Industry News

7 layers Expands US Facilities

7 layers , an international service group for the wireless communications industry, with test and service centers in Europe, Asia and the US, has consolidated and enlarged its US-based offices and laboratories in order to further expand its services. Following continuous growth since 1999, the company is moving into...
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Endwave Relocates Corporate Headquarters

Endwave Corp. , a provider of high frequency RF modules for telecommunications networks, defense electronics and homeland security systems, announced the completion of the relocation of its corporate headquarters. The new address is: Endwave Corp., 130 Baytech Drive, San Jose, CA 95134, phone: (408) 522-3100, fax: (408) 522-3197, or...
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Bergart Joins UltraSource as CFO

UltraSource Inc. , a supplier of custom thin film circuits and ceramic interconnect devices, announced the addition of Jeff Bergart as chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to his employment at UltraSource, Bergart held financial management roles at several New England-based organizations, including Digital Equipment Corp. and KROHNE Inc. As...
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Training Centre for Alcatel in South Africa

Alcatel has opened an Accredited Training centre in Midrand, South Africa, which complies with the Alcatel University accreditation requirements. The new facility will provide training on the latest enterprise solutions and help develop channel partners and other industry participants' skills. This training centre will contribute to develop local skills,...
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Smart Partitioning for WiMAX Radios

Published in the November 2006 Wireless Technologies Supplement to Microwave Journal and Telecommunications Magazine.
The need for broadband wireless access (BWA) has long been acknowledged as the next step in the evolution of Internet access. Unfortunately, the lack of robust technology at a competitive price has been a barrier to its implementation. Today, though, momentum to cross the chasm is gathering—early adopters have...
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Building a Mobile Ecosystem

Barry West Speaks Out on Sprint’s Mobile WiMAX Vision
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...
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