Industry News

U.S. mobile operator capital expenditure will grow 2.1% in 2013

Worldwide mobile operator capital infrastructure expenditure in 2013 will experience opposing forces from different regional markets. “In North America, mobile carrier CapEx will grow 2.1 percent to US$13.4 billion as the accelerated LTE equipment spend programs from AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, etc. concentrate spending in 2013,” said Jake Saunders, VP and practice director of core forecasting at ABI Research.


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RFMW introduces BAW filters from TriQuint Semiconductor

RFMW Ltd. announces design and sales support for TriQuint Semiconductor BAW filters including the 885025, a Band 2 uplink filter at 1880MHz. BAW filters offer improved power handling performance over traditional SAW filters. The TriQuint 885025 has a usable bandwidth of 60MHz and the RoHS compliant 3x3mm ceramic package can handle up to 1W (30dBm) of CW RF energy.


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UltraSource releases new thin film microcircuit CopperVia

Michael Casper, president and CEO of UltraSource Inc., a supplier of custom thin film circuits and ceramic interconnect devices, announced the new CopperVia™, based on the company's existing patented UltraVia™ process. The CopperVia was first introduced at the June2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium/Exhibition inMontreal, Quebec, Canada.


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