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Qualcomm Inc. and Atheros Communications Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Qualcomm intends to acquire Atheros, a leader in innovative technologies for wireless and wired local area connectivity in the computing, networking and consumer electronics industries. The acquisition is intended to help accelerate the...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the industry’s first commercially available 4G system design library for 3GPP Release 10 -- the W1918 LTE-Advanced library. The new system design library is available as an option to Agilent’s SystemVue 2011.03 release software. Wireless system architects and chipset makers working to provide the 4G...

The US Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded ITT Corp. a contract to produce 425 Band C systems and their related spares and equipment for $16.7 M. Band C is an upgrade for the US military’s installed base of vehicle-mounted systems that prevent the detonation of radio-controlled improvised explosive...

Texas Instruments Inc. (TI), an industry leader in complete, highly integrated wireless connectivity solutions, introduced a 2.4 GHz ZigBee® network processor with integrated ZigBee PRO software stack. The new CC2530ZNP provides a simple, off-the-shelf ZigBee solution without requiring designers to learn the complexities of a full ZigBee stack. The...

UBM Electronics presented a virtual preview of "DesignCon 2011 – Where Chipheads Connect" on December 14, 2010. The event is targeted to chip, board and system designers. UBM Studios, a leader in virtual events and virtual business solutions, provided the 3D platform for the event. The event is now...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology Inc. , received a $1.7 M order for outdoor solid-state power amplifiers (SSPA) to be used in transportable fly-away satellite terminals for government satellite communications applications. The award is for amplifiers of various power levels that...

Anritsu Co. introduces the MW8219A PIM Master, the industry’s first field test solution that can accurately and quickly locate the source of passive intermodulation (PIM), whether it is at the base station or in the surrounding environment. Covering the PCS and AWS cellular frequency ranges, the MW8219A provides field...

RFMW Ltd. announces the opening of direct sales and distribution offices in Europe. RFMW is a specialized distributor that uniquely provides customers and suppliers with focused distribution of RF/microwave components as well as customer specific component engineering support. These direct sales offices allow RFMW to quickly and effectively introduce...

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. introduced the MAAM-009560, an HBT driver amplifier for cellular and WiMAX infrastructure applications. This driver amplifier covers a broad frequency range of 250 to 4000 MHz with excellent linearity of 42 dBm OIP3 over a greater than 20 dB input power range, and features a...

Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a capability demonstration in the latest phase of the US Air Force's development of the next-generation mobile, long-range surveillance and ballistic missile defense radar. The December 16-17 demonstration for the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) was the second and final required under a $25...