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Aperto Networks, Milpitas, CA, a builder of WiMAX base stations and subscriber units, announced that it has been selected by Egypt’s Ministry of Interior to provide equipment for that nation’s first wireless WiMAX network. The equipment will be used to connect Egyptian police stations and offices nationwide. Barkotel, a...

By 2012, the total high-power RF semiconductor market will be nearing $1 B, reports a new study from ABI Research. But according to research director Lance Wilson: “The shape of the industry five years hence will depend on three critical questions. At the manufacturing level, will the introduction of...

TriQuint Semiconductor, Hillsboro, OR, an RF front-end product manufacturer and foundry services provider, announced that its wide portfolio of surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters for GPS-enabled products has made the company a leading supplier in the growing personal navigation device (PND) market. With an estimated 66% GPS SAW filter...

XCOM Wireless Inc. (XCOM), Signal Hill, CA, a developer of RF products, and Innovative Micro Technology (IMT), Santa Barbara, CA, a micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) foundry/contract manufacturer, announced that the two companies have reached a critical milestone in producing their RF MEMS Relay product. XCOM and IMT have implemented...

Cascade Microtech announced that it has won a Global Technology Award for its Grypper ball grid array (BGA) test socket. Sponsored by "Global SMT & Packaging" magazine, the award was delivered in November at Productronica in Munich, Germany. Introduced in January 2007, the Grypper fine-pitch socket tests 0.4 mm...

NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Co. Missile Systems business and Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control, delivered the first two Non-Line-of-Sight-Launch System Container Launch Units to Army Evaluation Task Force soldiers in Fort Bliss, TX. The NLOS-LS CLU is the first Future Combat System (FCS) equipment to...

Computer Simulation Technology (CST), Darmstadt, Germany, announced its acquisition of the Flomerics (Surrey, UK) electromagnetics simulation software business including MicroStripes and FLO/EMC, effective January 1, 2008. Through this acquisition, CST will gain complementary EM technology for its customers; of particular interest is the transmission line matrix (TLM) method, as...

Cobham plc announced that it has reached agreement to purchase the Surveillance and Attack business unit of BAE Systems Inc. for a cash consideration of US$240 M on a debt and cash free basis payable on completion. The acquisition is expected to complete in the first quarter of 2008,...

On December 14, the WiMAX Forum® announced plans to create the first ever WiMAX Forum Designated Certification Laboratory in India by 2008. This laboratory will be part of the organization’s global initiative of establishing and operating such centers in key telecom markets. Its establishment will enable WiMAX equipment vendors...

Near Field Communication (NFC) technology is primed to ride on the coat tails of contactless infrastructure already deployed for payments and ticketing, says a recent study by ABI Research. However, as much as NFC builds on existing contactless applications, it is also a technology that essentially replaces demand for...