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Andrew Launches Complete Cable Family in HELIAX 2.0

Andrew , the CommScope Inc. division that is a leader in communications products and systems, has introduced HELIAX® 2.0, a complete cable and connector family for wireless networks, which offers operators and OEMs new RF transmission line options under a trusted brand. Andrew is the first transmission line supplier...
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Tektronix Provides Published Test Procedure

Tektronix Inc. , a provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced availability of the first published test procedures for physical layer testing of the Serial ATA Revision 3.0 standard. Tektronix provides a comprehensive high speed serial data test suite for the SATA physical layer design and debug. Complete...
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RFCONNEXT Enters Interconnect Products and Services Market

RFCONNEXT Inc. has been established to provide new interconnect products and services for the high speed digital and RF/microwave/optical communication systems. The company has developed PMTL™, a new patent pending, transmission line technology, for high speed interconnect and packaging of devices and systems. The initial PMTL™ uflex cables provide...
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GaAs Wafer User Ratings Fail to Pick Overall Winner

Strategy Analytics released results from its annual industry surveys rating GaAs bulk and epitaxial wafer suppliers. “GaAs Bulk and Epitaxial Wafer Vendor Ratings and Customer Satisfaction 2007” concludes that no one GaAs epitaxial substrate supplier was rated highly enough to be able to satisfy both the technical and commercial...
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EB Introduces Industry's First Radio Channel Emulator Platform To Take Next-Generation Wireless Testing Beyond Conformance

New emulator platform designed for wireless systems requiring wide bandwidths up to 125 MHz with MIMO for complete channel emulation of WiMAX, LTE, 4G and beyond
EB, a global technology leader in test tools for measuring, modeling and emulating radio channel environments, today announces a new radio channel emulation platform that exceeds the performance requirements for WiMAX, LTE and 4G testing to ensure that end users have the best possible wireless connection. EB Propsim F8,...
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General Dynamics Awarded $23 M for Digital Modular Radios

General Dynamics C4 Systems has been awarded a $23 M contract for AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radios (DMR), the Navy’s standard communication system for newly constructed ships and submarines. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in mid-2009 and continue through 2010. General Dynamics C4 Systems is a business unit of General...
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Northrop Grumman Scores for Solid-state Laser Weapon

Northrop Grumman Corp. has set new industry records in all aspects of high-power solid-state laser production, demonstrating the readiness of these compact, portable, speed-of-light weapons to take their place on the battlefield. The company demonstrated the third critical milestone for the US military’s Joint High Power Solid State Laser...
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