RFS opens manufacturing plant in Kolkata

Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), the global wireless solutions group, today announced the opening of a new manufacturing plant in Kolkata for its market-leading microwave antenna systems. The first phase of a major investment by RFS in the country, this state-of-the-art manufacturing plant will enable RFS to meet the burgeoning requirement across India and later the APAC region for microwave connectivity in mobile backhaul and transmission backbone applications.

The RFS manufacturing plant will enable the company to be more responsive to existing clients, compete aggressively in all aspects of India’s wireless sector and reach out to new customers across the APAC region – where the microwave radio market is forecast to reach $2.4 billion by 2013, up from $1.9 billion according to market analysts, Sky Light Research.

“In India, a new cellular base station site goes on air every four minutes. This is generating a huge need for the timely and cost-effective delivery of high-quality and leading-edge microwave radio systems to connect new BTS to cellular networks,” said Kuldeep Tikoo, general manager (India), RFS.