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IEEE , the world's largest technical professional society, is commemorating its 125 th Anniversary this year with a variety of activities surrounding the theme of "Celebrating 125 Years of Engineering the Future." Major anniversary events include the first IEEE Presidents' Change the World Competition for college and university students...

Agilent Technologies announced support for Agilent’s GoldenGate RFIC simulation, analysis and verification tools as part of STMicroelectronics’ (ST) 65 nm Design Platform. The qualification of GoldenGate for ST’s 65 nm RF technology is part of a long-term collaboration between the two companies to accelerate customers’ RF IP development time....

Shipments of GPS-enabled mobile phones will hit a speed-bump in 2009, but will still manage to post year-to-year unit growth through the current economic downturn, according to a new market study by ABI Research. While global handset shipments are expected to drop by 4 to 5 percent in 2009,...

AWR , a leader in high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA), announced it has acquired Simulation Technology and Applied Research Inc. (STAAR), Mequon, WI, a developer of 3D parallelized FEM tools for EM simulation of components and subsystems operating at RF and microwave frequencies. STAAR is now a wholly-owned subsidiary...

Fastrax , a supplier of high performance GPS receivers, GPS software solutions and tracking systems for location-aware devices, and SiGe Semiconductor , a global supplier of products that are enabling wireless multimedia in a wide variety of computing, entertainment and mobile systems, announced that Fastrax has selected SiGe's SE4120...

A new partnership has been formed between the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP) to create a joint professional registration scheme to raise professional standards across the telecoms sector. This joint ITP-IET member registration agreement means that members of the ITP can...

Ericsson has signed its first contract for the commercial deployment of LTE (4G) with TeliaSonera. The roll-out of the 4G mobile broadband network will cover Sweden's capital Stockholm. It is claimed that the network will offer the highest data rates ever realized, with the best interactivity and quality. The...

AVX Corp. , a manufacturer of advanced passive components and leaded solutions, has launched the latest version of its SpiTanII software that enables designers to view all basic characteristics and parameters for tantalum and Oxicap® (niobium oxide) capacitors. The company has also expanded the PSpice simulation software libraries it...

TRAK Microwave , a Smiths Interconnect business, announced model OSC048, an ultra low phase noise frequency source. This device is designed and manufactured for harsh tactical radar environments and provides superior performance over dynamic environmental conditions. The 1700 MHz output provides ultra-low phase noise, spurious suppression of -85 dBc,...

Paratek and STMicroelectronics have entered into a strategic relationship to supply RF tunable products to mobile wireless markets. The two companies have been cooperating to advance the next generation of Paratek’s ParaScan™ materials technology for high-volume manufacturing and to jointly develop tunable products that improve Total Radiated Power (TRP)...