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Skyworks Solutions Inc. and Ember , a leader in ZigBee® technology, announced that they are partnering to develop a portfolio of ZigBee front-end modules (FEM) targeting applications such as smart meters in energy management, home area networks (HAN) and industrial automation. ZigBee is a wireless network standard that solves...

In a new report, “WiMAX in Emerging Markets: Malaysia,” the Strategy Analytics Emerging Markets Communications Strategies service forecasts that in five years WiMAX will grow from virtually a standing start to more than 1.5 million subscriptions generating $1.4 B in revenue. The Malaysian government has very aggressive plans to...

The penetration of high-powered RF integrated circuits into the mobile wireless base station market has surpassed even ABI Research’s optimistic forecasts of last year. “The level of penetration of high-powered RFICs into the mobile wireless base station market right now exceeds what most observers would even suspect,” says research...

In the past year, two forces have emerged to radically change the definition of “mobile video,” reports In-Stat. First, Internet delivery of user-generated and professionally produced content is moving viewers from their living rooms to their computers, the high-tech market research firm says. Second, high-quality mobile devices that use...

Consumer electronics products no longer exist in a vacuum: increasingly they are linked to each other via a number of short-range radio technologies. CE vendors, faced with a series of overlapping use-cases, network areas, standards and technologies, need to understand the applications best suited to each, and how they...

In-Stat reports that cellular infrastructure is usually not one of the most exciting topics to discuss in wireless, but that has started to change. As wireless operators have begun to deploy 3G and other wireless broadband technology, they have discovered that the grid of cell towers that worked fine...

More than 50 representatives of the US Navy and industry attended a live, “over-the-ocean” demonstration of Harris Corp.’s new SeaLancet™ RT-1944/U tactical radio— designed to provide network-centric communications to both ground- and air-based networks. During the three-day series of demonstrations, Harris successfully showcased the radio’s high-throughput, long-range network-centric IP...

The Northrop Grumman Corp. Global Positioning System Next Generation Ground Segment (GPS OCX) team recently completed the Standard Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) software assessment, passing another significant milestone for the multi-billion dollar program and continuing Northrop Grumman’s enterprise-wide audit successes. GPS OCX...

Lockheed Martin Integrated Common Electronics Warfare System (ICEWS)—a single enterprise solution designed to scale across all ship classes in the US Navy’s surface fleet—performed successfully during a series of just-completed demonstrations conducted by the Navy. The at-sea demonstration of ICEWS, held beginning in June, followed recent land-based testing and...

Raytheon Co.’s Surface Launched Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) successfully completed system field integration testing at White Sands Missile Range, NM, demonstrating interoperability with both Patriot an Avenger weapon systems. “Successful integration testing will help put this much-needed air defense capability into our warfighter’s hand,” said Pete Franklin, vice...