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Visitors to the Maury Microwave booth at the IMS 2008 Exhibition in Atlanta, GA last month saw a demonstration of Agilent 's new PNA-X network analyzer using Maury tuners to measure non-linear load pull with X-parameters/time domain and full noise parameters. The seamless integration of the Maury automated tuners...

LeCroy Corp. , a supplier of oscilloscopes and serial data test solutions, announced the launch of the WavePro 7, the first product series in the new Zi Family of oscilloscopes. The launch represents the first deployment of LeCroy’s next-generation chipset and latest streaming architecture, X-Stream II, allowing the WavePro...

Intelsat General Corp. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intelsat Ltd., announced that it has achieved a number of key milestones with the satellite payload that will demonstrate Internet routing in space (IRIS) for the US military. Intelsat General is teamed with Cisco Systems and SEAKR Engineering Inc. to create...

The Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) and the Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) Alliance have announced that the two organizations will work together to enhance the cooperation between commercial development and ongoing research activities. The two industry groups have committed to collaborate to ensure that the dialogue between all...

Heathrow Airport, London, the world’s busiest international airport, has invested in a state-of-the-art radar system to further improve safety by continuously sweeping its runways for foreign objects and debris (FOD). Supplied by QinetiQ , the Tarsier system is being used to detect FOD on the southern runway at Heathrow...

LGS , a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent dedicated to serving the US government community, has announced that the Defense Information System Agency (DISA) has chosen Alcatel-Lucent’s WiMAX wireless broadband technology after a rigorous technical and interoperability analysis under its Tactical Service Providers (TSP) Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD). The JCTD’s...

Avago Technologies has launched a new microsite at avagotechwireless.com . This comprehensive resource center has been developed specifically for RF designers who are constantly faced with time-to-market issues and the need to quickly find the right RF solution to shorten their design cycle. The new wireless portal includes product...

The news for the first week of July was relatively slow compared to all the happenings announced during the week of IMS. Among the press releases, news from EDA vendors AWR and Agilent, test equipment manufacturer Cascade and defense sub-contractors Comtech, Trak, Saab and Sensis stood out. The following...

Industry News Cobham plc announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase M/A-COM from Tyco Electronics for a cash consideration of US$425 M on a debt and cash free basis payable on completion, which will be satisfied from Cobham’s existing cash and debt facilities. The goodwill arising on...

Anritsu Co. announced that the company has developed a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network simulator that is currently being used by Anritsu beta customers to help in the development of LTE mobile phone networks. The pre-release introduction of the MD8430A, already compliant with the 3GPP’s evolving LTE standards, supports the...