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Thales Alenia Space has created a separately owned German subsidiary, Thales Alenia Space Deutschland GmbH, located in the Stuttgart area. This strategic move demonstrates the company’s intention to play a growing role in Germany, a country committed to strongly supporting European institutional and national R&D space programmes. The opening...

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote regional and international standardization, with the aim of contributing to the establishment of a global information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure. The agreement formalizes an...

RFID Item-level Tagging (ILT) is being deployed very rapidly in apparel and footwear markets. Item-level passive UHF tags now make up an increasing share of the total world market for RFID tags. ABI Research forecasts that more than three quarters of a billion RFID tags will be used in...

There’s no question that in the long term LTE will become the mainstay 4G network technology, although its universal use is still in the future. Until then, says ABI Research, some service providers will benefit from a dual-platform strategy based on both LTE and WiMAX. According to Research Director...

Smartphone markets are on a roll. Shipments grew from 177 million in 2009 to 302 million in 2010, a remarkable 71 percent growth rate. Meanwhile, handset OEMs’ market shares have fluctuated widely; Nokia’s dropped from 39 to 33 percent, even as the collective share held by manufacturers of Android-based...

Texas Instruments has signed a definitive agreement to purchase National Semiconductor in an all-cash transaction of about $6.5 B. This merger will unite two industry leaders who have a common commitment to solving your analog needs. Both companies will operate independently pending close of the acquisition which is expected...

ANADIGICS Inc. announced the resignation of President and Chief Executive Officer Mario Rivas and Senior Vice President Greg White . The company also announced that its first quarter 2011 revenue guidance remains on track with previous revenue guidance of $42 to $44 M. Ron Michels , who was the...

Ducommun Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding stock of LaBarge Inc. . LaBarge, with revenue of $324 M for the twelve months ended January 2, 2011, is a widely recognized supplier of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) operating across many high-growth industries....

As with any other marketing effort, a successful tradeshow depends on strategic thinking about objectives and developing effective ways to engage prospects before, during and after the show. In other words, it's not just about the booth display. With the IEEE IMS/MTT-S show coming up in early June, let's...

Infineon Technologies will invest $160 M this year to expand its production capacity and research and development and upgrade its manufacturing facilities in Malacca, Malaysia. The investment will mainly increase the capacity to produce power semiconductors for energy efficiency applications and will add 350 jobs to the approximately 7,000...