Bird Sells Its Radio Infrastructure Products (RFIP) Division To Combilent US

SOLON, OH –Bird, a leading provider of radio frequency-based products, systems, and services, today announced that it has agreed to sell its Radio Infrastructure Products Division (RFIP), formerly known as TX RX Systems to the Combilent Group.  Combilent USA will operate under the TX RX Systems, Inc. name from their US headquarters in Angola, New York. 

The RFIP division acquired by the Combilent Group includes products and services for requirements for VHF, UHF, 700/800/900 MHz transmitter combiners, receive multicouplers, filters, duplexers, and tower top amplifiers (TTAs). The new combined entity will provide both standard products and services as well as non-standard/non-catalog solutions to customers with unique needs.

Bird will retain its world class coverage enhancement products and services including our Bi-directional Amplifiers (BDAs) and Distributive Antenna Systems (DAS). These products are a key part of Bird’s coverage enhancement and in-building product and services portfolio. The complete product offering, including off-air repeaters, signal boosters, fiber DAS systems and monitoring solutions, provides our customers with a one-stop shopping location for their critical coverage and capacity needs. 

Terry Grant, Bird President, stated, “We believe that Combilent and TX RX are better together and can become stronger in the marketplace as a team vs. being competitors. The new combined group (TX RX and Combilent) will provide leadership and innovation to the Radio Infrastructure Industry by offering their customer high quality superior RF products and solutions”.

Bird continues to set the industry standard in RF communications and will focus their efforts and resources on the core market segments of Coverage Enhancement Products, Off Air Testing, M2M Sensors, and Test & Measurement Products.

About Bird 

Bird (founded 1942), based in Solon, Ohio, designs, manufactures, and services products and systems that set the industry standard in RF communications. With five locations worldwide (Solon; Reston, Va.; Singapore; Stockholm, Sweden; and London, England), Bird serves broadcast, cellular, distributed antenna system (DAS), government, medical, military and semiconductor markets. Bird provides the physical infrastructure used by government agencies, public safety forces, and the private sector. Bird sells its products through a global network of distributors and sales representatives.  The company maintains a website at www.birdrf.com.