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Lockheed Martin’s Secure Border Initiative (SBInet) solution will present the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with a balanced mix of people, process, technology and infrastructure in order to gain full operational control of the country’s borders, the corporation said. The solution was shaped by the company’s eight team members,...

As part of its strategy to further strengthen its UMTS market position and expand its global leadership in broadband access, Alcatel has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nortel to acquire its UMTS radio access business (UTRAN) and related assets for $320 M. The acquisition is subject...

To mark its independence from Royal Philips, Philips Semiconductors will move forward as NXP. The name change follows an agreement between Royal Philips and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), Bain Capital, Silver Lake Partners, Apax and AlpInvest Partners NV that will see the consortium take an 80.1 percent...

Following the original announcement in June, the EU commission has approved Saab’s takeover of the former Ericsson microwave company and the formation of the new business unit, Saab Microwave Systems. It has approximately 1250 employees and the business unit now forms part of the Systems and Products business segment...

QinetiQ has won a £1.4 M contract to develop a novel radar target simulator to emulate realistic radar echoes from targets such as missiles, aircraft, small surface craft and submarine periscopes. The contract includes provision for initial trials to evaluate interaction between the Radar Research Target Generator (RRTG) and...

For the first time, the German Air Force has at its disposal a Deployable Control & Reporting Centre (DCRC) for the military surveillance of airspace and for the tactical command and control of air force units thanks to EADS and Frequentis GmbH, Vienna. The companies jointly developed the DCRC...

The enormous market expansion and related price war in the consumer navigation market is no longer new. What has changed is that the attempts at production segmentation and the additional revenue streams for the most competitive portable segment are increasingly arriving in the form of network-connected services. Over the...

Strategy Analytics, the global research and consulting company, has released “Popular UMTS Multi-band Combinations: Implication for Radio Components,” from its RF and Wireless Components Service, which assists radio component companies in targeting their design resources to expected market trends. The need for handsets that can operate in UMTS and...

In the past year, the stationary form of WiMAX (fixed WiMAX or 802.16-2004) has seen steady adoption in the marketplace. But the mobile version, 802.16-2005, will be here sooner than many people think. To be technically and economically viable, mobile WiMAX ICs must hit “sweet spots” on a number...

Markets for electronic trailer tracking hardware and services are booming, according to a new study from ABI Research. Worldwide subscriber numbers will see a strong, prolonged growth through the end of the decade, and in North America, the percentage of trailers tracked will more than triple. Growth is already...