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7Layers and RealVNC to demonstrate MirrorLink

7Layers, an international specialist in wireless electronic products testing, certification, engineering and test solutions, and RealVNC, the global provider of VNC® remote access software, are working together to demonstrate MirrorLink™ certification testing at CTIA 2013, 21st to 23rd of May in Las Vegas, NV. Both companies would like to invite attendees to stop by the 7Layers booth 3059 to learn about how MirrorLink devices are tested and certified before they go commercial. See the exciting infotainment technology standard of the Car Connectivity Consortium live demo on the show floor of CTIA 2013.


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Cree to feature its GaN technology in RF Zone at CTIA 2013

Cree Inc. will be a first time exhibitor this year in the RF/Microwave Zone at CTIA 2013. The RF Zone, which is organized and managed by Microwave Journal, features approximately twenty RF component and communication IC manufacturers along with test equipment providers. Cree is a world’s leading manufacturer of GaN HEMT devices, which are ideally suited for a host of telecom applications in both macro-base stations and small cells. These devices are perfect for applications seeking to improve bandwidth, efficiency, frequency of operation, or for transmitters challenged to reduce size and weight.


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2012 Market in Review: Microwave Radios

Over the past six years the microwave market has had its peaks and valleys, with 2012 ending on the lower end of that range. Microwave radio’s main application is mobile backhaul, especially for traditional macro cells.  If mobile operator spending weakens, so does the market.  In 2012, the issue wasn’t so much the amount that mobile operators were spending but more where operators chose to spend those dollars.  Macro-cell spending flattened out as operators focused on increasing data capacity with small cells.  In addition to the focus on small cells, the sluggishness of the market can be attributed to a couple of factors.
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Top 10 mobile carriers generate US$202 B in profit, Up 4.2%

Worldwide service revenue, year-on-year (YoY) for 4Q-2012 grew 2.8% to US$240.5 billion. From ABI Research’s investigations, the regional dynamic is varied. Western Europe and Africa’s mobile operator actually demonstrated a contraction in service revenue YoY of 8.2% and 6.9% respectively. Middle East, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific are still showing reasonably robust rates of growth of 7% to 11%.


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