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Andy Brown
Advanced Energy
Andy Brown currently serves as the Director, Technical Marketing for DC-DC products, a position he has held for the past 11 years. Prior to this position, Andy served as a Senior Field Applications Engineer at Astec Power for 13 years, focusing on Telecom. He has more than six years’ experience in design engineering. Andy also holds a BEng Honors degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Hertfordshire.
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Blog
Reducing RAN Running Costs with Advanced DC-DC Technologies
October 08, 2024
The reliability issue is a significant pain point because a so-called “truck roll” (a visit by a service technician to the base station to repair or replace a component, circuit board or other assembly) is a costly last resort that service providers want to avoid. Unplanned downtime and maintenance costs can mount very quickly, reaching many hundreds of times the cost of any specific part or system that has failed.