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Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT), a supplier of high performance power semiconductors, announced that the company has entered into a license agreement with the Electronic Systems' sector of Northrop Grumman Corp. to manufacture next-generation silicon carbide ("SiC") microelectronic devices. This agreement forms an exclusive foundry supplier relationship whereby Northrop...

M/A-COM , a business unit of Tyco Electronics and a worldwide leader of critical radio communication systems, announced that it has received an $8.9 M award from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) to deploy an OpenSky network solution to provide critical voice and data communications for the...

The IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium provides a forum for all topics of frequency control, including precision atomic and optical oscillators and clocks, precision timekeeping and time transfer, resonators, sensors and transducers. International leaders gather to present their latest results in the field. The symposium is preceded by a...

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A new venue and a new city resulted in new record figures for the 3GSM World Congress when the event made the Fira de Barcelona conference and exhibition centre its new home. The four day event—13 February to 16 February—attracted a total audited attendance of 50,000 visitors (including visitors,...

Andrew Corp. , a global leader in communications systems and products, has won a strategic multiyear contract from a Tier 1 operator in the Middle East for a major geolocation system deployment. The agreement, valued in excess of $10 M for the first phase of deployment, calls for Andrew...

Rogers Corp. announced the creation of its new "Green Leader" web site (www.rogersgreenworld.com), which contains information on Rogers' environmentally friendly specialty materials and related subjects. Robert D. Wachob, president and chief executive officer at Rogers, said, "With the recent worldwide environmental initiatives, our goal is to make the compliancy...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Freescale Semiconductor announced results from a collaborative effort to expedite the development of ZigBee solutions. Agilent has enhanced the user-friendliness of its N4010A Wireless Connectivity Test Set, while Freescale has successfully streamlined the development and qualification of its newest ZigBee chipsets. ZigBee is a global...

The China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR) has selected a system from Rohde & Schwarz for certification in the field of radio resource management (RRM). The Protocol Testers R&S CRTU-M and R&S CRTU-S and the Spectrum Analyzer R&S FSU are being added to the Protocol Tester R&S CRTU-W, which...

IWCE 2006 plays host to more than 350 exhibiting companies in the wireless communications technologies industry. In-depth conference topics will include spectrum utilization, land mobile radio, broadband mobile data and emerging technologies. This year's keynote address will be presented by Morgan E. O'Brien, co-founder of Nextel Communications and a...