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Strategy Analytics , commenting on the recent acquisition of M/A-COM by Cobham, believes that the deal offers clear synergies with Cobham's current engagements in the US defense market, which will be further enhanced by gaining access to an established manufacturing base and a strong technology roadmap. M/A-COM's A&D business...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, introduced the industry’s first bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filters for customer premise equipment (CPE) to allow co-existence between wireless local area networks (WLAN) in the home and enterprise, and WiMAX networks which...

Continuing to push the boundaries of high power radio frequency (RF) technology, Freescale Semiconductor has unveiled the world’s first 50 V LDMOS RF power transistor line-up for L-band radar applications. The line-up is ideal for a wide range of high power RF applications including air traffic management and long-range...

The Strategy Analytics RF and Wireless Components research service released, “PA Market Growth of 12.6 Percent Helps Propel TriQuint to Third in Share,” examining changes in the cellphone power amplifier industry and in vendor market share. “The growth of cellphone shipments in 2007 coupled with consolidation boosted the sales...

Tyco Electronics introduced a new low-cost, RoHS compliant, SPDT switch for applications that require high power, low control voltage and low insertion loss. Typical applications for the M/A-COM MASW-008853 are CDMA handsets where multiple transceiver or GPS functions are connected to a common antenna. It is also well suited...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, announced several new front-end solutions supporting Qualcomm ’s newest code division multiple access (CDMA) and HSDPA enhanced data for GSM evolution (HEDGE) reference platforms: • The SKY77166 – a 450 megahertz (MHz)...

Intelsat General Corp. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Intelsat Ltd. , has been awarded a contract by DRS Technologies Inc. to provide X-band satellite connectivity, fiber and teleport services in the Middle East using Intelsat infrastructure and the Skynet satellite fleet owned and operated by Paradigm Secure Communications....

“Though China’s government has yet to issue its 3G licenses and telecom restructuring is still ongoing, TD-SCDMA is now live,” reports ABI Research analyst Hwai Lin Khor. “After many years of research and development, and many trials conducted by China Mobile, the 3G service has made a ‘soft’ launch...

Orbit , a leader in the development of advanced solutions for mobile SATCOM, tracking antennas and audio management for commercial and government applications, announces the delivery of six Marine Stabilized Satellite systems – the OrSat – to AITelecom . AITelecom, a Mexican company operating in the field of satellite...

Ericsson has been awarded a GSM/EDGE contract by Digicel Group in Honduras, making Ericsson the preferred supplier for Digicel's operations in the Caribbean, El Salvador and now in Honduras. Under the agreement Ericsson will be the sole supplier of a GSM/EDGE network including core network, radio access and microwave...