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Telit Wireless Solutions and Motorola Solutions have successfully completed the transaction in which Telit acquired Motorola Solutions' M2M modules business unit and Motorola Solutions’ associated employees have joined Telit. All existing Telit and Motorola products will be maintained and available as originally planned by the separate entities. Telit will...

Honeywell announced it was selected to develop and implement China's first smart grid pilot project and feasibility study for managing energy use in commercial buildings, also known as demand-side management. The project is part of a grant agreement signed between the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and the...

Trimble introduced the ThingMagic® Mercury6 (M6) four-port, multi-protocol RFID reader as the latest addition to its RFID product family. The M6 is based on the ThingMagic M6e embedded RFID reader module and operates with the ThingMagic MercuryAPI, providing OEMs, VARs and end users with high-performance RFID and a common...

Connected Living, an association of 40 smart service manufacturers and service providers, exhibited a mock smart home at this year's CeBIT. The "house" is divided into three rooms: one for the whole family, one for just kids and one for those who are maritally single. The family section is...

NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced the appointment of Peter Kelly as Executive Vice President, Operations. He joins Chris Belden reporting to Rick Clemmer and will share responsibility with Belden for managing the overall operations of NXP. “The global operations organization is of key importance to the success of NXP, especially...

KOR Electronics has appointed David Edwards and Chris Michalski to key leadership roles aimed at extending the company's intelligence-related business for both the defense and intelligence communities. Edwards and Michalski will focus on identifying new business opportunities and developing strategies and products/systems to grow KOR’s ISR market position. "We...

Brand new innovations in satellite-enabled communications were unveiled at the 30th annual SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, March 14-17 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center located in Washington, DC. The SATELLITE 2011 Exhibition encompassed more than 65,000 net square feet of exhibit space and feature more than 325 companies...

Hughes Network Systems LLC announced it was awarded a $495,000 contract by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to conduct an architectural study of commercial communications satellite (COCOMSAT) systems capabilities. The report, which will focus on meeting the future tactical communications-on-the-move (COTM) needs of the US military, is expected...

A promising new method for the treatment of cancer tumors and metastases is microwave or RF ablation. This minimally invasive treatment makes it possible to operate in areas of the body that are inaccessible using conventional means and alleviates post-traumatic complaints, as well as offering significant cost savings. Such...

Semi-rigid cables have long been the backbone of the US Military interconnection technology for RF and microwave applications. These cables provide a robust means of interconnection supporting high power, low loss and high frequency applications with extremly good shielding characteristics. With no fear of sand and abrasion, these cables...