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Freescale Semiconductor introduced two LDMOS RF power transistors that allow wireless base station amplifiers to cover all channels in an entire allocated frequency band. The high-efficiency transistors help reduce capital and operating expenditures, and their wide instantaneous bandwidth allows operators to increase network flexibility. Most of today’s amplifier systems...

Fujitsu Semiconductor America Inc. (FSA) announced that Hiroyuki Hojo has been named President and Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2011. He replaces Shinichi “James” Machida, who will return to Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd. (FSL) in Japan as Corporate Vice President in June. Hojo joined the Fujitsu organization in September...

After reporting a 13 percent sales growth in the last year, e2v has also announced significant investment in additional research, development and expanded production at its Chelmsford, UK, headquarters. This project, backed by a £6.2 M grant from the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) administered by the UK Department for...

MAGUS (Pty) Ltd. , Computer Simulation Technology AG (CST) and EM Software & Systems-S.A. (Pty) (EMSS) Ltd. have released the third major version of Antenna Magus, which features an antenna knowledge management system especially designed for antenna engineers, enabling them to add their own custom antennas to the existing...

Thales Alenia Space has signed a €54.5 M contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), acting on behalf of the European Commission, to supply a new version of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS), incorporating improvements that are indispensable for enhanced operability. The 28-month contract will upgrade critical...

NXP Semiconductors has inaugurated the Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE) in Pune, India, in association with the International Institute of Information Technology (I2IT). Located at I2IT Pune Campus, this Center of Excellence will provide unique infrastructure and collaboration of the Industry and academia. The center will foster the innovation...

Harris Corp. has received a $7.6 M order from the US Department of Defense (DoD) for its Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radio systems. The DoD is acquiring the radios to provide deployed forces with expanded wireless tactical communications capabilities such as video, e-mail and collaborative chat. The field-proven...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp. , received $1 M in orders from a mobile operator to support the expansion of a satellite-based telecommunications network in Latin America. An assortment of ground station equipment was ordered, including modems, block up converters and...

Anritsu Co. introduces a software option for its MD8480C W-CDMA/GSM Signaling Tester that enables testing for the latest W-CDMA/GSM devices supporting simultaneous 64QAM and MIMO. This release builds on existing W-CDMA/HSPA support in the MD8480C, ranging from Release 99 to Release 8, as well as previous introductions of the...

Giga-tronics Inc. announced that it received a $1.2 M order from the United States Marines for its VXI synthesizer, the Giga-tronics model 5008A. John Regazzi, CEO of Giga-tronics stated, "We are committed to supporting the US Marine Corps Third Echelon Test Set and are honored to be selected once...