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Spectrum Awarded Contract for Power Amplifiers

Spectrum Control Inc. announced that its Spectrum Microwave Business Unit has been selected by Thales Communications Inc. , Clarksburg, MD, as the supplier for the RF Power Amplifier for the Extended Band Manpack, an accessory to the AN/PRC-148 JTRS Enhanced Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radio. Production of the RF Power...
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Pulse Introduces Dual-band Ceramic Antenna

Pulse , a Technitrol company, a leader in electronic component and subassembly design and manufacturing, announced its new dual-band diversity ceramic antenna that operates at both 850 and 1900 MHz bands. Designed for use in the US, the antenna provides a high-quality radio interface for multi-purpose machine-to-machine (M2M) devices...
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Cobham Wins Contract for Band 5/6 Replacement Amplifier

Cobham has been awarded the Band 5/6 TWT (Travelling-wave Tube) Replacement Module Assembly (TRMA) development contract by the US Navy that could, if all options are exercised, be worth up to US$11.5 M. Cobham was competitively selected for this contract by the US Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Centre in...
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IDC Foresees a Role for Both WiMAX and LTE

SingTel nominates four countries for LTE trials
Telecom subscribers can look forward to widespread and ubiquitous mobile and portable connectivity from not just a single wireless technology, but a confluence of technologies that will coexist as well as compete with each other in the next wireless evolution or the 4G era. Global marketing intelligence firm, IDC’s...
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Remote Radio Heads Future Billion Dollar Market

Cellular base stations are undergoing a design revolution
The demands of cost reduction and greater efficiency in cellular base station design are leading to a rapidly growing market for remote radio heads. According to a new study from ABI Research, this market is on track to exceed a value of $1 billion in 2014. Remote radio heads...
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