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Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) collaborated with industry leading programmable-logic vendor Xilinx Inc. to introduce a radio architecture development platform that helps multi-carrier cellular base station manufacturers reduce engineering resources and improve time to market. ADI’s MS-DPD (mixed-signal, digital pre-distortion) development platform simplifies the wireless infrastructure design process by allowing...

Epic Communications Inc. (Epicom), a fabless IC solution provider of RF front-end modules (FEM) and power amplifiers (PA) for WiFi, WiMAX and cellular sockets, announced that Epicom has won the 2010 R&D 100 award for its development of a single，flip chip-based complete wireless front-end integrated circuit (FEIC). Late last...

Anaren Inc. announced that it has officially launched its Xinger®l-III brand line of 3 dB hybrid and directional couplers for wireless infrastructure applications. At ¼ the size of the company's previous generation parts (Xinger-II components remain popular and in production), the design and unique manufacturing processes behind the new...

Alcatel-Lucent together with EADS Defence & Security and PlantCML®, the North American subsidiary of EADS, will for the first time demonstrate interoperability between a live broadband LTE wireless network and digital land mobile radio (LMR) commonly used by local police, fire departments and other emergency responders. The joint mission-critical...

Teledyne Technologies Inc. , a leader in the design and manufacture of custom electronic components and systems, announced that it has acquired Labtech Microwave , a leader in custom microwave packaging solutions and microwave components, as part of the acquisition of Intelek plc. Labtech Microwave Packaging Group, founded in...

Bird Technologies Group (BTG), a supplier of radio frequency measurement and management technology, has acquired X-COM Systems of Reston, VA. X-COM, founded in 1994, manufactures RF test equipment, deployable RF signal sources, and military digital communications equipment, primarily sold to the US Department of Defense and other government agencies....

Teledyne Technologies Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Intelek plc . Teledyne was the beneficial owner of, or had received valid acceptances in respect of approximately 93 percent of Intelek’s ordinary shares. Teledyne declared its offer to Intelek shareholders wholly unconditional, as all closing conditions of...

Auriga Microwave announced that it has received the contract for Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) award N093-221: Highly Efficient Transmitter for High Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) Waveforms. Under a contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), Auriga will design a compact, highly efficient transmitter...

Nokia Siemens Networks and Motorola Inc. have entered into an agreement under which Nokia Siemens Networks will acquire the majority of Motorola’s wireless network infrastructure assets for $1.2 B in cash. The companies expect to complete closing activities by the end of 2010, subject to customary closing conditions including...

Roke Manor Research claims to have developed the world’s first 3G Wide Area Coverage Femtocell capability. Using picoChip ’s technology as the development platform, Roke’s reference design has a 40 km range, which delivers more than 40,000 times the area covered by most other femtocells. It is also said...