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Cobham Wins Contract for Band 5/6 Replacement Amplifier

Cobham has been awarded the Band 5/6 TWT (Travelling-wave Tube) Replacement Module Assembly (TRMA) development contract by the US Navy that could, if all options are exercised, be worth up to US$11.5 M. Cobham was competitively selected for this contract by the US Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Centre in...
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IDC Foresees a Role for Both WiMAX and LTE

SingTel nominates four countries for LTE trials
Telecom subscribers can look forward to widespread and ubiquitous mobile and portable connectivity from not just a single wireless technology, but a confluence of technologies that will coexist as well as compete with each other in the next wireless evolution or the 4G era. Global marketing intelligence firm, IDC’s...
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Remote Radio Heads Future Billion Dollar Market

Cellular base stations are undergoing a design revolution
The demands of cost reduction and greater efficiency in cellular base station design are leading to a rapidly growing market for remote radio heads. According to a new study from ABI Research, this market is on track to exceed a value of $1 billion in 2014. Remote radio heads...
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Qualcomm Takes Lead as 4G Patent Holder

Qualcomm looks set to be the leading patent holder in 4G wireless communications after recording 24 percent of ETSI declarations surrounding LTE, as well as 16 percent of the 26,000 patents that have potential relevance to 4G technologies generally, including WiMAX. Other notable players in the LTE field include...
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Mobile Backhaul Equipment Market Expected to Jump 60 Percent

Market research firm Infonetics Research released the second edition of its 2009 Mobile Backhaul Equipment and Services report, which tracks mobile backhaul equipment, connections, installed cell sites, and service charges. The report finds mobile backhaul equipment investments jumped a healthy 59% in 2008 to $3.7 billion worldwide, and forecasts...
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First Commercial LTE Networks Deployed in Sweden, Norway

TeliaSonera works with Ericsson and Huawei to establish 4G services ahead of schedule
Sweden's TeliaSonera recently announced that it has rolled out the world's first 4G mobile service, partnering with wireless provider Ericsson to offer commercial services in Stockholm. The carrier also this week deployed the first commercial LTE network in Oslo, Norway, partnering with Huawei for the task. So-called '4G' or...
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