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Ericsson and STMicroelectronics have agreed to merge Ericsson Mobile Platforms and ST-NXP Wireless into a joint venture. The 50/50 joint venture will have the industry’s strongest product offering in semiconductors and platforms for mobile applications and will be an important supplier to Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG and Sharp....

Eight organizations working within the advanced wireless market have recently joined the SDR Forum, bringing the total number of new members joining the Forum to 25. This growth represents a 20 percent increase in member organizations. This rapid expansion can be attributed to the growing acceptance of software defined...

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and international property group, Goodman, have linked up to establish the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, UK. Under the agreement, UKAEA will provide land at Harwell for development and an existing business base....

Indra is heading the industrial group in charge of studying the feasibility and definition of the current EGNOS satellite navigation system towards a future Multiconstellation Regional System (MRS) for the European Space Agency (ESA). The team is composed of Astrium-EADS (Germany), Deimos Engenharia (Portugal), INECO (Spain), Novatel (Canada) and...

Driven by new demand from consumer electronics and wireless applications, the global market for Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) will expand to $8.8 B in 2012, up from $6.1 B in 2006, iSuppli Corp. predicts. “The markets for mainstay MEMS actuator products—like inkjet heads and Digital Light Processor (DLP) chips from...

Wireless USB refers to the Certified Wireless USB (WUSB) standard based on ultrawideband (UWB) technology that is compliant with WiMedia Alliance specifications. The subject of discussion for several years, WUSB finally hit the market in 2007 in notebook PCs from Dell and Lenovo, and in hub and dongle solutions...

Online social networking is huge and growing strongly, but what happens when all those virtual friends hit the road? Increasingly, they will be able to keep in touch via mobile versions of their favorite social networks, running on their cellular phones. ABI Research forecasts that in 2013, more than...

RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD®), a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance semiconductor components, announced it has captured design wins on more than 10 upcoming Samsung 3G handsets, supporting Samsung’s anticipated growth in 3G handset sales. Based upon current customer forecasts, RFMD anticipates volume shipments to...

Richardson Electronics Ltd. , a specialized international distributor of RF and microwave components, announced that Avago Technologies has selected Richardson to distribute its wireless products in the European market. Effective immediately, this is an expansion of Avago’s existing distribution agreement with Richardson, which previously covered Southeast Asia, Japan and...

The Fordahl Group based in Switzerland and FOQ Piezo Technik GmbH based in Germany have signed a Management, Commercial and Technical agreement that will lead to the creation of the largest European crystal and oscillator manufacturing group. This initiative is not only aimed at strengthening Fordahl-FOQ’s activities in the...