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Wireless operators will spend about $3.3 B building Long Term Evolution (LTE) base stations in 2011, according to the most recent study of LTE from ABI Research. That expenditure will have purchased some 142,000 base stations worldwide. LTE base station equipment spending is expected to rise sharply between 2011...

Control Components AMC, a leader in the design and manufacture of DC to 40 GHz solid-state control components, is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art technology as well as uniformly high quality microwave components and subsystems. AMC’s management is committed to adding the resources and technology necessary to support the company’s...

European Scientists/Inventors Download the Puzzler Download the Puzzler (PDF) Across 4 British scientist who discovered electromagnetic induction 6 British physicist who first suggested waveguide concepts and discovered the electron 8 French physicist who developed the definition of electrostatic forces 12 French mathematician/physicist who discovered electrodynamics 13 Danish engineer who...

New Horizons in Mobile and Wireless Communications, Volume 1: Radio Interfaces Ramjee Prasad and Albena Mihovska, Eds. Based on cutting-edge research projects in the field, this book (part of a comprehensive four-volume series) provides the latest details and covers the most impactful aspects of mobile, wireless and broadband communications...

Aeroflex Metelics Aeroflex Weinschel Agilent Technologies Analog Devices Anritsu Ansoft AR_Europe Artech House AWR® Cobham PLC CST Dielectric Laboratories Hittite Microwave Corp. Huber+Suhner JFW Industries Inc. M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. Maury Microwave Corp. Mimix Broadband Inc. Narda Microwave-East Noise Com (Wireless Telecom Group) REMCOM Rogers Corporation Rohde & Schwarz...

The Lockheed Martin team developing the US Air Force’s next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) spacecraft, known as GPS III, has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase, a major program milestone that allows the team to begin the Critical Design Review (CDR) stage. Lockheed Martin, Newtown, PA, along...

Harris Stratex Networks Inc., a specialist in backhaul solutions for mobility and broadband networks, announced EADS Defence and Security (DS), a systems solutions provider for armed forces and civil security worldwide, selected its end-to-end wire­-less broadband microwave transmission equipment and network service assurance solutions to support deployments of secured...

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $13.5 M order to provide the US Air Force with both vehicular radios and the new Harris digital tactical intercom system. The equipment will be installed in high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles or humvees (HMMWV) in...

Like the advertisement that speaks to the value of a product, Northrop Grumman’s Beyond-Line-of-Sight (BLOS) communications capability is priceless for troops on the ground. That is the sentiment coming from the 116th Air Control Wing, which flies the US Air Force E-8C Joint STARS. The company completed delivery of...

Vendors of crystal oscillators are the guardians of a design and manufacturing tradition going back to the early 20th century, and some of today’s market participants trace their origins to those early days. Their products, evolved over more than 75 years, require craftsmanship and exacting fabrication skills to produce,...