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RFI Global Services Ltd. , ever alert to the specialized testing requirements for the cellular, wireless, electronics and smart card markets worldwide, has announced a joint venture agreement with Radio Sky , a commercial enterprise with investment by the Chinese State Radio Monitoring Centre (SRMC). RFI is a majority...

As part of its drive to target developing technological markets, the IEE has announced plans to recruit staff and open offices in Bangalore and Delhi during 2006 and stage a number of major events in India during the year. The announcement follows on from an initiative taken earlier this...

Cascade Microtech , a provider of precise electrical measurements on small structures, is expanding its capabilities in the semiconductor failure analysis market. In August 2005, the company introduced the eVue digital imaging system, a major new tool for sub-micron probing to ease the problems of failure analysis on rapidly...

Taconic and Modelithics™ announced that they have begun a collaboration whereby Modelithics will significantly increase its use of Taconic's high performance printed circuit board (PCB) substrate materials in developing its substrate-scalable discrete and surface-mount component models for active and passive components. "At Modelithics most of our modeling projects begin...

TestMart , a marketplace operator and service provider for the test and measurement industry, announced an agreement with Ophir RF , a designer and manufacturer of high power, solid-state, broadband and band-specific amplifiers. The deal provides the US government and federal contractor marketplace with special pricing on a select...

Centro de Tecnología de las Comunicaciones, SA (CETECOM), Spain, has enhanced its accredited testing service range for the mobile communications industry. The company has been granted ISO 17025 accreditation for testing of 3G technologies, enabling it to offer conformance testing services for 2G/2.5G and 3G technologies, covering RF, protocol,...

As part of e2v 's focus on innovation and the development of next generation technologies, it is participating in the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme backed by a consortium of UK public bodies including the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The three projects jointly funded by e2v...

Salisbury University (SU) students pursuing a career in engineering received a boost recently when representatives from K&L Microwave Inc. presented the Salisbury University Foundation Inc., $30,000 to help fund lab equipment and scholarships. The contribution was the third installment of a $150,000 endowment from K&L. The endowment will create...

Microsemi Corp. and Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT) announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Microsemi to acquire APT. With this acquisition, Microsemi, a designer and manufacturer of high performance analog solutions and high reliability semiconductor solutions, expands its portfolio of analog mixed signal offering in the RF...

Andrew Corp. , a global provider in communications systems and products, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Skyware Radio Systems GmbH , Krefeld, Germany, a producer of state-of-the-art electronic products for broadband satellite communications networks. Under terms of the agreement, which is subject to review by German antitrust...