RF & Microwave Industry News

ERICSSON AWARDED INDONESIAN 3G CONTRACT

On 5 January, Indonesian mobile operator Natrindo Telepon Selular (NTS) awarded Ericsson a contract to build, operate and manage its new 3G/WCDMA network in Jakarta and surrounding areas. Under the two-year agreement, the company will supply both 2G and 3G/WCDMA radio network equipment and undertake the turnkey implementation of...
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RFI EXPANDS SAR TESTING FACILITIES

RFI Global Services Ltd. has extended the scope of its UKAS accredited SAR test facility to include Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) products. In order to further reduce test times and costs to customers, the company has doubled the size of its test facility and invested in more phantoms. It...
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TESTMART AND GRAPHTEC AMERICA SIGN EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT

TestMart , a marketplace operator and service provider for the test and measurement industry, announced an agreement with Graphtec America Inc. , a manufacturer of precision recording and measuring instruments. The deal provides the US government and federal contractors a marketplace with special pricing on intelligent recording instruments and...
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A Design of Double T-type Microstrip Antennas for Broadband and Control of Resonance

In this article, the design and fabrication of a planar, wide band, microstrip antenna is proposed where the resonance frequency is controlled. This new configuration for a wide band microstrip antenna shows an omni-directional radiation pattern. By pr...
Patch antennas, printed on a circuit board, are suitable for integration within a communication device since they occupy a very small volume within the system, while at the same time decreasing the final product fabrication cost. The use of this kind of printed patch antenna permits concealing the antenna...
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QUALCOMM ACQUIRES BERKANA WIRELESS

QUALCOMM Inc. , a developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, 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 (CMOS) radio frequency integrated circuits (RFIC)...
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EADS AND THYSSENKRUPP ACQUIRE ATLAS

ThyssenKrupp Technologies and EADS have signed an agreement with BAE Systems on the joint acquisition of Atlas Elektronik , Bremen, Germany. In accordance with the agreement, ThyssenKrupp Technologies will hold 60 percent of Atlas and EADS 40 percent. Both companies will pool their competencies in platform, electronic and system...
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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TO ACQUIRE CHIPCON

Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) has announced that it will acquire Chipcon , a leading company in the design of short-range, low power wireless transceiver devices. The transaction for approximately $200 M is expected to be completed this month (January 2006). Under the agreement Chipcon, which employs about 120 people,...
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THREE UP FOR NEC MICROWAVE SYSTEM IN BRAZIL

NEC Corp. has signed a contract with Brazil’s leading mobile and fixed network operators - VIVO , Claro and Embratel - to supply its fixed point-to-point PDH microwave system PASOLINK. VIVO is the country’s leading CDMA-based mobile operator whereas Claro is the leading GSM-based mobile operator. PASOLINK will be...
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