Manufacturing/Services
April 28, 2011
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the opening of a new calibration center in Sunrise, FL. Now owners of Agilent electronic measurement instruments in that area can receive true local OEM calibrations, such as actual measurements performed using OEM procedures for every data-sheet specification, each time they use the center. “We’ve...
Read More
April 28, 2011
Beginning in May, AWR® Corp. will expand its weekly web training sessions currently aimed at new users of its software products, namely Microwave Office™ (MWO) and AXIEM®, to include more in-depth topics that showcase AWR’s electromagnetic (EM) and harmonic balance technology. New topics include: •Getting Started with Microwave Office...
Read More
April 27, 2011
The Wi-Fi equipment market is expected to see more than 9 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2011 to 2016, with the enterprise segment contributing the bulk of the growth at more than 21 percent CAGR. “In volume shipment terms, the consumer segment is forecast to see more...
Read More
April 19, 2011
New research has found that the majority of traffic (63 percent) generated by Smartphones, Tablets and Feature Phones will transfer onto the fixed network via Wi-Fi and Femtocells by 2015. This means that the annual mobile data traffic offloaded from operators’ networks via WiFi and Femtocells is forecast to...
Read More
April 19, 2011
The International Microwave Symposium (IMS), the annual conference and exhibition of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), will increase the number of student competitions this year, with an eye on amplifying both the volume and caliber of collegiate entrants. Due to the popularity of the annual events...
Read More
April 18, 2011
NEC Corp. is strengthening its strategic operations by launching its new regional headquarters for Latin America. The decision forms part of an overall strategy of regionalization, which covers five main geographic areas outside of Japan; Asia-Pacific, China, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), North America and Latin America. NEC’s...
Read More
April 15, 2011
Mobile operators AT&T and Sprint have recently struck deals with cellular embedded module vendors to provide modules for machine-to-machine (M2M) application developer partners at discounted rates. Their goal is to encourage app developers to embrace 3G – and now 4G – M2M modules. Why do developers need these incentives?...
Read More
April 11, 2011
The global market for antennas for wireless infrastructure, including base station, fixed and active types, is set to reach almost $2 B in 2016, according to the latest forecast from ABI Research. So-called "active" antennas are the hot segment of this market. Widespread installations of active antennas, which combine...
Read More
April 11, 2011
Two major announcements from NXP Semiconductors underscore the company’s commitment to the growing automotive market in China. The initiatives see NXP establish a new China Automotive Technical Center to focus on R&D, system innovation and customer application support, and move its automotive sales and marketing headquarters to Shanghai. The...
Read More