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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...

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...

AWR , a provider of high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) components, announced at the Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, that Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (SEMCO) has created and released a model library of its high-density, miniaturized, surface-mount multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs) for use within AWR's Microwave Office®...

Ericsson and TDF have signed an agreement for the supply of a MINI-LINK microwave transmission solution, providing a platform for flexible, scalable and cost-effective wireless transmission. The solution will enable TDF to offer a wide range of services and to meet the demand in France for network capacity driven...

Inphi® Corp. announced it has won the Fabless Semiconductor Association’s (FSA) award for the industry’s “Most Respected Private Fabless Company.” Members of the semiconductor industry cited Inphi’s significant achievements in products, its vision, and the company’s considerable future opportunities in the semiconductor industry in casting their votes. The FSA,...

UK-based telecommunications infrastructure organization, the Alan Campbell Group (ACG), has invested a six-figure sum in new test and training facilities at its headquarters in Warwick. The move comes as the company continues to grow its broadcast, microwave and telecommunications solutions and services. The purpose-built training center, which covers an...

Strategy Analytics , a global research and consulting firm, has released its projections for the enterprise market in 2008, and it projects rapid growth in both so-called smart phones and GPS handsets as enterprise-caliber location-based service (LBS) solutions. “Wireless Enterprise Strategies: 2008 Market Outlook” notes that UMA and Call...

Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. and Nokia Siemens Networks have agreed to cooperate on LTE base station products. The companies jointly responded to the request by Japan's biggest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. for its Super 3G (LTE) Base Station project, and Panasonic Mobile Communications has been selected as...

At a special meeting on December 10, shareholders of Andrew Corp. overwhelmingly approved the company’s merger agreement with CommScope Inc. Andrew and CommScope now have received all necessary approvals and clearances to complete the transaction, which was announced June 27. Andrew currently expects the merger to close on December...