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SMS Gets Nera to Provide Specialist Microwave Services

Specialist Microwave Solutions Ltd. (SMS) has acquired the microwave source manufacturing and repair business of Nera Ltd. (formerly of Continental Microwave Ltd.).
Specialist Microwave Solutions Ltd. (SMS) has acquired the microwave source manufacturing and repair business of Nera Ltd. (formerly of Continental Microwave Ltd.). The business, which compliments SMS's existing capabilities in the RF and microwave sector, will be operated from the company’s premises in the Cranfield Technology Park near Milton...
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GSM Expansion Contract for Ericsson in India

Ericsson and Indian operator IDEA Cellular have signed a three-year contract for GSM expansion in the Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh telecom circles (operator licensed areas). Under the contract, the company will provide radio access, microwave transmission and next generation mobile softswitch network architecture until November...
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ICAPE Opens UK Subsidiary

The specialist in printed circuit boards, ICAPE of France, is opening a subsidiary in Nottingham, UK, in order to market its flexible and rigid printed circuits and technical parts, which are acquired through its suppliers based in mainland China, Taiwan and India. The company offers a complete range of...
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Pole-Zero Acquired by Dover

Dover Corp. announced that its Dover Electronics subsidiary has completed the acquisition of Pole/Zero Corp. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With the acquisition of Pole/Zero, the Microwave Products Group (MPG) of Dover Electronics' Components Group will have annualized sales in excess of $100 M. Pole/Zero, based near...
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Ask Harlan, March 2, 2007

Harlan Howe has 34 years experience as a microwave design engineer and fifteen as publisher and editor of Microwave Journal ® , and is an IEEE
Published March 2, 2007 From: Luis Abril, Alcatel Alenia Space Dear Harlan, I would like to know what happens with a capacitor after its series resonance. Could it still be used as a DC block in an amplifier beyond its series resonance? Dear Luis, When a capacitor works above...
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