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WiSpry Secures $10 M Financing

WiSpry Inc. , a leader in programmable RF semiconductor products for the wireless industry, announced its first closing for a Series C financing of $10 M dollars. The round was led by a new investor in the company, Paladin Capital Group, which is also gaining a seat on WiSpry’s...
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CTIA Wireless 2009 – Going Green

The International CTIA WIRELESS 2009 event is where broadband communications come to life as the event was branded as “Mobile Life”. It embodied this name as new technologies rolled out to make broadband more widely adopted and seamless but another overriding theme was “Green Technology” especially when your featured...
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Rogers Introduces RO4000 LoPro Laminates

Rogers Advanced Circuit Materials (ACM) Division announced its new reverse-treated copper foil option on RO4000® series laminates. The RO4000 LoPro™ laminates are enabled by special interface technology to be made with very low profile reverse-treat copper foil while maintaining copper peel strength equal to or better than standard RO4000...
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RFMD Expands Portfolio of Integrated Configurable Components

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance semiconductor components, announced it has extended its portfolio of integrated configurable components to include products for the cellular repeater and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) markets. The new integrated configurable components include the RF2057...
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EADS DE Modernizes Bulgarian IFF Systems

Defence Electronics (DE), an integrated activity of EADS Defence & Security (DS), has been awarded a contract worth approx. €14 M by the Bulgarian company Promax99 covering the delivery of new technology Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems. The Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR) 2000 systems are capable of...
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Alcatel-Lucent to Expand GSM/EDGE Network in Pakistan

In a deal worth $52.87 M, China Mobile Pakistan Ltd. (CMPak), a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Mobile, has contracted Alcatel-Lucent to expand its existing GSM/EDGE network. The expansion, which is now underway, will allow CMPak to provide enhanced commercial services in northern Pakistan. Alcatel-Lucent, through its flagship company in...
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