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Spain’s Indra and Cisco have signed an international agreement to collaborate in the research and development of new technologies and solutions for the security and defence industries. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)will allow both companies to strengthen their positions in markets with high growth potential over the next few...

Alcatel-Lucent has announced the operational launch of the first alternative energy laboratory and pilot site in the world dedicated to the telecoms sector. Located on its Bell Labs research site in Villarceaux, France, this station forms part of an Alternative Energy strategic programme launched by the company to respond...

Mobile phone operators are now looking beyond the handset to fuel further growth. They foresee a broad range of consumer electronics devices as vehicles for 3G and 4G wireless service access. The new Strategy Analytics Connected Home Device Strategies report, “Beyond the Handset—Wireless Consumer Electronics: US Market Forecast,” identifies...

The latest Strategy Analytics report, “Squeezing Out the Competition: TriQuint Semiconductor and Win Semiconductors Extend GaAs Foundry Leadership,” reports that TriQuint Semiconductor and Win Semiconductors continue to squeeze out the competition, increasing their collective share of the GaAs (gallium arsenide) foundry market from 67 percent in 2007 to 77...

Ultra low-cost handsets (ULCH)—those selling for $35 or less—will determine the success of operators and vendors in emerging markets, according to “ULCH—A Key to Success for Vendors and Operators in Emerging Markets,” a report from the Strategy Analytics Emerging Markets Communications Strategies service. More than half of the 300...

While mobile PCs and portable consumer electronic (CE) devices comprised the lion’s share of Wi-Fi chipset shipments in 2008, mobile handsets and stationary CE categories are driving the market growth, reports In-Stat. In 2008, Wi-Fi chipsets in mobile handsets grew by more than 51 percent. By 2010, In-Stat anticipates...

Obituary William Cuming, who helped start Emerson & Cuming in 1948, died of pneumonia on May 28 in Boston, MA. Born in New York City, Cuming earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1942 and an MBA from Harvard University in 1947. Along...

Microstrip stepped-impedance low-pass filters using fractal shapes, such as Koch islands and Sierpinski carpets, are proposed for the first time. Conventional stepped-impedance low-pass filters are very popular, due to their ease of implementation in either microstrip or coplanar technology. However, to achieve a low-pass filter with high stopband performance,...

Compared to traditional microstrip filters, the dual-mode patch resonator shows attractive features such as its sharp band rejection and compact size. In general, the dual-mode operation consists of two degenerate modes, which are excited by asymmetrical feed lines and some perturbation element(s) on the patch resonators. Moreover, in order...

There has recently been much research on broadband and multi-band antennas for various wireless communication systems. The IEEE has issued regulations for the wireless local area network (WLAN, 802.11a/b) since 1999. The development of WLAN has already reached maturity and has become fairly universal. The development of antennas used...