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A new report by Mobile Experts predicts an industry shift away from the 3GPP roadmap, which calls for evolution to 8x8 MIMO (Multiple Input-Multiple Output) technology. “Field testing has shown limited benefit from the simple addition of more antennas and early implementation of Multi-User MIMO” said Joe Madden, Principal...

The year 2010 was one of outstanding growth for China’s handset market: unit shipments saw a 17 percent increase from 2009, with smartphone shipments accounting for 11 percent of the total. “The smartphone growth trend is expected to continue at least through the next five years,” says ABI Research...

Harris Corp. has received a $9.4 M order from the US Air Force for additional Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radio systems. The Air Force is acquiring the AN/PRC-117G in support of emerging applications in situational awareness, intelligence and analysis and real-time battlefield collaboration. The field-proven AN/PRC-117G will provide...

China Mobile Research Institute and SkyCross announced a demonstration of a tunable, MIMO antenna design for multimode, multiband handsets in LTE deployments around the globe. The world’s first compact, tunable MIMO antenna covers 12 frequency bands ranging from 700 MHz to 2.7 GHz for TD LTE/LTE FDD/TD SCDMA/GSM EDGE/WCDMA...

Vislink plc , a global technology business specialising in secure communications products and services for the news and entertainment and law enforcement and public safety markets, announced that on 2nd June 2011 it acquired the entire issued share capital of Gigawave Ltd. for a cash consideration of 3.75 M...

Pulse Electronics Corp. , a provider of electronic components, announced that its laser direct structuring (LDS) process was selected by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. for producing three-dimensional antennas to be incorporated into future Samsung products that use an antenna. Pulse's LDS process creates an antenna pattern in three dimensions...

CommScope has signed an agreement to acquire Argus Technologies , a leading producer of innovative antenna solutions for wireless applications, headquartered in Bella Vista, New South Wales, Australia. The terms of the agreement are not being disclosed, but the acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of...

Components AML Communications had a variety of new products that included GaN amplifiers to 18 GHz with wide band options up to 2 to 18 GHz and 20 W or 100 W at 7.8 to 11 GHz. The also have released low phase noise units such as a 2...