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Harris Corp. , an international communications and information technology company, has named Julio Villafane Managing Director of the Caribbean/Latin America region for its RF Communications business. In this role, Villafane will provide strategic direction and day-to-day management of all staff in the region, overseeing the regional headquarters in Miami...

KOR Electronics announced that it has received contracts from the government in excess of $12 M in Q4 2010. The awards include major releases against the previously announced USN IDIQ contract that supplies advanced digital jamming systems for the US Navy and Air Force. The awards also include a...

American Technical Ceramics (ATC) announced that the company's new free 2011 Tech-Select® RF Design Software and Product Catalog CD is now available. ATC’s new 2011 revised CD contains updated, detailed pdf files for its extensive line of RF, microwave and millimeter-wave products. This encompasses ATC’s full line of MLCs,...

Cree Inc. announced the availability of a commercial 1200 V surface-mount SiC Schottky diode. Packaged in an industry-standard surface-mount TO-252 D-Pak, the Schottky diodes deliver the same proven performance as Cree's TO-220 through-hole devices, with a smaller board footprint and lower profile. This can enable the design of smaller,...

AWR® Corp. announced that it will gift fully-functional, one-year, personal-use term licenses of its popular Microwave Office™ and Visual System Simulator™ (VSS) software suites--inclusive of AXIEM® 3D planar EM software--to the top three winners/winning teams of the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2011 High-Efficiency Power Amplifier and Wideband Balun Student...

MegaFon , a Russian mobile operator, has selected NEC Corp. ’s femtocell solution to enhance the indoor mobile experience of its residential and enterprise customers in the Volga, Ural and Far-East regions of Russia. The NEC femtocell solution was successfully tested and trialed with MegaFon subscribers at the North-West...

By setting up the subsidiary – Spinner Comercio e Indústria do Brasil Ltda. – Spinner has continued its commitment to providing ‘High Frequency Performance Worldwide’ by expanding its network of subsidiaries for manufacture, sales and service. Together with production sites in Germany, Hungary, China and the US, the new...

Yoigo , a subsidiary of TeliaSonera and Spain's fourth-largest operator, has entered a new agreement with Ericsson to extend its current 3G HSPA mobile broadband network. The agreement makes Ericsson Yoigo's single vendor of the latest technology in the radio access and core network and the only managed services...

As one of the first major global events of the year the 2011 Mobile World Congress was eagerly awaited. Largely perceived as the platform for the mobile communications sector to discuss and evaluate the issues impacting the industry and a vital marketplace for showcasing the latest technological developments, the...

Aeroflex announced that its TM500 Test Mobile has added support for the 3GPP DC-HSDPA Release 9 standard to the multiple UE (user equipment, or handset) emulation product. Release 9 provides a maximum data rate of 84 Mbps by enabling concurrent operation of MIMO and DC-HSDPA. The TM500 Rel-9 DC-HSDPA...