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To aid long-term growth, NTT DOCOMO Inc. has announced that it will expand the role of DOCOMO China Co. Ltd. to strengthen delivery of high-quality solutions, services and support, and facilitate new growth in the fast-expanding Chinese mobile market. DOCOMO China, a wholly owned subsidiary based in Shanghai, will...

The Enterprise Mobility Solutions business of Motorola Inc. , a leader in the development and deployment of mission critical communications solutions, has announced that over 1,800 police users in Oslo are now live on the Norwegian national public safety TETRA network, Nødnett, using TETRA digital radio solutions delivered by...

RFHIC Corp. , a manufacturer of gallium nitride and gallium arsenide active RF and microwave components and hybrid modules for telecom and broadcast markets, has introduced the RWS05020-10 power amplifier that generates 20 W and covers the 20 to 1,000 MHz frequency ranges. The RWS05020-10 is based on gallium...

Harris Corp. , an international communications and information technology company, has received a $73 M order from the US Marine Corps for Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radios, accessory kits, remote controls and satellite communication antennas. The Marines will deploy the AN/PRC-117G to provide high-speed networked communications that improve...

Herley Industries Inc. announced that its Herley New England division in Woburn, MA, has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $1.6 M from a major US Prime contractor to supply a number of multi-function integrated microwave assemblies (IMA) for a US Navy Electronic Attack Aircraft. Richard F. Poirier,...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Virginia-based subsidiary, Comtech AeroAstro Inc. , has been awarded a $37.9 M contract from the United States Navy's Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) to develop and deliver the spacecraft bus for the Joint Milli-Arcsecond Pathfinder Survey (JMAPS) mission by March 2012. This contract is...

From CTIA WIRELESS 2010®, Anritsu Co. and Verizon Wireless announced that Verizon Wireless has selected Anritsu’s BTS Master™ handheld base station analyzer to test the Long Term Evolution (LTE) network being deployed by Verizon Wireless throughout the United States. Verizon Wireless field engineers and technicians are using the BTS...

Rogers Corp. and its Advanced Circuit Materials (ACM) Division earned a distinguished DesignCon Paper Award at last month’s DesignCon 2010 Conference and Exhibition in Santa Clara, CA. The paper, “Effect of Conductor Profile on the Insertion Loss, Phase Constant, and Dispersion in Thin High-Frequency Transmission Lines,” was co-authored by...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, announced it is teaming with Ember Corp. to introduce ZigBee® front-end modules (FEM) for smart grid applications that give utilities and consumers more control over how they monitor...

San-tron Inc. , a manufacturer of RF coaxial connectors and cable assemblies, has announced the launch of S292 Connectors, a new series of 2.92 mm connectors that operate through K-band. Initiating a design standardized to a Thunderline-Z TL-150 glass-to-metal feed-through, San-tron has developed a transitional RF geometry that greatly...