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Nokia and Siemens announced that they intend to merge the Networks Business Group of Nokia and the carrier-related operations of Siemens into a new company, to be called Nokia Siemens Networks. The 50-50 joint venture will create a global leader with strong positions in the important growth segments of...

The Flomerics Group plc has reached an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of NIKA GmbH , the Engineering Fluid Dynamics software company based in Frankfurt, Germany and specializing in simulation tools for the prediction of fluid flow and heat transfer. The two companies already share many well-known...

Time Warner Cable's Southwest Division has selected Alcatel to facilitate the deployment of premium triple play services in Southwest Texas. As a result of this contract, the company is using Alcatel's microwave radios to extend its service by providing an alternate transport route to complement existing fiber deployments. It...

Anaren Inc. has received a $6 M award from Lockheed Martin for electronic subassemblies that will help US Navy helicopters detect and identify enemy radar. Designed to process radar signals detected by a receiver, Anaren’s Passive Ranging Subsystem is a major component of the AN/ALQ-210 Electronic Support Measures (ESM)...

In the world of high technology communications and specialized national defense contractor requirements, San Antonio's M2 Global truly impacts the global market. Its new headquarters expansion is just one sign of big things to come for M2 and the San Antonio community. The new 25,000-square-foot facility is located at...

Modelithics™ and American Technical Ceramics Corp. (ATC), a manufacturer of high performance electronic components, including capacitors and thin film circuits for a broad range of commercial and military applications, previously announced a collaboration to develop substrate-scalable models for a wide variety of ATC’s RF/microwave and Hi-Power passive components. The...

Donald “Shep” Shepherd, founder and president of AR Worldwide RF/Microwave Instrumentation , has announced the appointment of Jim Maginn to chief executive officer along with a series of organizational changes and promotions. As of May 8th, 2006, Jim Maginn assumed the CEO position, leaving AR Worldwide founder and president...

Anritsu Co. has reduced the time required to develop communications test solutions 4 to 6 weeks, eliminating a printed circuit board (PCB) re-spin by modeling thermal management at the board and systems level during the early design process. In the past, Anritsu engineers were not able to address thermal...

The Locus Microwave L61000 series high performance X-band low noise amplifier (LNA) is available in a variety of premium noise temperatures including 40K and 45K. This unit is intended for indoor or outdoor environments with custom, ruggedized packaging options to fit the customer’s needs. The L61000 series features an...

Applied Wave Research Inc. (AWR®), a provider of high frequency electronic design automation (EDA) tools, and Vector Fields Ltd. announced at the 2006 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium that they have integrated Vector Fields’ Concerto™ three-dimensional (3D) electromagnetic (EM) modeling software into AWR’s Microwave Office® circuit design platform. Vector...