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Worldwide revenues from backhaul leasing are expected to double over the next 30 months, according to a new study from ABI Research. The growth curve even accelerates after 2012, resulting in a fivefold revenue increase between 2009 and 2014. Why this powerful performance? According to ABI Research senior analyst...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, also known simply as the Stimulus Bill) will provide funding for a massive $6.8 B worth of wireless communications upgrades and new deployments over 2009-2010. The Act offers a significant one-off opportunity for wireless equipment vendors, an opportunity that is examined in...

The results of a recent consumer survey conducted in North America by ABI Research suggest that nearly half of those mobile consumers surveyed are somewhat likely or very likely to be influenced by suppliers' green credentials when purchasing services or devices. Respondents were asked whether they'd be more likely...

Although cellular handsets will continue to dominate shipments of devices with integrated GPS, the next growth spurt will come from mobile consumer electronics (CE) and mobile computing applications, reports In-Stat. Mobile computing and CE devices will comprise over 100 million units in 2013. "With growing attach rates and market...

Industry News Harris Corp. , an international communications and information technology company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems business (formerly known as M/A-COM), an established provider of mission-critical wireless communications systems for law enforcement, fire and rescue, and public service organizations. Tyco Electronics...

This article describes a handy design method for a long backfire antenna, called for short a backfire antenna (BFA). It consists of the following basic elements: A feed F (dipole or assembly of crossed dipoles), a surface wave (SW) structure S (dipole array, metal disk-on-rod, dielectric rod, dielectric-covered metal...

In today's global wireless industry, demands for semiconductor performance are becoming increasingly more challenging. Higher power and higher operating frequencies are two themes that permeate throughout this market space. Applications such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and UHF/VHF Tactical Radios require extremely high power handling PIN diodes at lower...

Power amplifiers (PA) are a critical functional block in today's wireless communications. They are found in every cell phone, cordless phone, RF remote controller, etc. Any application requiring the wireless transmission of analog or digital signals will require a PA. In wireless equipment, the PAs are usually placed as...

This article presents the performance of a Ka-band bandpass filter (BPF) using a coplanar waveguide (CPW) topology on an Al 2 O 3 substrate. A copper (Cu) metallization was also used in this investigation to improve the characteristics of the filter. The measured results of the BPF, with a...

This paper presents a new compact and comprehensive design methodology for RF CMOS source degenerated cascode dual functionality low noise amplifier (LNA) and power amplifier (PA) for the IEEE 802.15.4 standard (commercially known as ZigBee). Due to the need to meet the far apart performance requirements of both the...