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   May, 1962 Editor's Note — The array type of antenna has come from a little used concept in World War II to an item of major importance today. Fixed beam arrays with electronic lobing are being used to replace fire control dish antennas, multiple beam arrays are being...

Alcatel-Lucent has opened its WiMAX Application and Interoperability Testing (IOT) Center to local Taiwan customer premises equipment (CPE) manufacturers, working with the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). The opening follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Alcatel-Lucent and the MOEA, in October 2007, in which both parties...

Infineon Technologies and the automotive system manufacturer, Delphi Corp., are to collaborate closely on developing a new generation of body control units based on the standard AUTomotive Open System Architecture (AUTOSAR). Delphi is to contribute comprehensive systems and software know-how and long-standing experience in the area of body electronics,...

European Antennas Ltd. has supplied antennas to BAE Systems for the Continuous Wave Doppler Radar project that the company has developed for the UK Aberporth Test and Evaluation Range and operated by QinetiQ on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence. To satisfy the $2 M contract, BAE Systems...

An agreement has been reached whereby the Elektrobit Corp. (EB) has sold its business related to developing, producing and selling microwave technology-based measurement products and solutions for industrial use to Senfit Oy. The business, which was previously conducted by EB’s Mobile Terminal Solutions Business Unit, has been transferred to...

DragonWave Inc., a developer of wireless networks, announced its AirPair Wireless Ethernet radio product has been approved by Russia's Ministry of Communications for use throughout Russia. Cedicom of Russia, a leader in the telecommunication market in Russia and the CIS countries, will offer DragonWave’s AirPair Wireless Ethernet solutions of...

The worldwide market for contactless technology in transportation ticketing and contactless payments grew more than 15 percent in 2007, as the technology made greater inroads into consumers’ lives around the world. The market now stands at a value of more than $200 M but will reach more than $820...

The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) honored the finalists of the 2008 DesignVision Awards by giving tribute to the best design tools and products in the semiconductor industry. The IEC's first official announcement of winners will take place at the DesignCon 2008 conference and exhibition this February 4-7 at the...

WiMAX chipmaker Sequans Communications is leading a new WiMAX development project that was recently established and funded by the European Commission. The purpose of the project is to develop a new air interface for the next generation of WiMAX, and to make key contributions to the IEEE 802.16m task...

Broadband markets in Latin America are already entering a mature stage, with almost 12 million subscribers in the five major markets - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. In comparison, the number of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) subscribers in the region does not surpass a few thousand....