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As part of its ongoing development Trackwise has made a new acquisition and upgraded its web site. The company has acquired the printed circuit board manufacturing assets previously used by Microwave Components Ltd. (MCL) in Rochester, Kent, UK. Manufacturing has been consolidated at the Trackwise facility in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire,...

Some 54 million private operator-branded handsets—cellular phones manufactured for a mobile operator and bearing its logo only—will be shipped worldwide by the end of 2006, representing more than 5 percent of total handset shipments. Their sale to subscribers will generate $8.7 B for the operators, according to a new...

Harris Corp. ’s Broadcast Communications Division Radio Business Unit has donated its Platinum Series® Z5, 5 kw, solid-state, FM transmitter to the first independent Iraqi women’s radio station, Radio Al-Mahaba. The new Harris transmitter, to be installed this month, will transmit within a 60 to 90 mile radius of...

SUSS MicroTec , a leading supplier of precision manufacturing equipment for the semiconductor and emerging markets, has launched SUSS MicroTec REMAN GmbH , a subsidiary dedicated to the refurbishment, sale and service of used SUSS equipment. SUSS states that the new subsidiary will ensure that the equipment offered to...

The RF to Light 100 rose 4% over the last 3 weeks, YTD +9% at 2315 - having recovered most of the correction (see tab "Vorlop's signals"). The Total Market cap value stands now at $2250b, not far away from its peak of about $2300b. The 2nd Qtr financials...

Dr. Leo Young died September 14, 2006, of complications from cancer. He was 80 years old. He was a pioneer in the microwave industry and served as president of both MTT-S and IEEE. He received his BS degree in physics and math in 1946 and his MS degree in...

CPI International Inc. , the parent company of Communications and Power Industries Inc., a provider of microwave, radio frequency, power and control solutions for critical defense, communications, medical, scientific and other applications, has recently enjoyed excellent success providing a solid-state power amplifier to SWE-DISH Satellite Systems for use in...

NXP Semiconductors is to purchase the Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Co. (SSMC) shares currently held by EDB Investments (EDBI) in the three months following completion of the separation of NXP from Royal Philips. SSMC is recognized as a leading manufacturer of semiconductor technology and is a manufacturing joint venture...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) announced that, as a result of the pending merger of Jazz Semiconductor with a wholly owned subsidiary of Acquicor Technology Inc. , RFMD expects to sell its equity interest in Jazz Semiconductor for an aggregate cash consideration of approximately $24 to $27 M. Upon...

Filtronic plc and Powerwave Technologies Inc. have revised the terms of their previously agreed transaction whereby Powerwave would acquire the majority of Filtronic’s Wireless Infrastructure division. The amended terms consist of a combination of $185 M in cash and 17.7 million newly issued shares of Powerwave common stock. This...