HRS Harris Corp.

MELBOURNE, Fla., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) today announced that it has received a Letter of Commitment from the Mobikos-Mobitel Consortium to be the sole provider of equipment and services for the second GSM mobile telephone network in Kosovo. Harris will provide microwave equipment and services, as well as program management and systems integration for the build-out of the Mobikos-Mobitel GSM network backbone. The project will combine the products and integration expertise of two Harris divisions -- Government Communications Systems and Microwave Communications. Mobitel, the national mobile telecom operator in Slovenia, and Mobikos, Mobitel's business partner in Kosovo, formed a consortium in 2003 to compete for the second GSM license in Kosovo. The consortium plans to invest more than $150 million in the project and then reinvest the profits from the enterprise in the consortium's activities in Kosovo. Harris Government Communications Systems Division conducts advanced research studies, develops prototypes, and produces and supports state-of-the- art, assured communications(TM) solutions and information systems that solve the mission-critical challenges of its military and government customers, while serving as the technology base for the company's diverse commercial businesses. Harris Microwave Communications Division is the largest supplier of microwave systems in North America and a leading supplier worldwide. Harris Corporation is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. With headquarters in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual sales of over $3 billion and more than 13,000 employees, including 5,500 engineers and scientists. The company's four operating divisions serve markets for government communications, RF communications, broadcast communications, and microwave communications. For more information, visit http://www.harris.com/ . Sound interesting? Find great jobs at Harris: http://www.careers.harris.com/ DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Sleighton Meyer, Government Communications Systems Division, +1-321-727-6514, or , or Tonya Loggains, Microwave Communications Division, +1-919-767-3278, or , both of Harris Corporation Web site: http://www.harris.com/

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