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Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that its WiMAX-specific design validation and production solutions have been successfully delivered and accepted by several customers. With a level of performance and functionality not available from competitors, these solutions give engineers R&D and conformance-type measurement capabilities for testing fixed 802.16-2004 and mobile 802.16e-2005 WiMAX...

Wavesat , a supplier of WiMAX chipsets and software, announced it has completed a significant round of funding led by SK Telecom, a global leader in providing mobile voice and data services. The financing round, which also included participation from existing investors, will be used to accelerate the introduction...

The latest Strategy Analytics reports on the WiMAX and WLAN markets, "GaAs Device Demand from WLAN Market: 2005-2010" and "WiMAX Market Forecast: 2005-2010," demonstrate that GaAs device demand from these two applications will show significant growth, with overall demand approaching $1 B by 2010, second only to demand from...

Strategy Analytics’ RF & Wireless Component service has released “RF Component Industry Review: April - June 2006,” which notes that more than half of the leading suppliers of RF components reported significant profits in Q2, about the same industry financial performance as reported in Q1. In the second quarter...

Strategy Analytics, the global research and consulting company, released, "RF Component Industry Review: January - March 2006," noting that financial performance reported by RF component suppliers in Q1 improved. Demand for RF components in Q1 remained strong, supported by strength in the cellphone market. Fifty-three percent of the top...

The RF to Light 100 dropped 1% last week, YTD +10% at 2356. The Index reached again the "oversold" territory. The average P/E ratio dropped down to 30, a level from which rallies started in the past. True, US economic growth rate is at 0% due to a weak...

Vishay Intertechnology Inc. and International Rectifier Corp. (IR) announced they have reached an agreement for the sale of IR's Power Control Systems (PCS) business to Vishay. The PCS business includes IR's Non-Focus Products business and certain product revenue from its Focus Products business, including certain discrete planar MOSFETs, discrete...

Radiall has completed the sale of the filtered connectors assets of its Radiall Jerrik Inc. subsidiary located in Tempe, AZ, to Conesys Inc. , headquartered in Torrance, CA. The completed transaction gives to Conesys the Jerrik Trade Mark and all assets relating to the design and manufacture of filter...

As part of its new strategy, Elektrobit Group plc. and Anite Group plc. have signed a Share Purchase Agreement whereby Elektrobit agrees to sell its Network Test Business to Anite. The transaction comprises the entire issued share capital of Elektrobit's subsidiaries Nemo Technologies Ltd. and Elektrobit Group Pte. Ltd....

The Evans Capacitor Co. has won a $3.03 M contract from Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Controls, Orlando, FL, to supply capacitor banks for Lot III production of the Apache helicopter Arrowhead Program. Arrowhead is the MTADS/PNVS (Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision System) for AH-64 Apache...