EMS Technologies And Andrew Corporation Settle Patent Litigation, Enter License Agreement

Atlanta -- EMS Technologies, Inc. announced that Andrew Corporation has granted EMS a non-exclusive worldwide license to manufacture and market certain repeaters and RET antennae, such as EMS's "Cobra" line of RET antennae, under various of Andrew's issued and pending patents. The license is part of the settlement of patent litigation previously filed by Andrew. Other terms of the license and settlement were not disclosed.

Alfred G. Hansen, EMS president and chief executive officer, stated, "We are happy to reach a settlement of our dispute with Andrew. Over the years EMS has made major investments in developing cutting-edge technology. We look forward to focusing our efforts on pursuing our business plans and on deploying our technology for the benefit of our customers, without the distraction and potential disruption associated with complex patent litigation."

"Andrew is pleased that the licensing of its proprietary technology to EMS will broaden its availability and benefit more customers," said John DeSana, group president, Antenna and Cable Products Group, Andrew Corporation.

Andrew's patented remote-controlled electrical downtilt technology (RET) enables network operators to remotely adjust the beam elevation of an antenna system and control its signal coverage footprint. The system optimizes coverage by enabling antennas to be adjusted remotely without needing to put the entire cell-site out of service or sending a crew to adjust the antennas.

SOURCE: EMS Technologies, Inc.