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New wireless networking standards commonly present design challenges in the physical layer, which in turn present circuit simulation and testing challenges. The WiMedia MB-OFDM UWB signal with its low power, hopped, 528 MHz wide OFDM format is a current example, which will have broad impact as the base technology...

Barry West, CTO and newly appointed president of Sprint Nextel’s 4G Business Group, has never shied from the challenge of paving new roads for emerging wireless technologies. As the former CTO of Nextel, West led the drive for push-to-talk communications over Nextel’s iDEN-based wireless network. And despite the air...

The launch of a pre-WiMAX service in Macedonia has driven the cost of broadband connectivity down by around 50 percent in a period of just nine months. That was the assertion of Paul Budgen, the sales director for EMEA with Motorola, speaking at the Broadband World Forum in Paris...

Despite what’s being said by some carriers and vendors, mobile WiMAX seems to be moving at a quickstep pace. The WiMAX Forum will certify the first interoperable mobile broadband fixed wireless products by the end of this year and first products — some of which are being touted as...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that its WiMAX-specific design validation and production solutions have been successfully delivered and accepted by several customers. With a level of performance and functionality not available from competitors, these solutions give engineers R&D and conformance-type measurement capabilities for testing fixed 802.16-2004 and mobile 802.16e-2005 WiMAX...

Wavesat , a supplier of WiMAX chipsets and software, announced it has completed a significant round of funding led by SK Telecom, a global leader in providing mobile voice and data services. The financing round, which also included participation from existing investors, will be used to accelerate the introduction...

The latest Strategy Analytics reports on the WiMAX and WLAN markets, "GaAs Device Demand from WLAN Market: 2005-2010" and "WiMAX Market Forecast: 2005-2010," demonstrate that GaAs device demand from these two applications will show significant growth, with overall demand approaching $1 B by 2010, second only to demand from...

Strategy Analytics’ RF & Wireless Component service has released “RF Component Industry Review: April - June 2006,” which notes that more than half of the leading suppliers of RF components reported significant profits in Q2, about the same industry financial performance as reported in Q1. In the second quarter...

Strategy Analytics, the global research and consulting company, released, "RF Component Industry Review: January - March 2006," noting that financial performance reported by RF component suppliers in Q1 improved. Demand for RF components in Q1 remained strong, supported by strength in the cellphone market. Fifty-three percent of the top...

The RF to Light 100 dropped 1% last week, YTD +10% at 2356. The Index reached again the "oversold" territory. The average P/E ratio dropped down to 30, a level from which rallies started in the past. True, US economic growth rate is at 0% due to a weak...