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Remote Radio Heads Future Billion Dollar Market

Cellular base stations are undergoing a design revolution
The demands of cost reduction and greater efficiency in cellular base station design are leading to a rapidly growing market for remote radio heads. According to a new study from ABI Research, this market is on track to exceed a value of $1 billion in 2014. Remote radio heads...
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Qualcomm Takes Lead as 4G Patent Holder

Qualcomm looks set to be the leading patent holder in 4G wireless communications after recording 24 percent of ETSI declarations surrounding LTE, as well as 16 percent of the 26,000 patents that have potential relevance to 4G technologies generally, including WiMAX. Other notable players in the LTE field include...
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Mobile Backhaul Equipment Market Expected to Jump 60 Percent

Market research firm Infonetics Research released the second edition of its 2009 Mobile Backhaul Equipment and Services report, which tracks mobile backhaul equipment, connections, installed cell sites, and service charges. The report finds mobile backhaul equipment investments jumped a healthy 59% in 2008 to $3.7 billion worldwide, and forecasts...
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First Commercial LTE Networks Deployed in Sweden, Norway

TeliaSonera works with Ericsson and Huawei to establish 4G services ahead of schedule
Sweden's TeliaSonera recently announced that it has rolled out the world's first 4G mobile service, partnering with wireless provider Ericsson to offer commercial services in Stockholm. The carrier also this week deployed the first commercial LTE network in Oslo, Norway, partnering with Huawei for the task. So-called '4G' or...
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RFMW and NXP Announce Distribution Agreement

RFMW Ltd. and NXP Semiconductors announced a distribution agreement for the Americas. NXP is a manufacturer of high performance RF and microwave semiconductors. RFMW Ltd. is a specialized distributor providing customers and suppliers with focused distribution of RF and microwave components as well as specialized component-engineering support. According to...
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e2v Launches Assembly and Test Services for Semiconductors

e2v , a designer and manufacturer of specialized semiconductor components, has launched a complete semiconductor Assembly and Test service dedicated to the high-end electronics industry. From material sourcing and package development through high reliability manufacturing, test and ultimately obsolescence management, the new assembly and test capability is geared to...
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EADS Receives Mountie Radio Contract in Canada

EADS Defence & Security has been awarded the contract for deployment of its CORP 25 digital radio communications network to service the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘O’ Division critical communications in the province of Ontario, Canada. The contract includes the rollout of a state-of-the-art, open standard P25 IP-based...
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