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There is a new home networking industry alliance on the block. The HomeGrid Forum aims to promote the work of the International Telecommunication Union’s G.hn working group in developing a new triple-wire standard for home networking. But many in the industry have been wondering where a new standard would...

Honeywell announced the availability of its Honeywell In-flight Messaging Service accessible via Wi-Fi® enabled BlackBerry® smartphones from Research in Motion through Honeywell’s OneLink™ satellite communications services. The Honeywell In-flight Messaging Service can configure Swift64 or SwiftBroadband SATCOM and router equipment to enable customers with Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry smartphones to...

After many months of delay, there are now eight officially certified 802.16e, or WiMAX products. The WiMAX Forum made this announcement at its WiMAX Forum Congress in Singapore. Samsung, Sequans Communications, POSTDATA and Runcom Technologies all gained certification for a subscriber device and a base station. All four certified...

Members of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the development of Bluetooth over 802.11, giving Bluetooth a boost in data rate transfer and helping to quench consumer demand for added speed. Consequently, the Ultra-wideband (UWB) market worries that this announcement may slow down or even suspend its relationship...

AWR® and United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS) introduced an advanced process design kit (PDK) for the UMS PPH25X GaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (PHEMT) foundry process. The UMS PPH25X process is dedicated to the design of microwave monolithic integrated circuits (MMIC) at frequencies up to 35 GHz. The PDK...

Saab and Sensis Corp. have entered into a cooperation agreement to promote, enhance and support Saab's GIRAFFE AMB family of radars in the United States. The agreement is initially focused on the systems for US defense applications. Sensis Corp., a provider of advanced radar detection solutions, will provide modifications...

Alcatel-Lucent has signed four Memorandums of Understanding with leading Portuguese government, scientific and academic institutions. Two MoUs are with the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia – the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), UMIC (Portuguese Knowledge Society Agency). With the first agreement the students of Portuguese universities...

Ceragon Networks Ltd. , a provider of high-capacity wireless backhaul solutions, has been awarded a $5 M follow-on equipment order from one of the leading mobile operators in Mexico. The equipment will be used as part of a large-scale infrastructure expansion that includes capacity upgrades for an existing 2.5G...

Following the announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NXP Semiconductors and Thomson on 14 February this year, the two companies announced on 27 June that they have signed a definitive agreement on the transaction to combine their can tuner module operations in a joint venture. NXP will...

Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with Nilesat, the Egyptian satellite company, to provide the Nilesat-201 broadcasting communication satellite and associated services and ground stations. As prime contractor, the company will be in charge of the design, manufacturing, test and in-orbit acceptance of the satellite. In addition, Thales...