RF & Microwave Industry News

TDF and Ericsson Forge Microwave Links in France

Ericsson and TDF have signed an agreement for the supply of a MINI-LINK microwave transmission solution, providing a platform for flexible, scalable and cost-effective wireless transmission. The solution will enable TDF to offer a wide range of services and to meet the demand in France for network capacity driven...
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Inphi Corp. Wins FSA Award

Inphi® Corp. announced it has won the Fabless Semiconductor Association’s (FSA) award for the industry’s “Most Respected Private Fabless Company.” Members of the semiconductor industry cited Inphi’s significant achievements in products, its vision, and the company’s considerable future opportunities in the semiconductor industry in casting their votes. The FSA,...
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ACG Invests in Test and Training Facilities

UK-based telecommunications infrastructure organization, the Alan Campbell Group (ACG), has invested a six-figure sum in new test and training facilities at its headquarters in Warwick. The move comes as the company continues to grow its broadcast, microwave and telecommunications solutions and services. The purpose-built training center, which covers an...
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Triumvirate Collaborate on LTE

Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. and Nokia Siemens Networks have agreed to cooperate on LTE base station products. The companies jointly responded to the request by Japan's biggest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. for its Super 3G (LTE) Base Station project, and Panasonic Mobile Communications has been selected as...
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Andrew Shareholders Approve Acquisition By CommScope

At a special meeting on December 10, shareholders of Andrew Corp. overwhelmingly approved the company’s merger agreement with CommScope Inc. Andrew and CommScope now have received all necessary approvals and clearances to complete the transaction, which was announced June 27. Andrew currently expects the merger to close on December...
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Executive Interview: Chuck Fox, Jazz Semiconductor

Chuck Fox – Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Jazz Semiconductor spoke with Microwave Journal editor, David Vye about the new .18um CMOS process, the Analog-Intensive Mixed-Signal Initiative and how their latest Silicon technology is ready to deliver the single chip radio. Appointed Vice President of Sales and...
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ITU defines mobile telecommunications future

Opens the door to mobile Internet
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radiocommunication Assembly approved developments for its 3G standards on Oct. 24, paving the way for deployment of a range of voice, data and multimedia services to stationary and mobile devices. Meeting ahead of the World Radio­­com­munication Conference (WRC-07), which commenced Oct. 22 in Geneva,...
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Mobile WiMAX subscribers to exceed 80 million by 2013, predicts Juniper Research

(Assuming “suitable devices” are available and service differentiation can be achieved)
A new report by Juniper Research calculates the number of mobile WiMAX subscribers will exceed 80 million by 2013. The biggest surge in growth, says the research firm, will happen after 2010. Juniper’s projections assume a wide range of attractive devices will be available on the market within three...
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Sprint Nextel: Is the other shoe about to drop?

Speculation fast & furious about provider’s WiMAX future
The speculation about what Sprint plans to do with WiMAX is spinning up to furious proportions as news spread that the provider could spin off its service into another company. A Bloomberg news report on Monday said that Sprint Nextel's acting CEO, Paul Saleh, told investors that the carrier...
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