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Avago Technologies , a supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, announced a highly integrated GPS low noise amplifier (LNA) with high performance levels. The ALM-1712 effectively integrates a sophisticated GPS LNA and two FBAR filters. This results in a complete, compact and high-performance GPS...

MI Technologies has signed a distribution agreement with Bluetest AB of Gothenburg, Sweden, to distribute and support Bluetest’s products in North America, Italy, the United Kingdom and India. This agreement broadens MI Technologies’ test and measurement capabilities for the wireless marketplace and strengthens Bluetest’s sales and support channels for...

inTEST Corp. , an independent designer, manufacturer and marketer of semiconductor automatic test equipment (ATE) interface solutions and temperature management products, announced its acquisition of privately-held Sigma Systems Corp. Sigma Systems, founded in 1956, is located in El Cajon, CA, and is a manufacturer of thermal platforms, custom configured...

MCL Inc. , a MITEQ Company , Bolingbrook, IL, a global supplier of satellite communications (SATCOM) and instrumentation equipment, has received a $1.4 M+ contract to design and develop an airborne Ka-band high power traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) for the United States Air Force. This contract has been...

ABI Research’s optimistic forecasts for the penetration of high-powered RF integrated circuits into the mobile wireless base station market have been borne out by the latest market developments. According to research director Lance Wilson, “Compared to the discrete devices they can replace, high-power RFICs take up less circuit board...

Defying the global economic slowdown, India’s mobile-phone demand is expected to continue to rise at an accelerated rate in 2009 due to the rollout of 3G and WiMAX networks and the implementation of Mobile Number Portability (MNP), according to the latest report from iSuppli Corp. India’s mobile phone demand...

Ceragon Networks Ltd. is expanding its presence in Africa by opening two new local offices and a new, $1.5 M dollar order for its high-capacity trunk solutions, FibeAir® 3200, which is to be deployed in Africa by a leading international carrier. This follows the announcement in September 2008 of...

Thales Alenia Space has announced that HISPASAT has signed an agreement with Thales Alenia Space España, its Spanish subsidiary, for the development and supply of the REDSAT Advanced Communication Payload for the AG1, a small GEO mission within the scope of the European Space Agency's ARTES 11 program. The...

Nokia has selected nine additional mobile application developers from Asia, Europe and the Americas to expand its 2008 Forum Nokia Innovation Series program. The program provides select small and mid-sized developers with business and market support while showcasing their next generation mobile applications and services for consumer and business...

Analog Devices Inc. , a leader in data converter technology, unveiled its continuous-time sigma-delta (CTSD) converter architecture for wireless infrastructure, medical and other high-performance equipment demanding uncompromised data resolution and wide bandwidth. The 16-bit, AD9261 and AD9262 CTSD converter, and the AD9267 CTSD modulator couple the industry’s lowest noise...