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Tyco Electronics introduced a new low-cost, RoHS compliant, SPDT switch for applications that require high power, low control voltage and low insertion loss. Typical applications for the M/A-COM MASW-008853 are CDMA handsets where multiple transceiver or GPS functions are connected to a common antenna. It is also well suited...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, announced several new front-end solutions supporting Qualcomm ’s newest code division multiple access (CDMA) and HSDPA enhanced data for GSM evolution (HEDGE) reference platforms: • The SKY77166 – a 450 megahertz (MHz)...

Intelsat General Corp. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Intelsat Ltd. , has been awarded a contract by DRS Technologies Inc. to provide X-band satellite connectivity, fiber and teleport services in the Middle East using Intelsat infrastructure and the Skynet satellite fleet owned and operated by Paradigm Secure Communications....

“Though China’s government has yet to issue its 3G licenses and telecom restructuring is still ongoing, TD-SCDMA is now live,” reports ABI Research analyst Hwai Lin Khor. “After many years of research and development, and many trials conducted by China Mobile, the 3G service has made a ‘soft’ launch...

Orbit , a leader in the development of advanced solutions for mobile SATCOM, tracking antennas and audio management for commercial and government applications, announces the delivery of six Marine Stabilized Satellite systems – the OrSat – to AITelecom . AITelecom, a Mexican company operating in the field of satellite...

Ericsson has been awarded a GSM/EDGE contract by Digicel Group in Honduras, making Ericsson the preferred supplier for Digicel's operations in the Caribbean, El Salvador and now in Honduras. Under the agreement Ericsson will be the sole supplier of a GSM/EDGE network including core network, radio access and microwave...

The GSMA , the global trade association for the mobile industry, and the Femto Forum , the independent industry association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide, have announced that they will work together to define and develop solutions for the deployment of femtocells within mobile operator networks. The GSMA will...

EADS Defence & Security (DS) will expand Korea Electric Power Corp. ’s (KEPCO) TETRA network. KEPCO has awarded Nuri Telecom, EADS Secure Networks' Value Added Reseller for PMR solutions, the project to set up an advanced digital radio communication network in South Korea. The implementation of the turnkey project...

Anaren Inc. announced that it has received two contracts totaling $13.7 M in follow-on orders for jamming and passive ranging subsystems to be deployed in airborne applications. Anaren designs, develops, manufactures and sells highly integrated microwave component assemblies and subsystems for the wireless communications, satellite communications and defense electronics...

RF Micro Devices (RFMD®), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance semiconductor components, and SELEX GALILEO , one of Europe's leading defense electronics suppliers, announced the two companies have signed a strategic supply agreement. The strategic supply agreement expands upon a former agreement signed in...