August 31, 2009

Fiber-Span, the established leader in fiber-optic RF ON FIBER® products, today announced their selection to provide an upgrade for the Enhanced Digital Access Communications System (EDACS)® simulcast radio coverage in the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) tunnels, stations, and in-building areas. The communications system, critical for public safety needs, will cover the fourteen miles of PATH train tunnels spanning from Newark, New Jersey to the World Trade Center and 34th Street Manhattan stations. Its implementation will greatly enhance 800 MHz Radio Communications utilized by both the Port Authority Police Department and Port Authority maintenance personnel, meeting the latest public safety coverage requirements set by the Federal Government.

Seamless RF coverage for the PATH tunnels and PATH’s thirteen stations will be accomplished by connecting a new Distributed Antenna System (DAS) to the existing M/A-COM EDACS® system via Fiber Optic Repeaters. The solution will feature the use of digitally enhanced delays to provide Simulcast performance, reducing the interference incurred due to multiple signals. Reception of multiple signals has plagued the in building wireless market for years. Two additional systems will provide enhanced in-building coverage at the Journal Square Transportation Center (JSTC) and Newark Penn Station by utilizing Fiber-Span channelized Bi-Directional Amplifiers (BDAs). Fiber-Span’s solution features equipment and fiber optic path redundancy by switching between primary and secondary fiber runs and is designed to meet the special challenges of “non-interference” with above ground systems.

According to Hal Halpern, Fiber-Span’s CEO, “Fiber-Span’s proprietary Course and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM, DWDM) technology allows for the implementation of a robust, reliable and cost-effective system architecture ideally suited for tunnel applications. A comprehensive Network Management System for Alarming and Monitoring is incorporated to ensure reliability and for up-to-the-minute maintenance of the system, whose service lines travel underneath the Hudson River. Fiber-Span is confident that our RF ON FIBER solution will provide the reliable, high performance 800 MHz radio system the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey requires.”

For more information about Fiber-Span products, please visit the Fiber-Span website at www.fiber-span.com or contact Fiber-Span at techinfo@fiber-span.com.

About Fiber-Span

Fiber-Span is a premier provider of advanced RF ON FIBER technologies and solutions for fiber optic based transmission of high fidelity Radio Frequency (RF) wireless voice, data and multiservice networking applications. Fiber-Span’s product mix includes both indoor and outdoor coverage and capacity solutions including broadband Bi-Directional Amplifiers (BDA), channelized Class ‘A’ Signal Boosters, Fiber Optic DAS products, and Outdoor DAS Repeaters. Our proprietary Course and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM, DWDM) technology allows for the implementation of robust, reliable and cost-effective system architectures for applications where limited fiber is available. These solutions are ideally suited for facilities such as subway tunnels and landmark buildings..

Fiber-Span is addressing public safety needs by providing fiber optic wireless solutions for police, fire, emergency, first responder and Homeland Security radio systems applications. Fiber-Span's RF over fiber solutions for Defense and Military organizations are also leading the way by providing reliable and secure communications links for ground, airborne, shipboard, software defined radio such as JTRS, radar, telemetry, phased array antenna, GPS and intelligence solutions in the HF / UHF / VHF and microwave radio frequencies.

Fiber-Span's evolving class of products addresses the growing demand and movement toward the convergence of wireline and wireless networks, and the requirement for high performance, high bandwidth RF ON FIBER solutions and networks. Fiber-Span's customers are global wireless communication systems, original equipment manufacturers (OEM), radio frequency (RF) system integrators, and military system architects. More information about Fiber-Span is available from its web site at www.fiber-span.com.

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