Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Limited, a global leading wireless solutions provider, is the top Tower Mounted Amplifier (TMA) vendor by revenue, according ABI Research, a market intelligence company.

According to the ABI Research report "Tower Mounted Amplifiers for Cellular Base Stations," the market for TMAs is expected to reach almost US$500 million in 2012 with Comba Telecom identified as the vendor with the largest market share.

Located close to the base station antenna, the TMA is a low noise amplifier that improves the system sensitivity which translates to better coverage and improved system performance.

Lance Wilson, ABI's Research Director of Mobile Networks, said, "With a moderate investment, deploying TMAs can provide significant base station performance improvement for mobile network operators. Based on our analysis of the market, Comba Telecom currently leads the global TMA market with the largest share of revenue amongst other vendors."

Carol Ye, Deputy General Manager for Comba Telecom's Antenna and Subsystems division, said, "We are pleased to be recognized again as the market leader in the TMA space by ABI Research. We have placed a lot of R&D resources to develop a portfolio of cost effective TMA products with smaller footprints. Most importantly, the market and our customers recognize the value proposition of Comba Telecom's TMA which is reflected by our market share."

 Ye added, "Comba Telecom has always focused on looking ahead of the curve and anticipating customer needs in advance. Besides the TMA products, we already have a portfolio of solutions to improve system performance such as our remote radio head products which have been deployed by our customers around the world."

Comba Telecom's Tower Mounted Amplifier (TMA) portfolio supports 800/850/900/1800/1900/2100/2600MHz frequencies providing uplink amplification, and supporting both uplink and downlink channels. With high performance and integrated low noise amplifiers, Comba Telecom's TMA creates a balanced Downlink (DL) and Uplink (UL) thus improving base station receiver sensitivity.