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Renaissance Electronics Corp. announced it is pursuing the development of state-of-the-art MEMS switches for high end integrated systems applications. Renaissance is working with scientists and engineers at MIT , who have developed 900 MHz to 40 GHz SPST, SPDT and SP4T switches with negligible dispersion. The switching times on...

Published March 1, 2006 In an effort to better combine the editorial content of our magazine with our newly developed and retooled on-line presence, we have decided to expand Harlan’s RF and microwave engineering advice into a monthly feature that appears in Microwave Journal. Harlan has selected one question...

In what is truly a global undertaking, Huber + Suhner AG , Switzerland and Radiall SA , France have signed a license agreement with Amphenol Corp. , USA, to develop, manufacture and distribute QMA and QN connectors and components under the Quick Lock Formula (QLF) trademark. This trademark indicates...

In a contract, worth €32 million, EADS Secure Networks has signed a four-year contract with the French National Gendarmerie (Military Police) to modernize its RUBIS secure radio communications network. Thus enabling the Gendarmerie to ensure long-term viability of its radio communications network, benefit from new applications and better respond...

Nokia and Cable & Wireless have signed an International Frame Agreement for the supply of GSM and WCDMA 3G radio and core networks, which will enable the operator to gain significant cost savings in the operation of these networks and will allow it to offer the most advanced mobile...

Unity Wireless Corp. , a developer of wireless systems and coverage-enhancement solutions, announced that it has completed a US $2.2 million three-year debt financing by institutional investors. Unity Wireless plans to use the proceeds from the transaction for general corporate purposes. Unity Wireless issued US $2.2 million of 8...

To expand its aerospace capabilities in Asia, Thales has opened new regional headquarters in Singapore. The new 6000 m 2 site will house around 150 employees and this move to a new, bigger and more efficient facility is seen as providing the capability to address the rising number of...

Industry status as of March 2006 The SIA has released revenue numbers for January 2006 of $17.42 billion dollars (raw numbers not 3 month moving average). The January numbers are up from $17.34 billion dollars in January of 2005 and represents a 0.5 percent growth month over month. Figure...

Industry News QUALCOMM Inc. announced that the company has acquired Berkana Wireless Inc. , a Silicon Valley-based fabless semiconductor company. Berkana is a provider of complementary metal oxide semiconductor radio frequency integrated circuits to the wireless industry. The addition of Berkana’s RF CMOS intellectual property, design portfolio and engineering...

Northrop Grumman Corp. and the US Air Force successfully completed flight testing of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN), a significant milestone toward providing warfighters an advanced way to share critical information by communicating over airborne networks at high altitudes. BACN is an Internet protocol-based airborne communications relay and...