Manufacturing/Services

Global Satellite Community to Gather at SATELLITE 2011

SATELLITE 2011, the premier annual event dedicated to providing solutions to the satellite end-user community, is returning to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., to celebrate its 30th Anniversary. The SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition will be held March 14-17, 2011. The SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition will...
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Naval Communications Market to Remain Flat

The growing sophistication of naval platforms will be offset by long production cycles and spiraling costs that will limit the overall opportunity for communications systems and resulting demand for radio semiconductors. The recently published Strategy Analytics Advanced Defense Systems (ADS) data model, “Naval Communications Platforms - Advanced Electronics Component...
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RFID Systems Revenue to Exceed $6 B

The latest RFID forecasts from ABI Research indicate that the value of the overall market – including both traditional applications such as access control, automobile immobilization, electronic toll collection and e-ID/ID documents as well as “modernizing” applications such as animal ID, asset management, baggage handling, cargo tracking/security, contactless payment...
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Strong Growth Continues for GaAs Industry

The GaAs market staged a strong recovery toward the end of a tumultuous 2009 as a result of positive trends in wireless markets. The Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductor Technologies (GaAs) service report, “GaAs Industry Forecast 2009-2014,” calculates that despite a recession, GaAs industry revenues managed to escape...
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NEC Provides National Packet Transport Network to LMT

Latvijas Mobilais Telefons SIA (LMT), Latvia’s first mobile network operator, has selected NEC to supply a national Packet Transport Network (PTN). The backbone network will support next-generation mobile backhaul services with transmission speeds of 10 Gbps. NEC will equip more than 50 nodes with its MN5000 Series PTN solutions....
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ip.access Opens R&D Facility in India

UK-based picocell and femtocell developer and manufacturer, ip.access , has secured a dedicated R&D centre in India in partnership with worldwide business services company, Quickstart Global . Based at the Quickstart Global centre in Pune, the ip.access facility will initially number some 10 to 15 staff, but is expected...
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EADS Opens Innovation@Work Technology Lab in Ottobrunn

EADS has opened a high technology demonstration laboratory at its Ottobrunn, Germany facility, providing a showcase for the company’s leading-edge research and development in areas of security, mobility, the environment and maintenance. The laboratory was unveiled by Jean Botti, Chief Technical Officer of EADS, in the presence of German...
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