Articles by Microwave Journal Staff

TenXc Wireless Inc. , an innovator in intelligent radio frequency solutions for enhanced wireless networks, and Coherent Designs Pvt. are to establish a joint development center in Islamabad, Pakistan. The new development center expands TenXc's existing research and development capabilities and will play an integral role in the development...

European Antennas Ltd. has supplied blade antennas to Cranfield Aerospace for use on the Boeing X-48B Blended Wing Body (BWB) prototypes. As a result, the Boeing/NASA/US Air Force Research Laboratory/Cranfield Aerospace team will soon begin ground testing its concept in preparation for flight testing, following earlier successful wind tunnel...

RFI Global Services has installed a specially commissioned Radiated Spurious Emissions (RSE) chamber at its test facility in South Korea, which was opened in June last year. With an investment of £500,000 the fully automated RSE measurement chamber will provide accredited radiated spurious emission measurements on cellular devices defined...

In response to growing interest in the ZigBee standard, the ZigBee™ Alliance , a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in residential, commercial and industrial applications, has announced North American and European ZigBee Developers' Conferences. These seminars are designed to provide product developers with deeper insight...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance radio systems and solutions for applications that drive mobile communications, announced it has received its first purchase order from a top-tier military supplier for a new product using RFMD's gallium nitride (GaN) high...

Citing strong growth and increasing demand for its high performance components, Inphi Corp. announced a hiring initiative designed to fill over 30 engineering, marketing, sales and administrative positions in its Westlake Village, CA offices during 2007. Inphi has earned a reputation as a technology leader in the design and...

Andrew Corp., a global leader in communications equipment and systems, has significantly expanded its strategic relationship with PCT International Inc. and its holding company, Andes Industries Inc., through an agreement that will combine the companies’ broadband cable assets and create the first global entity that provides complete last-mile cable...

Freescale Semiconductor and IBM have announced that Freescale will join the IBM technology alliance for joint semiconductor research and development. The agreement includes Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) and Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) technologies as well as advanced semiconductor research and design enablement transitioning at the 45-nanometer generation. Freescale is the...

According to Strategy Analytics’ recent report, “Beyond 3G: Looking for True Mobile Broadband,” new alternative technologies will contribute just 6 percent of the forecast 500 million mobile broadband users globally by 2010. Despite all the hype surrounding alternative technologies like WiMAX, it is iterations of existing technologies which will...

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