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The IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), held last week, January 17-19 in San Diego, CA, provided a meeting place for 125+ exhibitors to gather and showcase their newest products. If a show’s success can be measured by the number of product announcements, RWS 2006 certainly proved to be...

The European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA), which is part of the European Electronic Component manufacturers' Association (EECA), has stated that according to the latest figures European semiconductor chip sales were stronger than expected in August. Chip sales in Europe showed a positive development during the month, which is seen...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), a provider of proprietary radio frequency integrated circuits (RFIC) for wireless communications applications, announced that its September 2005 quarterly revenue will exceed its original guidance, which was provided on July 26, 2005. Based upon its preliminary assessment of its financial results, RF Micro Devices...

The dream of using one telephone with one number whether at home, at work or on the street — and of networks smart enough to hand over a call in progress — is approaching reality. “Fixed-mobile convergence” is the buzz phrase for this telephonic utopia and it is being...

Asia may become the largest regional mobile telecommunications market in the world over the next five to ten years, reports In-Stat. In 2004, there were nearly 740 million mobile users in Asia (including Japan, Australia and New Zealand) with total revenue of roughly $180 B, the high tech market...

Forward Concepts has announced the publication of an in-depth study of the WLAN and WiMAX equipment and chip markets. The new report, “Beyond Wi-Fi: 802.11n, VoWi and WiMAX,” provides a comprehensive analysis of worldwide equipment and chip markets. The report also profiles the ODMs, OEMs and chip vendors serving...

The news and rumors surrounding attempts to establish an industry standard for the 802.11n Wi-Fi format paint a picture that changes with the viewing angle. The eagerly-awaited enhancement of the 802.11 wireless LAN standard, that promises wireless users throughput of 100 Mbps and more, has been bogged down in...

Northrop Grumman, working closely with Raytheon Co., has reached three milestones in a program to modernize the B-2 stealth bomber’s radar system with an advanced, more reliable antenna. These achievements represent significant progress towards initial flight testing of the radar. Recently, the B-2 radar-modernization team passed a final design...

SeaMobile Inc. and Ericsson have signed a three-year contract under which the companies will work together to provide wireless voice and data services at sea. Ericsson will supply a complete wireless network, including hosted core infrastructure and GSM radio equipment. Using this technology SeaMobile will offer global wireless communications...

Rohde & Schwarz has been commissioned to supply terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (T-DMB) transmitter systems for the world’s first T-DMB network in Korea. All of the various network operators involved in setting up the T-DMB transmitter networks in the country are being supplied with transmitter equipment by R&S. The...