SAF Tehnika

Infobox Company
company_name = SAF Tehnika AS
company_
company_type = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Stock_Company JSC] , Public OMX
foundation = 1999
location = flagicon|Latvia Riga, Latvia
industry = Wireless equipment manufacturer
products = Telecommunications and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_transmission data transmission] equipment (Microwave radio, PDH & SDH equipment, IP radio)
num_employees = 150 (as of August, 2008)
homepage = [http://www.saftehnika.com www.saftehnika.com]

SAF Tehnika is a designer, producer and distributor of digital Microwave [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_transmission Data transmission] equipment. SAF Tehnika products provide wireless [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backhaul_%28telecommunications%29 backhaul] solutions for digital voice and data transmission to mobile and fixed network operators, data service providers, governments and private companies. The Company offers 3 product lines: CFM family – low to medium capacity radio equipment PDH, CFQ family – high capacity radio equipment ( [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_Digital_Hierarchy SDH] ) and the new CFIP family – 100Mbps capacity radio equipment.

In 2004 SAF Tehnika acquired a Swedish company, Viking Microwave AB- SAF Tehnika Sweden, a fully owned subsidiary, based in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothenburg Gothenburg] . In May 2004 the Company launched a successful IPO with initial market capitalization of more than €50 million, with substantial subscriptions from institutional investors. The Company is listed on the Riga Stock Exchange [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMX OMX Group] nder the symbol SAF1R and the current quotation is accessible on the Company's web page [http://www.saftehnika.com/shareholders.jsp SAF Tehnika]

Key Company Milestones:

1999 SAF Tehnika company establishment
2000 Introduction of PDH (CFM) product line
2003 ISO 9001 certification, Member of ETSI
2004:
• Acquisition of the Swedish company “Viking Microwave” developing SDH radio systems.
• Public company, listed on Riga Stock Exchange (part of OMX) after successful IPO (Riga Stock Exchange: SAF1R)

2006 SDH (CFQ) product line launch in the market
2007:
• Sales growth up to 62 markets.
• Implementation of a new automated modern manufacturing line. Release of CFQ-RG-IDU – the latest addition to SAF CFQ product line
2008 Launch of 100Mbps radio - SAF CFIP product line

Products:

CFIP
SAF CFIP is a microwave radio system with Ethernet s the primary traffic interface and enhanced data transmission capacity - up to 108Mbps. In addition, CFIP is capable to deliver up to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-carrier 4E1] nterfaces for legacy connectivity or any other use. CFIP product line is a perfect building block for any modern future proof wireless network. Apart from the full system capacity of 108Mbps, it is possible to configure the radio to any of 7MHz, 14MHz and 28MHz channel bandwidths as well as to any of QPSK, 16APSK and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APSK 32APSK] odulations, thus providing various capacities. This product family provides perfect solution for a user looking for higher than PDH E3 capacity without need for STM-1 capacity.

CFQ
CFQ digital radios provide high capacity (up to 600Mbps) transmission, flexibility, features and convenience for wireless communications networks operating over 6, 7, 8, 13, 15, 18 and 38GHz frequency narrow and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wideband wide bands] . CFQ family is composed of an Indoor Unit (SD-IDU) and Outdoor Unit (ODU). Indoor Unit is designed to be frequency independent but ODU - capacity independent. CFQ-SD-IDU is based upon a common platform to support wide range of network interfaces and configurations, including 16xE1, 21E1, 32xE1, 42E1, 63E1, E3, 1 or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Ethernet 2x100Base TX] Ethernet, or combination of these interfaces, and 1xSTM-1.

CFM

SAF CFM is a safe and affordable wireless communications point-to-point [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-point_%28telecommunications%29 point-to-point] system operating over 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 23, 26, 32 or 38GHz frequency bands. It provides voice and data transmission in both urban and rural areas covering up to 60 km distance between two sites. CFM is available with 4, 8, 16 and 34Mbps data transmission rate. By choosing CFM family products with appropriate interface you can build transmission systems for voice (nxE1 or E3), data (Ethernet or V.35), as well as mixed solutions for voice and data combination (E1, Ethernet or V.35).s.

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