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RF and Microwave Engineering May Still Thrive in 2009 While almost all segments of the electronics industry will be flat or decline in 2009, a few exceptions are possible. Defense sector Demand for engineers in the defense sector is stable according to the number of positions requiring security clearance....

Due to its recent agreement with Nokia , Qualcomm Inc. is likely to solidify its lead in the global market for mobile-handset baseband semiconductors, according to iSuppli Corp. Based on iSuppli’s preliminary estimate, Qualcomm in the fourth quarter accounted for 40.6 percent of worldwide revenue from shipments of mobile...

NetHawk , a Finnish manufacturer of testing tools for telecom networks, and Testing Technologies have announced a strategic partnership to integrate and support customer oriented testing with Testing and Test Control Notation (TTCN-3). TTworkbench, Testing Technologies' test automation platform based on TTCN-3, will be integrated in the NetHawk EAST...

EADS Defence & Security (DS) has delivered to the flight safety branch of the German Air Force the worldwide first air traffic control network based on the latest EUROCONTROL standard Mode S. This Mode S Cluster guarantees the automatic guidance of civil and military aircraft in an area of...

Nujira announced it has received a strategic investment of an undisclosed sum from Mitsubishi UFJ Capital of Japan. This investment follows the successful C round of funding that was closed by the UK company towards the end of 2008 and represents its first venture investment relationship with a Japanese...

Elcom Technologies Inc. announces receipt of orders totaling $2.4 M for Elcom’s UFS and IBS lines of frequency synthesizers. The orders reflect Elcom’s growing market share in threat simulation and antenna test, respectively. Elcom believes the orders reflect an increasing need by defense contractors and defense departments around the...

Strategy Analytics’ latest GaAs report, “ RFMD , Skyworks and TriQuint Consolidate Market Leadership,” calculates that the overall gallium arsenide (GaAs) device market grew 9 percent year-on-year in 2008, with early estimates showing that RFMD, Skyworks and TriQuint further consolidated their leadership of the GaAs device industry, accounting for...

Laird Technologies Inc. , a leader in the design and manufacture of customized, performance-critical components for wireless systems and other advanced electronics applications, announced the availability of two new dual-band external MIMO external antennas – the S245112PT directional and the S24517PT sector. Both antennas are specifically designed to enhance...

As one of the first major global events of the year the 2009 GSMA Mobile World Congress was not only eagerly awaited for the technology and evolutionary clues that it would divulge, but also as a barometer of the impact of the global downturn on an industry that has...

IEEE , the world’s largest technical professional society, signed a merger agreement with the honor society Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), a nonprofit, public-service organization comprising nearly 200 university chapters. The merger, which will go into effect by mid-2009 pending final approval, will make HKN the official honor society of...