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DragonWave Inc. , a supplier of next-generation wireless networks, and NextWave Broadband Inc. , a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless Inc., a global supplier of advanced mobile broadband products, technologies and network solutions, announced the signing of a Strategic Network Solutions Agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, NextWave will...

MU-DEL Electronics , Manassas, VA, for the second time in 12 years, has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) five-year contract by the FAA to supply the FAA with its new generation of VHF and UHF receiver multicouplers. The basic contract is valued at $9.8 M with...

ANADIGICS Inc. , a provider of semiconductor solutions in the rapidly growing broadband wireless and wireline communications markets, has announced that it has acquired from Fairchild Semiconductor , for $2.3 M, the RF team, fixed assets, certain leases, software and licenses to intellectual property in connection with Fairchild’s exiting...

Jazz Semiconductor® , a leader in analog-intensive mixed-signal (AIMS) foundry solutions and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jazz Technologies Inc., announced that it has collaborated on the design and production of the first 100 Gb/s (Gigabits/second) integrated circuits (IC) for service provider networks. Infinera Corp. utilized Jazz Semiconductor's 0.18-micron Silicon...

TriQuint Semiconductor , a manufacturer of wireless products, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Peak Devices Inc. , Boulder, CO, in a cash transaction introduced last month. Peak Devices is a privately held, fabless semiconductor company with a highly experienced RF team that focuses on RF discrete...

David Vye, Technical Editor, Microwave Journal: We had the pleasure of speaking with Ms. Sherry Hess, vice-president of Marketing at AWR®. Ms. Hess recently joined AWR, bringing with her nearly 20 years of senior management, sales, marketing and international business development experience in the semiconductor and EDA industries. Prior...

David Vye, Technical Editor, Microwave Journal : Microwave Journal had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Todd Cutler who is currently a Senior Manager with Agilent Technologies’ EEsof EDA Division, responsible for Marketing, Services, and the ESL Business. In his 28-year career, he helped to found the division, which...

Horizon House Publications announces an alliance between Microwave Journal and Besser Associates that will provide microwave working professionals and students with a series of free online courses based on RF/microwave theory and techniques. Each installment will be presented by a Besser Associates instructor and will run for approximately 45...

Neltec Europe SAS — Park Electrochemical Corp. ’s electronic materials business unit located in Mirebeau, France — is proposing to restructure its operations and to reduce its workforce. As a first stage the company has commenced an information and consultation process with its employees, in accordance with French law....

Thales Alenia Space shipped the Giove-B, the second test satellite in the Galileo navigation constellation, from its plant in Rome to the ESA-ESTEC facility in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. The delivery follows the production team, led by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space and including Telespazio, EADS Astrium and ESA, completing...