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Telit Communications PLC has acquired One RF Technology S.A.S. , a privately held French company that designs wireless data transmission solutions for m2m and telemetry applications and develops its own ZigBee™ solutions that complement Telit's existing product offering and business. One RF's strategic acquisition will enable Telit to capture...

Time is running out for those wanting to attend the forthcoming ARMMS Conference to be held on the 24 and 25 November at the Rockingham Forest Hotel, Corby. UK. A wide range of RF and microwave technologies will be addressed. Papers include one on the production testing of high...

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, mobile phone shipments in the United States defied the economic gloom and grew 6 percent annually, to reach 47 million units during the third quarter of 2008. Samsung outperformed, making it the market leader in the US for the first time....

Giga-tronics Inc. announced that its Microsource subsidiary has been awarded a development contract from the Boeing Co. to produce a fast-tuned synthesized filter system for the F-15E fighter aircraft. This is part of the Radar Modernization Program “RMP” for the US Air Force that will allow the F-15E to...

Mentor Graphics Corp. announced a new version of the Eldo® transistor-level analog simulator that offers improved raw speed performance without compromising accuracy. The speed up targets very large post-layout simulations that are mandatory at 45 nm processes and below to thoroughly verify a complex design. Final verification simulations routinely...

Herley Industries Inc. announced the receipt of two important contract awards totaling approximately $3.3 M. • Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, UT has awarded a three-year IDIQ contract to Herley Lancaster for the production of voltage-controlled oscillators (VCO) for the 68 APG-68 Fire Control Radar (FCR) system for...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Melville, NY-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp. , has received a $1 M order from a domestic prime contractor to supply complex high power antenna switches. These high power antenna switches are key components in countermeasure systems manufactured by the customer for US Army...

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced a new range of integrated curriculum-based solution kits for educators teaching engineering and electronics classes. Each cost-effective solution has carefully designed undergraduate engineering courseware, an ideal mix of teaching slide sets, problem-based student labs and industry-standard measurement equipment. "We introduce this range of curriculum-based solution...

Over the last several years, the market for Wi-Fi chipsets (primary components, not including power amplifiers, LNAs and other external components) has grown from just over $1 B in 2006, though just over $2 B in 2007, and is expected to deliver revenue of nearly $3 B in 2008....

Shipments of four classes of wireless audio and video connectivity products for the home, which barely amount to 150 million this year, are expected to increase to nearly 700 million worldwide by the end of 2013, according to a new ABI Research study. The technologies in question are Bluetooth,...