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Motorola’s Board of Directors has commenced a process to create two independent, publicly-traded companies. The move follows evaluation of the structural and strategic realignment of the company’s businesses and represents affirmative steps to position its Mobile Devices and Broadband & Mobility Solutions businesses for success, while creating value for...

Research organizations TNO (the Netherlands) and SINTEF (Norway) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and market their joint services in a number of fields of technology. The agreement was signed by Tini Colijn, member of the TNO Board of Management, and Unni M. Steinsmo, president and...

Test equipment manufacturers are constantly challenged to develop new solutions for testing their customers’ latest devices, but they’ve traditionally developed specialized hardware to meet this challenge. The communications market is still more challenging due to the rapid development of new standards, which often require new stimulus and measurement capabilities....

ANSYS and Ansoft Corp. have signed a definitive agreement whereby ANSYS will acquire Ansoft for a purchase price of approximately $832 M in a mix of cash and ANSYS common stock. Under the terms of the agreement, which was unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies,...

Where the semiconductor market was characterized by excess capacity and high demand, 2008 will be characterized by better capacity balance, but softening demand, reports In-Stat. The net result is forecasted revenue growth in 2008 of only 2.4 percent, the high-tech market research firm says. The computer segment, whose share...

While Bluetooth has been in the market for almost a decade, it has not proliferated widely in Asia. In terms of consumer awareness, this region still lags behind others. However, the picture is changing, especially when it comes to cellular handsets, and a new study from ABI Research indicates...

According to ABI Research, in coming years home network connections will no longer be an optional feature for many consumer electronic products, as digital content, social networking and IP services delivered through embedded network connections will be demanded by consumers in the devices they buy. The leading device categories...

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications and the world’s leading provider of high-power commercial satellites, announced that the satellite that it built for ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd., was successfully launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, FL. The satellite is the first...

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has announced the deployment of its RF-7800W high-capacity line-of-sight radio by the 2-25th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) of the US Army’s 25th Infantry Division. The RF-7800W delivers expanded high-bandwidth secure communications to the battlefield. The 2-25th SBCT is using...

A combined US Air Force/Lockheed Martin team has completed a rapid on-orbit deployment of the modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite launched on March 15 from Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft, which includes new features that enhance operations and navigation signal performance, has been declared operational for...