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ISCO International Unveils Significant Enhancement to Its Interference Mitigation Solution

^{Published on 2008-12-19 08:26:26 - Market Wire}
 

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--ISCO International, Inc. (AMEX:ISO), a leading provider of spectrum conditioning solutions for wireless carriers, today announced a significant enhancement to its dANF product that will enable telecommunications network operators more flexibility as they operate and integrate wireless networks. The enhancement accommodates UMTS, or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System networks, and in the future will expand to CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), as well.

ISCO's Adaptive Interference Mitigation dANF, or digital Adaptive Notch Filter, is a self-contained product that integrates a high-speed DSP core in a powerful Linux-based architecture running ISCO's proprietary algorithms. UMTS is at the forefront of "third-generation" (3G) cell phone technologies.

"The enhancement was initially developed to support customers that manage ‘mixed' UMTS and CDMA networks," said Gordon Reichard, Jr., ISCO president and CEO. "We found that the enhancement could be adapted to any customer who wants flexibility and control in how they search for and mitigate interference in a UMTS wireless environment."

With the enhancement, ISCO customers will be able to monitor up to three UMTS carriers and, at the same time, define which specific frequency and bandwidth to monitor. This is important as customers increasingly find themselves choosing from among standard channel configurations and special, customized configurations.

"In the end, the tempering and elimination of interference affects every wireless customer who is part of the carrier's network," said Reichard, "and allows them to place more calls and increase data throughput rates. For our carrier customers, more calls equal more minutes, equal more revenue. To their customers, it means better service."

This enhancement comes on the heels of an important study by ISCO International that examines the impact of "noise" and interference on cellular transmission.

"The study affirmed -- and attached numbers to -- what the industry knew all along, that a seemingly insignificant increase in interference can significantly reduce voice and data throughput," said Reichard. "The implications of interference on a network necessitate the introduction of products and enhancements like today's announcement."

Reichard also pointed to unprecedented global cellular growth and system complexity in recent years – and the challenging environment this creates for cellular operators who are now confronted with network transitions, more noise and unpredictable interference created, in part, by the proliferation of CDMA, GSM and WCDMA networks, many of them in adjacent regions. ISCO's new multi-carrier solution provides the flexibility and control that wireless carriers are looking for as they search for and manage this interference.

About ISCO International

ISCO International ([ www.iscointl.com ]) is a leading wireless telecommunications solutions provider -- and global supplier of radio frequency management and "spectrum conditioning" solutions for wireless carriers. ISCO brings to the wireless market a suite of highly differentiated solutions for mobile operators, network infrastructure providers and other resellers of wireless products and software solutions. ISCO solutions include adaptive interference management and radio frequency spectrum conditioning for all wireless technologies.