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DC Capital Partners LLC , a private equity firm headquartered in Washington, DC, focused primarily in the defense and government services sector, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in ClearComm Technologies LLC and RelComm Technologies Inc. ClearComm Technologies Inc., Fruitland, MD, is...

Thales-MESL Ltd. , a leading manufacturer of microwave components for the communications and defense industries has been acquired from Thales Holdings UK plc, a subsidiary of Thales SA, by a combination of industrial investors — Lars McBride, Anthony Smith and William Buist-Wells. In the future, the company will be...

Just seven months after establishing its first office in the Asia-Pacific region, e2v has recruited more staff, is moving to new, larger premises and is planning to extend its presence into Japan and Korea. The company has a long history of supplying product to the region, both from direct...

HD MicroSystems L.L.C. , a joint venture between Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd. and DuPont Electronic Technologies , has installed SUSS MicroTec’s advanced 200 mm gamma production coat/develop cluster to support the company’s polyimide and PBO material technologies. The company installed the SUSS Gamma System in its production facility to...

Anritsu Co. announces that its ME7873F W-CDMA TRX/Performance Test System, which supports 3G mobile terminal conformance test, has earned the world's first HSUPA RF/RRM test case approvals from the Global Certification Forum (GCF). The approvals provide HSUPA RF/RRM device and system manufacturers with an authorized set of verification tests...

Quantum Leap Packaging Inc. (QLP), a provider of high performance air cavity packages for semiconductor assembly, announced that it has added a second manufacturing site in Poway, CA. QLP plans to manufacture in its new Poway site by early 2008. The new 18,000 square foot facility will provide QLP...

TriQuint Semiconductor , a leading manufacturer of wireless products, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Peak Devices Inc. , Boulder, CO, in a cash transaction expected to close within the quarter. Peak Devices is a privately held, fabless semiconductor company with a highly experienced...

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...