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Subsurface prospecting by ground penetrating radar (GPR) is of interest in several applications, 1 including civil engineering, 2 cultural heritages 3 and sub-services detection. A GPR usually works in time domain, transmitting an electromagnetic pulse that, by interacting with the objects buried in the investigated soil, gives rise to...

Smiths Group announced that it has acquired the business and assets of Lorch Microwave LLC , adding microwave filter technology to its electronic components and subsystems interconnect business. Smiths Group has acquired the business for $25 M from undisclosed private vendors, including $1 M payable after July 31, 2007,...

Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. (K&S) announced a plan to tighten its focus on semiconductor assembly equipment and materials and create value for its shareholders. K&S has signed a definitive agreement to sell its wafer test assets to SV Probe PTE Ltd. K&S has also signed a definitive agreement...

NEC Electronics Corp. has announced that it will merge its wholly-owned subsidiary, NEC Compound Semiconductor Devices Ltd. , back into the parent company, effective April 1, 2006. NEC Compound Semiconductor Devices designs and manufactures RF and wireless semiconductors, components for fiber optic communications, optocouplers and solid-state relays. In the...

Following Ericsson’s completion of the acquisition of strategic parts of Marconi 's telecommunications business the company has announced it will continue to use the Marconi name in the recently acquired product portfolio. Ericsson says it will continue to use the Marconi name in recognition of the company's strong reputation...

RFI Global Services (RFI) has announced an investment of £2 M by Close Venture Management , aimed at accelerating the expansion of the company's international market presence and allow it to increase its range of compliance and product development services. Plans include expansion of the company's UK facilities, introduction...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Anite Telecoms announced the development of a HSDPA RF conformance test solution. Release is planned for April 2006, followed by a complete W-CDMA RF conformance test solution. The Agilent and Anite relationship, formed in 2003 to develop and promote protocol and system simulator test solutions,...

EADS has signed a contract with Pro-M to deliver the infrastructure for the Hungarian nationwide TETRA network. Pro-M was established for this purpose by T-Mobile Hungary and Magyar Telekom and will build and operate the nationwide radio communications network by order of the Hungarian Government. The EADS TETRA solution...

Malta 's leading wireless operator, Vodafone Malta Ltd. , has contracted Siemens Communications Group to build its 3G/W-CDMA network. This network, which will cover the entire island, will be available to personal users, business customers and tourists later this year. Siemens has a good track record having already built...

The ZigBee™ Alliance , an association of companies working together to enable wirelessly networked monitoring and control products based on an open global standard, recognized a number of recent industry events demonstrating unprecedented value in the long-term market potential for ZigBee devices. On January 24, Texas Instruments Inc. (TI)...