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The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) honored the finalists of the 2008 DesignVision Awards by giving tribute to the best design tools and products in the semiconductor industry. The IEC's first official announcement of winners will take place at the DesignCon 2008 conference and exhibition this February 4-7 at the...

WiMAX chipmaker Sequans Communications is leading a new WiMAX development project that was recently established and funded by the European Commission. The purpose of the project is to develop a new air interface for the next generation of WiMAX, and to make key contributions to the IEEE 802.16m task...

Broadband markets in Latin America are already entering a mature stage, with almost 12 million subscribers in the five major markets - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. In comparison, the number of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) subscribers in the region does not surpass a few thousand....

The process for developing advanced Radar and EW systems often begins with component design and system simulation using software tools, which is followed by prototyping the design and evaluation using test instrumentation. In the past, there has been minimal connection between the software simulations and hardware prototype evaluation because...

Forward Concepts, Tempe, AZ, has published its newest in-depth study of the global WiMAX market. The new 300-page study, “WiMAX '08: The 3G+ Broadband Alternative,” is an in-depth analysis of operators, equipment, chips and broadband alternatives, both wired and wireless. According to the principal author, Carter L. Horney: "3G...

According to a recent report by Strategy Analytics, Boston, MA, the success of free-to-air digital terrestrial television markets in the UK, France, Spain, Italy and Germany has resulted in a marked improvement in the prospects for Integrated Digital TVs over the past year or so. The report projects that...

Filtronic plc has announced a definitive agreement for the sale of all of the share capital of Filtronic Compound Semiconductors Limited (FCSL) to RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) for £12.5 million cash. The acquisition price includes the purchase of FCSL’s six-inch GaAs wafer fabrication facility at Newton Aycliffe, UK,...

On January 1, 2008, the appointment of two new Group Management members, Patrick Riederer and Urs Ryffel, marked the completion of the Huber + Suhner Group’s reorganization into three divisions. The move is part of the company’s strategy to intensify its focus on its core business of providing ‘Electrical...

NEC Corp. has signed a framework contract to supply microwave communication systems to Polish 3G mobile operator P4 Sp.z.o.o. (P4), the mobile operating arm of Polish telecom carrier Netia SA. The company will supply the advanced PASOLINK NEO point-to-point wireless access systems to enable P4 to accelerate its network...

Elcoteq SE, an integrated electronics manufacturing services company with original design manufacturing capabilities in the communications technology field, is streamlining and simplifying its organization as of January 1, 2008, which is in accordance with its action plan that was announced in October 2007. With the new organization, the company...