Articles by Dan Massé, Associate Technical Editor

December 2009 saw the first commercial launch of LTE networks, with TeliaSonera the first service provider in the world to offer the service in Stockholm and Oslo. 2010 promises to see the commercial launch of several LTE networks, including large operators such as Verizon Wireless in the United States...

Qualcomm, MediaTek, Infineon and Broadcom increased their share in cellular basebands in 2009 despite an overall decline in the market, as described in “Rapid Changes in the Baseband Market Lead to Rising Fortunes for a Chosen Few,” from the Strategy Analytics RF & Wireless Component market research service. This...

RAYSPAN® Corp., the world’s only provider of metamaterial and advanced RF air interface solutions for wireless communications, announced the availability of RAYSPAN MTM-E™ solutions for long-term evolution (LTE). MTM-E is the only antenna solution that can support six or more bands operating from 698 to 960 MHz in the...

Lockheed Martin announced that the Beam Control/Fire Control system for the US Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) successfully aimed the High Energy Laser beam in an experiment February 11, in which a boosting ballistic missile target was destroyed. In the lethal demonstration, the directed energy system...

Northrop Grumman Corp. recently delivered the first two production AN/ZPY-1 STARLite radars for the US Army's Extended Range/Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aerial System. Northrop Grumman’s STARLite is a small, lightweight radar used for supporting tactical operations. By providing precise battlefield intelligence in all types of weather and in battlefield obscurants, day...

In 2009, worldwide shipments of Wi-Fi ICs increased by approximately 28 percent compared to 2008, according to data from ABI Research. Total revenue achieved an estimated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18 percent between 2009 and 2014. "Despite the uncertain macroeconomic situation, total market demand for Wi-Fi ICs...

Since 2007, In-Stat has conducted an annual broadband “speed test” of broadband Internet subscribers in the United States. The latest survey, conducted in December 2009, shows that both upstream and downstream speeds continue to increase. The 535 survey respondents, who used an online bandwidth measurement tool to measure their...

RFaxis, a fabless semiconductor company focused on innovative, next-generation RF solutions for the wireless and connectivity markets, announced that GRT Technology Co. Ltd. has selected RFaxis’ RFX2401 RF Front-end Integrated Circuit (RFeIC) for integration into its family of ZigBee solutions. Founded in 2005 with headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, GRT...

"The year 2009 may have started with a whimper but by 4Q-2009 the global mobile handset market ended with a pretty reasonable bang," says Jake Saunders, Vice President for Forecasting at ABI Research. "We estimate 336.5 million handsets were shipped in 4Q-2009, up 15.1 percent QoQ." Competition continued to...

ITT Corp. announced a strategic realignment of its defense segment, a move designed to better align the company with the emerging needs of its expanding global customer base, which is increasingly integrated and network-centric. The realignment will enable better integration of its product portfolio, encouraging a more coordinated market...