August 14, 2017 – San Jose, CA – Comba Telecom, Inc. (Subsidiary of Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Ltd.), a global leading wireless solutions provider, today announced the 700/800MHz CriticalPoint™ Public Safety Fiber DAS solution at the APCO 2017 | 83rd Annual Conference & Expo.

The CriticalPoint 700/800MHz Fiber DAS features a new innovative design that integrates the RF signal source and DAS headend into a single, small form-factor Master Unit (MU). The integration not only saves valuable space, but compared to more traditional fiber DAS architectures, it also reduces the overall DAS head end equipment and installation costs, it also lowers the equipment cost and footprint of the required battery backup unit. Linked by fiber optic cable, the Master Unit feeds 2W Remote Units (RU) that distributes the RF signal throughout the building. The Master Unit can support up to 8 Remote Units (RU) – this makes the Fiber DAS a perfect solution for large venues ( >400,000sqft.) or multiple building “campus” scenarios such as universities, hospitals, multi building residential or mixed use structures, etc.

The CriticalPoint Fiber DAS system will be available in both AC and DC powered. Below is a list of other key features:

CriticalPoint Class A Fiber DAS
– Supports up to 32 channels per band
–  2W downlink power per band (RU)
– Channelized ALC (Automatic Level Control)
– Channelized squelch
– Support SNMP v2 & v3 / Easy-to-use

OMT web interface
– NEMA 4X and NFPA compliant as well
as FCC and UL/IC approved
– Built-in mandatory isolation testing
– Supports FirstNet™ LTE Band 14

“We’re excited to bring the CriticalPoint Fiber DAS to market,” says Don Henry, Comba’s Public Safety Program Manager. “After launching our award-winning Class A BDA last year, we promised the public safety community that we would follow with additional solutions that would bring the same quality and feature rich solution that we have in our public safety BDAs. We believe that CriticalPoint 700/800 Fiber DAS does that. We’re proud of the accomplishment and will allow Comba to continue providing highly cost effective solutions to help the public safety community, while gaining market share in this rapidly growing public safety arena.”

The CriticalPoint Fiber DAS Class A solution will be shipping in November 2017 for a starting MSRP of $12,225 to $15,225 (4 or 8 ports) for the Master Unit (MU), and $11,925 for the Remote Unit (RU) (USD). For more information visit: www.combausa.com/public-safety/fiber-das.