Lineage Power Awarded Best Overall Performance in India by Indus Towers

Mobile Tower Company Honors Lineage for Delivery and Quality
Bangalore – June 22nd, 2009 – Lineage Power Corporation, the industry’s most experienced provider of intelligent power conversion systems, today announced that Indus Towers, a leading mobile tower company in India, has recognized Lineage for “Best Overall Performance” among their site build services suppliers. All supplier companies were reviewed by Indus Towers and Lineage was honored to be selected as best overall performer for on-time delivery, quality of work, and positive attitude. Lineage Power offers systems and project management and maintenance services for telecom networks across all 16 of India’s telecom circles.
Headquartered in the National Capital Region of Delhi, India, Indus Towers offers services to mobile telecom operators in the wireless space and other wireless service providers such as broadcasters and broadband service providers. Indus Towers is the first tower company globally to have a portfolio of over 100,000 telecom towers under its management. Its large tower portfolio provides excellent geographical coverage and increased speed to market to all its customers.
“Our entire global team is proud to be recognized for the passion, dedication and hard work of more than 500 people located throughout India who have worked every day to earn the right to our business with Indus Towers,” said Craig Witsoe, CEO of Lineage Power. “This is yet another example of our proven service delivery quality process and methodology best practices for complex power project management that assures customer satisfaction.”
Lineage Power employs over 1300 professionals in India providing project management, planning, design, implementation, optimization, and power infrastructure lifecycle management services for the telecommunications and broadband industries. The India R&D center has also developed unique energy systems products for deployment throughout the APAC region and ASEAN countries. More information about Lineage hardware, software, services and training is available at
About Lineage Power www.lineagepower.com
Lineage Power Corporation, a Gores Group company, traces its heritage to AT&T, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies and Western Electric. Today, the company delivers reliable and intelligent power conversion solutions carrying on the tradition of patented innovation with energy-efficient AC/DC and DC/DC power modules, indoor/outdoor energy systems, and custom power products backed by local field expertise in 25+ locations worldwide. Designed for decades of non-stop operation, the high-availability DC power plants enable voice, video and data communications while assuring investment protection, total system efficiency, and significantly reduced total cost of ownership.

About Indus Towers www.industowers.com
Indus Towers is a JV between Vodafone Essar (42%), Bharti Group (42%) and Aditya Birla Telecom Limited (16%) and is India’s leading mobile tower company. The company operates in 16 telecom circles across India, provides services to all telecom operators and other wireless service providers such as broadcasters and broadband service providers on non-discriminatory basis.

About The Gores Group www.gores.com
Founded in 1987, The Gores Group, LLC is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can benefit from the firm's operating experience and flexible capital base. The firm combines the operational expertise and detailed due diligence capabilities of a strategic buyer with the seasoned M&A team of a traditional financial buyer. The Gores Group, LLC has become a leading investor having demonstrated over time a reliable track record of creating substantial value in its portfolio companies alongside management. The firm's current private equity fund has committed equity capital of $1.3 billion. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, The Gores Group, LLC maintains offices in Boulder, Colorado and London.

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