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LeCroy Corp. announced that Avago Technologies will use LeCroy's WaveMaster 8 Zi-A Oscilloscope to demonstrate 30 Gbps performance with its new Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) core in 28-nm process technology. The demonstration will take place in the LeCroy booth (#307) at the DesignCon 2011 exhibition in the Santa Clara Convention Center...

Boeing announced that it successfully conducted its first over-the-air ground test of a Ka-band satellite communications (SATCOM) phased-array antenna system that will enable wideband SATCOM on aircraft, providing increased bandwidth for networking in flight. This third-generation antenna system gives commercial and military aircraft operators worldwide the ability to offer...

Infineon Technologies has completed the sale of the mobile phone business (Wireless Solutions) to Intel Corp. Following the sale, approximately 3,500 employees in total will move globally from Infineon to the new company Intel Mobile Communications GmbH (IMC), which will be headquartered in Neubiberg near Munich, Germany. The final...

Verios has signed an OEM partnership deal with Anritsu A/S for the global sales, marketing and distribution rights to its software solution for real-time monitoring, management and troubleshooting of mobile wireless access networks. The solution enables operators to more effectively manage network quality issues that directly impact on their...

Siklu is expanding its presence in Europe in response to a growing need among mobile operators to boost network capacity while minimizing costs. The company’s EtherHaul Wireless backhaul solution™ allows mobile operators and service providers to tackle the shortage of bandwidth caused by the dramatic increase in the use...

Telit Wireless Solutions and Motorola Solutions have signed a definitive agreement in which Telit will purchase Motorola Solutions' M2M modules line of products, with the company’s associated employees joining Telit. The sale is subject to the customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. The acquisition would bring Telit’s consolidated pro...

NEC Corp. has added the iPASOLINK 400 to its iPASOLINK Series, the converged flexible platform designed to meet the capacity, topology and intelligence requirements for the transformation of both fixed and mobile backhaul networks to the next generation, including 4G LTE. “The NEC iPASOLINK 400 enables operators to adopt...

LTE equipment expenditure is expected to ramp up quickly in 2011. ABI Research estimates that LTE equipment spending will grow 120 percent in 2011 to reach almost $1 B. This increase is supported by more than 185 deployments and trials around the world. “A number of operators believe the...

The PCI-SIG® recently released Revision 3.0 of the PCIe base specification. Many changes in the physical-layer specification are related to ensuring proper bit transmission at 8 GT/s over inexpensive PC boards. Receiver tests are normative now; in previous versions of the standard, these tests were merely informative. Devices operating...

The CIS telecommunications market is recovering after the crisis period. In euro terms, the market closed 2010 with double-digit growth, chiefly due to the improvement of macroeconomic indicators and the gradual strengthening of local currencies. This year, the market is also expected to increase fuelled by further development of...