RF & Microwave Industry News

LTE RAN CAPEX to soar by 82.4% in 2013

The spending on Long-Term Evolution (LTE) base stations will hit US$ 12.3 billion in 2013 as countries around the world join the high-speed club. Membership is not exclusive to the developed economies as emerging markets close the digital divide by aggressive network roll-out. Some of these emerging market LTE deployments are government-sponsored initiatives as in Rwanda while others are private ventures as in Sri Lanka.


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Richardson RFPD at SVIAZ-Expocomm 2013

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces its attendance and participation at the 25th International Exhibition for Telecommunications, Control Systems, IT and Communication ServicesSVIAZ-Expocomm 2013. Sviaz-Expocomm is the largest international trade fair of communication products and services in Russia and Eastern Europe.
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Aeroflex and Bird Technologies combine to add new test capabilities to radio test system

Aeroflex Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp., announced that it has added support for Bird Technologies' through-line Bird Wideband Power Sensors (WPS) to the industry leading 3550 Hand-held Radio Test System. The addition of the Bird 5017 and support for other Bird power sensors allows the 3550 to improve measurement accuracies for in field test applications.


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API Technologies expands high performance PA line

API Technologies Corp., a provider of RF/microwave, microelectronics, and security solutions for critical and high-reliability applications, has expanded its power amplifier line of products to include the latest in GaN technology driven designs. This expanded line is specially intended for use in electronic warfare, RCIED countermeasures, and national security jammer applications where the use of rugged and highly reliable power amplifier designs is mission critical.


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ALMA pinpoints early galaxies at record speed

A team of astronomers has used the new ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) telescope to pinpoint the locations of over 100 of the most fertile star-forming galaxies in the early Universe. ALMA is so powerful that, in just a few hours, it captured as many observations of these galaxies as have been made by all similar telescopes worldwide over a span of more than a decade. 


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