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Agilent Technologies Inc. announced its collaboration with Southeast University-China to improve mobile communication systems performance. Agilent is providing grants and test instruments for the university's use in researching methods for users to obtain higher data rates and high-quality services with increased spectrum and power efficiency. "We see this working...

Teledyne Coax Switches announced its selection by Astrium Ltd. , Portsmouth, UK, as the supplier for coaxial switch blocks to be used on the Alphasat I-XL satellite programme. Alphasat I-XL, one of the world’s largest telecommunications satellites, is being built by Astrium for Inmarsat to augment its Broadband Global...

Micronetics Inc. announced that it has received an order in excess of $750K for initial beta testing with a major retailer for its forklift mounted radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna sensor system. The forklift sensor system has recently completed a successful pre-production test phase, and will now begin beta...

Infineon Technologies AG has agreed to sell its Wireline Communications (WLC) business to an affiliate of US-based investor Golden Gate Capital for €250 M. Closing is expected in autumn 2009. This transaction will enable Infineon to focus on four segments in the future: Automotive, Industrial and Multimarket, Chipcard and...

Lime Microsystems and Blue Wonder Communications are jointly developing a complete LTE reference platform that will enable early adoption of this emerging standard. The fully characterized LTE reference platform will accelerate time to market for OEMs developing LTE systems. The reference platform is based on Lime Microsystems' LMS6002 integrated...

Exalt Communications announced that the Addison Fire Protection District in DuPage County, IL, has chosen Exalt EX-4.9i all-indoor digital microwave radio systems to reliably deliver dispatch calls and to provide location information, traffic alerts, call specifics, mapping and other data vital to its mission. DuPage County spans 337 square...

BAE Systems and Kongsberg Protech Systems have signed a teaming agreement to sell and support Kongsberg’s Remote Weapon Stations (RWS) in Australia. Kongsberg is a market leader in Remote Weapon Stations development and production with more than 10,000 systems sold with deployment in 16 countries, including on the Australian...

UK-based flexible, twistable, waveguide manufacturer Flexiguide Ltd. has been awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise for its outstanding level of Export Sales. The company ships around 92 percent of its product overseas and has a history of delivering world class products to over 40 countries. During an official ceremony,...

Bolstering its commitment to grow its managed network services business, Harris Stratex Networks Inc. , a provider of wireless solutions that enable the evolution of next-generation fixed and mobile broadband networks, announced the commissioning of its state-of-the-art network operations center (NOC) at its Morrisville, NC-based headquarters. The NOC was...

Modelithics Inc. announced the release of its latest version of the Modelithics CLR Library™ of reliably accurate and highly scalable models for AWR’s Microwave Office® software. Ted Miracco, Executive Vice President or AWR Corp., remarked, “AWR customers have successfully used the Modelithics’ CLR Library to improve product performance and...