Kavveri Telecom has expanded its portfolio of hi-tech products with the acquisition of Trackcom Systems International (TSI), Canada. The addition of TSI s 40 Ghz products will now open new avenues into space and defence verticals for Kavveri.

"The acquisition of TSI is in line with our company's strategy for the global markets. It brings additional high-technology products into our portfolio, which will strengthen Kavveri's position in defense, space and telecom markets," said Shivakumar Reddy, managing director, Kavveri Telecom Products.

The acquisition comes at a time when there are mounting concerns over homeland and border security and rapid advances in the field of warfare. This has fuelled a growing trend toward the adoption of networking and wireless technologies in various application areas of the defense sector.

Looking at the opportunities for the various communication technologies, military defence has the highest IT requirement for wireless communications. This high-performance communications can only be delivered through RF communications. The present acquisition will help Kavveri in providing solutions, and to address the emerging wireless market in digital video broadcast, IPTV, Mobile TV and WiMAX, which coincides with the expected growth in these segments in emerging markets like India.

Some of Kavveri s clients in India include Motorola, Ericsson, Nokia-Siemens, Nortel, / TE, Alcatel-Lucent, Vodafone Essar, Idea, Reliance, BSNL and WorldSpacc.

The company has in the recent past also acquired Til-Tek, Canada, a vendor in antenna DCI, Canada, and Spotwave Wireless, Canada and also Technology, IP Rights of Tygma Wireless Ireland from PCTel, USA, according to a communique submitted to the BSE.

The company was incorporated in 1991 as a player in the manufacture of antennas and RF products for the wireless industry in India. It also manufactures base station antennas and accessories for use by both GSM and CDMA operators; as well as antennas for use in in-building solutions (IBS), and antennas for WiMAX at its facilities in Bangalore.