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By the end of 2013, LTE connections will be close to 80 million, according to ABI Research. This figure will account for connections on both FD-LTE, including that paired with W-CDMA/HSPA and CDMA 1x/EV-DO, and TD-LTE technologies globally. “We are expecting to see more LTE networks lighting up in...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that its N6070A-Series Signaling Conformance Test Solution for LTE on the E6621A PXT Wireless Communications Test Set has met the industry’s Test Platform Approval Criteria (TPAC). The Agilent N6070A series gives users the ability to download regular software updates that incorporate the latest protocol test...

Rigol Technologies Inc. introduced the DG4000 series waveform generators, the latest development in its family of fast, easy-to-use, ultra modern test instruments. A function/arbitrary waveform generator, the DG4000 features two output channels with up to 160 MHz output, 14-bit voltage resolution, a 500 MSa/s sample rate, a high resolution...

CommScope Inc. , a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communications networks, has supplied the first active antennas in use in an LTE network field trial, a major step toward the promise of better, more cost-effective ways to transmit broadband signals to mobile customers using next generation networks. CommScope’s...

Early Q3 performance indicators show momentum has returned to the mobile handset market, according to ABI Research . “While results are not in yet from all mobile handset vendors, Q3 shows signs of a recovery after a flat Q2 raised concerns following a very strong start to the year,”...

The delegates, visitors and exhibitors that gathered in Manchester for the 2011 European Microwave Week from Sunday 9 to Friday 14 October have waved farewell to each other but, hopefully, they departed encouraged and inspired to Wave to the Future , which was the slogan for the Week. The...

Raytheon Co. has completed the shipboard installation of the Cobra Judy Replacement program's X- and S-Band antennas onto the USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM 25). These massive active phased-array antennas, each weighing more than 500,000 pounds, were installed onto the ship at Kiewit Offshore Services (KOS), Corpus Christi, TX....

ITT Corp. announced that it has received a $27 M contract from the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation to further equip the Norwegian Armed Forces with Generation 3 night vision systems. The contract is composed of ITT’s latest technology regarding monocular night vision devices and related accessories and includes options...

To meet the growing demand from Russian space industry, C-MAC MicroTechnology has signed an agreement with Petersburg Electronic Co. to distribute electronic components and modules including radiation-hardened power conditioning products and a range of high reliability MIL-STD-1553 products in Russia. In 2011, the Russian government will spend $3.8 B...

Idea Cellular Ltd. , India’s third largest wireless operator, is replacing most of its traditional corrugated copper cabling in its network with CommScope’s HELIAX® FXL smoothwall RF feeder coaxial cable, which will be utilized in the operator’s base station sites across India. The FXL smoothwall cable, already installed in...