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e2v Acquires Swiss Semiconductor Manufacturer

e2v technologies plc , a specialist developer and manufacturer of high technology components and subsystems, has announced the acquisition of MiCS MicroChemical Systems SA from Renaissence PME, Saia Burgess Electronics Holding AG, the largest investors and others, for a total cash consideration of €5 M. Based in Corcelles, a...
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Winchester Electronics Acquires Advance Interconnect and Kings Electronics

Winchester Electronics Corp. announced that it has acquired the assets of Advanced Interconnect Inc., Franklin, MA, and Kings Electronics Co. Inc.
Winchester Electronics Corp. announced that it has acquired the assets of Advanced Interconnect Inc. , Franklin, MA, and Kings Electronics Co. Inc. , Rock Hill, SC. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed. “This is a significant step forward for Winchester Electronics,” said Michael Driscoll, president and CEO of...
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Keithley Instruments: Wireless Industry’s Future Holds Significant Testing Challenges

Mark Elo Marketing Director, Wireless Business Keithley Instruments Inc.
The 2007 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium offers Keithley two important opportunities. The first, obviously, is to demonstrate the value of our products to a broad range of industry insiders; the second is to gain insights and knowledge from the experts on the fast-changing technologies on which the industry...
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Sprint Nextel’s Launch Puts the ‘Why?’ in WiMAX

If 2007 is, as some have suggested, the year WiMAX enters the telecom fray for real, then Sprint Nextel is carrying the banner onto the battlefield.
If 2007 is, as some have suggested, the year WiMAX enters the telecom fray for real, then Sprint Nextel is carrying the banner onto the battlefield. With plenty of 2.5 GHz spectrum and the initiative to use it, the carrier could change the telecom landscape. In March, Sprint Nextel...
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Sprint Nextel hedges wireless bets

U.S. carrier is pursuing a twin-pronged broadband wireless strategy — WiMAX and 3G — and a partnership with cable operators.
In March, Sprint Nextel made two simultaneous and — some might argue — contradictory announcements about its broadband wireless strategy. The US carrier underlined its intention to launch WiMAX this year via a thick swathe of 2.5 GHz spectrum it owns — even going so far as to call...
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More Than Hedging Bets

Nokia Siemens Networks Finds Use For Flexi Platform As It Expands To WiMAX
Nokia Siemens Networks didn’t have to look very far—or do much development work—to create a base station platform for the 2.5/3.5 GHz WiMAX radios it will be deploying in 2008 as part of Sprint Nextel’s nationwide WiMAX rollout. Everything the vendor wanted to provide its customers--smaller size, improved power...
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