can cause planning, as well as both direct and indirect cost headaches, owing to planning permission, wayleave and site rental issues, network downtime plus a host of other potential problems, including the possibility of causing a squint in the cellular signal transmission pattern.

Alan Dick's triband antenna technology greatly reduces these headaches for the carriers, since it offers them a drop-in replacement for their existing GSM antenna installations.