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Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the next release of its Antenna Modeling Design System (AMDS), now containing new capabilities to verify that handheld wireless devices are equipped with hearing-aid compatibility. This is the second release of AMDS, Agilent's newest EM simulation tool dedicated to modeling and verifying antennas and antenna...

Andrew Corp. , a global leader in communications systems and products, has won a major upgrade contract for the Mass Transit Railway Corporation's (MTRC) territory-wide radio network in Hong Kong. As part of this project, Andrew will modify MTRC’s communications infrastructure in stations, tunnels and other buildings to enable...

More than a dozen handset vendors will be shipping sub-$50 models by 2008. The ultra low cost handset marketplace is currently dominated by Motorola and Nokia, but Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson are showing increasing interest, and other smaller vendors, including ZTE, Kyocera, Huawei, Haier, Sagem, Ningbo Bird, Philips...

Park Electrochemical Corp. announced that it has selected the Newton City-County Airport in Newton, KS as the site for its new Advanced Composite Materials development and manufacturing facility for aircraft structures. The facility, which the company plans to complete by the end of the company’s next fiscal year, will...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance radio systems and solutions for applications that drive mobile communications, and Sirenza Microdevices , a supplier of radio frequency (RF) components, announced they have signed a definitive merger agreement. Highlights of the combination include:...

Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) announced that it has acquired Integrated Circuit Designs Inc. (ICD), a privately-held company that specializes in the design of radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits (IC). Combining ICD’s design expertise with TI's extensive high-performance analog and low-power microcontroller product portfolio will enhance TI’s ability to provide...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the availability of a new parameter extraction solution for high voltage (HV) complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices used in a range of automotive and consumer products, as well as LCD and display driver applications. The HVMOS extraction package, for use with Agilent's Integrated Circuit...

Andrew Corp. , a leader in communications systems and products, has been awarded the third phase of a strategic multi-year contract from a Tier 1 operator in the Middle East for a major geolocation system deployment. The phase three contract award is valued at approximately $9 M, bringing the...

Cascade Microtech announced that it has opened a wholly owned subsidiary in Munich, Germany, to support its rapidly growing European business. Cascade Microtech GmbH will provide sales, applications and service support to European customers for both the Engineering Products Division (EPD) and the Production Products Division (PPD). Both divisions...

ELMOS Semiconductor AG has signed contracts with three Asian distributors to sell the company’s complete portfolio of application and customer specific ICs (ASSPs and ASICs). The partner companies are Sensor & Solution Co. (SNS) for South Korea, Satori for Japan, and Mostyle for Taiwan and China. These distributors were...