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From the 15 papers presented over the two days of the November ARMMS Conference, held in Corby, UK, one that focused on an innovative frequency synthesizer design caught the imagination of the delegates to win the popular vote and take the Best Paper Prize. The paper’s author, Alexander Chenakin...

Bangalore, India's ‘Electronic City’ hosted the second Asian TTCN-3 User Conference (T3UC) where experts in test software from India and other parts of Asia declared their strongest-ever commitment to the testing technology known as Testing and Test Control Notation Version (3TTCN-3). The conference was co-organized by the European Telecommunications...

NEC Corp. , a leader in femtocell technology, has announced the deployment of its femtocell solution by leading French telecommunications carrier SFR, enabling the operator to become the first to launch femtocell services throughout France. NEC is providing SFR with an end to end femtocell solution that includes compact...

From Kriegspiel to DARWARS, the goals of military simulation have remained constant – predict battle outcomes and build warfighter skills. Today’s advanced battlefield simulations deliver experiential realism in force positioning, troop movement, supply routing, enemy force detection and engagement, and damage calculation. For warfighters depending on next generation network-centric...

Keithley Instruments Inc. , a leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Agilent Technologies Inc. to sell substantially all of its RF product line to Agilent. “Because we have placed a high emphasis on profitability in fiscal 2010 and...

Hittite Microwave Corp. , a supplier of complete MMIC-based solutions for communication and military markets, has introduced the HMC-C070 MicroSynth™ product, which is a fully integrated broadband synthesizer module. Operating from 5.5 to 10.5 GHz, the HMC-C070 MicroSynth delivers excellent phase noise performance, and is ideal for military radar,...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp. , received $2.4 M in orders for satellite modems and redundancy switches. The equipment will be employed by the United States government to support an ongoing military communications program. The order includes the DMD2050 Universal Satellite...

Herley Industries Inc. announced that its Herley-CTI subsidiary located in Whippany, NJ, has received an award for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract valued at approximately $8.5 M from a major US prime contractor to manufacture fast switching synthesizers for a radar system application. This six-year agreement is a follow-on to...

The GSMA, in collaboration with The Climate Group, launched a Green Manifesto for the Mobile Industry, which sets out how the industry plans to lower its greenhouse gas emissions per connection, and demonstrates the key role that mobile communications can play in lowering emissions in other sectors and industries....

NICTA , Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, has successfully demonstrated technology that reduces the amount of radio interference in 3G networks with femtocells. The test configuration used a universal radio communication tester from Rohde & Schwarz as one of the 3G devices connected to...