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In 2016, ABI Research forecasts that there will be 103 million 4G wholesale subscribers – subscribers managed through a MVNO that buys wholesale access from a mobile operator – for mobile operators, an increase from just 3.8 million in 2010. 4G wholesale business will help to further widen the...

Texas Instruments Inc. introduced the industry’s smallest, 16-bit delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with integrated programmable gain amplifier (PGA), reference, temperature sensor and 4-input multiplexer. Measuring 2 mm x 1.5 mm, the ADS1118 is more than 65-percent smaller than any other 16-bit ADC available today. The ADS1118 provides direct, linearized...

GigOptix has closed its previously announced transaction to acquire Endwave Corp. The new company combines GigOptix's optical products and Endwave's high frequency MMICs and modules, creating a new company that offers both optical and wireless communications. The merged company has retained the name GigOptix. GigOptix has moved its headquarters...

Auriga Microwave announced that it has been awarded Phase II.5 for its Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) N07-007 Solid-state High-efficiency Transmit Module. This Navy-sponsored 2-year effort will build upon the Phase II development of C-band power amplifiers and low noise amplifiers. “We’re very excited about this award, as it...

Valpey Fisher Corp. and Precise Time and Frequency Inc. jointly announced an agreement in which PTF products will be sold and distributed worldwide by Valpey Fisher -- expanding its line of high performance integrated products for timing and frequency control. Terms of the agreement were not announced. A privately...

API Technologies Corp. , a provider of electronic systems, subsystems, RF, and secure solutions for the defense, aerospace, and commercial industries, announced it has been awarded new contracts valued, in aggregate, at $2.7 M to produce circuit card assemblies for use in counter-explosive equipment under the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled...

Terma and Printca have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish close cooperation between the two high-tech companies with activities within space, defense, and security. Over recent years, Printca has increased deliveries to Terma of advanced electronics such as highly reliable circuit boards for Terma's radar systems and space...

e2v , the hi-rel semiconductor solutions provider, and Arrow Electronics , a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions, have signed a new contract to extend their partnership in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region....