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The third European Microwave Integrated Circuits (EuMIC) Conference will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 27 to 28 October as part of European Microwave Week, the largest event in Europe dedicated to microwave electronics. This conference has evolved from the highly successful GAAS® symposia and is now organised...

Tracing from Maxwell, through World War II to the communications boom and beyond, this report provides an insight into Europe’s historical role and the part it continues to play in the development of the global microwave industry. When Ted Saad and Bill Bazzy took their “Flight into the European...

Last June I spent a week and a half in Europe visiting Sweden, England and Italy. Bill Bazzy and I started the trip together; however, except for two days in Sweden and a day in Rome we went our separate ways. Sweden In Sweden I spent a good deal...

As European Microwave Week (EuMW) returns to its inaugural host city of Amsterdam, we would like to take the opportunity to outline the history of EuMW, the role of the European Microwave Association (EuMA) and the latest developments. The story starts with Peter Clarricoats who, on joining GEC in...

With its Bridging Gaps theme, the 11th European Microwave Week couldn’t be held in a more suitable city than Amsterdam. Known as the ‘Venice of the North’, the canals that give it that name are spanned by 1281 bridges. They range from the famous Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge; see...

As Amsterdam is renowned for its vast network of canals and the bridges that cross them, it is not surprising that Bridging Gaps is the theme of the 11th European Microwave Week that takes place at the city's RAI Centre from 27 to 31 October. However, the reference is...

From 27 to 31 October, the RAI Centre in Amsterdam will play host to European Microwave Week for the third time. The previous two events have been landmarks of innovation with 1998 being the very first EuMW and 2004 seeing the original three conferences and associated workshops, short courses...

Motorola has signed a multi-year WiMAX contract with wi-tribe Pakistan limited, a joint venture between Qatar Telecom (Qtel) and Saudi Arabia’s A.A. Turki Group of Companies (ATCO). The company will supply infrastructure and a comprehensive services package that will enable cost-effective, wireless broadband services for wi-tribe’s customers. Via this...

NEC Corp. has reported that shipments of its ultra-compact microwave communications system, PASOLINK, have surpassed more than 1 million total units. The 200,000 shipments figure was reached in 2004, following approximately 20 years of availability, and the system soon eclipsed 500,000 total units in February 2007. Most recently, shipments...

EADS Defence & Security has announced a major expansion plan to make PlantCML in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, its North American R&D and top-level technological support centre for the large-scale SN P25 public safety and security digital communications systems market. SN P25 systems permit the seamless integration of multiple first...