Remote Radio Head Manufacturer Axis Network Technology Establishes US Presence for Sales, Design and Technical Support

Business Wire, Oct 1, 2008

Resources established in San Diego and Baltimore to support WiMAX OEMs in the US basestation market

CHICAGO, & AYLESBURY, England -- Axis Network Technology (AxisNT), a manufacturer of Remote Radio Heads and subsystems for WiMAX, has announced the establishment of two new points of presence in the USA - in San Diego and Baltimore - to support its growing customer base for Remote Radio Heads.

The AxisNT sales office in San Diego is headed by Rich Corrigan, an industry professional with wide-ranging experience in both telecommunications and data communications. Since 1999 Rich has held executive and management level sales and marketing positions with semiconductor companies Forza Silicon and Patriot Scientific, wireless companies REMEC and Ensemble Communications, and networking companies Copper Mountain Networks and IP Unity. Rich began his career in engineering, working for several years in system architectures and emerging technologies for Motorola and briefly at Rockwell International. He holds Bachelor degrees in both Marketing and Computer Science from Northern Illinois University, and a Masters degree in Computer Science from De Paul University.

"Rich has the ideal background to help us to develop and support the US market," said Michel Vieuxmaire, Global Sales Director for AxisNT. "His experience and judgement are already making a major contribution to our growing success with the Remote Radio Head and digital radio subsystems products."

The design team in Baltimore is headed by Chief Systems Engineer Frank Friedman. Frank is involved both in the design of the DSP architecture for the WiMAX Remote Radio Heads and for algorithms used in the product's management system. Prior to joining AxisNT, Frank worked as a Senior Engineer at Filtronic, where he pioneered early WiMAX radio head development. He has served on the international OBSAI RP3 specification committee for the past four years, and was a leader in designing WiMAX support into the protocol. He holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with full honors from Johns Hopkins University.

"Right from the start it has been Axis' strategy to recruit the best engineers for our design team, wherever in the world they may be located," commented Steve Cooper, CTO of AxisNT. "We've been very fortunate to find Frank, whose background in both remote radio heads and with WiMAX and OBSAI standards is a perfect fit for us, and he and his group in Baltimore are now working as an integral part of the Axis design and development operation."