Sprint Selects Harris TRuepoint Microwave Radio Technology

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Harris Corporation, a leading global provider of wireless equipment and services, announced that Sprint has named Harris as its preferred provider of point-to-point microwave technology. Sprint signed a four-year agreement to use TRuepoint, Harris' next-generation microwave radio, as a transport alternative versus leasing wire line facilities in select markets. Sprint will use TRuepoint, the industry's first universal platform for point-to-point digital communications in the cellular backhaul market, as the backbone of its Sprint PCS wireless network in key U.S. markets nationwide.

Sprint selected Harris' Microwave Communications Division to deliver the technology required to build out its world-class wireless communications infrastructure to meet exploding demand for new mobile services and directly
reduce its backhaul costs by millions of dollars a year. In addition to its backhaul application, Sprint may use TRuepoint for a range of additional services, such as disaster recovery, emergency services and enterprise connectivity.

Sprint will use Harris' TRuepoint for Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) backhaul and its EV-DO (Evolution Data Only) services, which include both
voice and data applications. Deploying TRuepoint to backhaul its service
traffic to the broader network enables Sprint to avoid using leased lines
(such as T1 or T3 lines), which have both limited capacity and high cost.
TRuepoint allows Sprint to use a single platform throughout its PCS network,
regardless of application traffic volume. This flexibility and scalability will allow Sprint to add new services and grow its customer base with limited impact on its wireless infrastructure. TRuepoint is easy to deploy, with common replacement parts across the platform, a lower cost to install and a lower total cost of ownership.

Sprint and Harris have enjoyed a successful relationship on the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) program. Sprint is a key provider for
long distance connectivity, and also provides specific multiplexing and routing equipment supporting the objectives of the 5000 site communications program.

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