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ABI Research reports that Chinese handset vendors will account for over 50 percent of mobile handsets in 2015. Chinese vendors already accounted for 38 percent of mobile handset shipments in 2013 and the ongoing shift in growth to low cost handsets, especially smartphones, will increase their market share.

Link Microtek has been appointed as a UK and Ireland representative for Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. founder of RF SOI and pioneer of advanced RF solutions.

Rohde & Schwarzhas expanded the application field of its R&S RTO oscilloscopes to include Ethernet interface testing

Watchkeeper, the unmanned aircraft system developed by Thales for the British Army is the first UAS to be awarded a full Release To Service, and is the only UAS of its type allowed to fly in UK airspace.

New analyses of NASA airborne radar data collected in 2012 reveal the radar detected indications of a huge sinkhole before it collapsed and forced evacuations near Bayou Corne, La., that year.

Rogers Corp. will be promoting its industry-leading printed circuit board (PCB) materials at the IPC APEX EXPO, being held March 25-27, 2014 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Convention Center (Las Vegas, NV). The IPC APEX EXPO, with more than 400 exhibiting companies and thousands of attendees, is a leading industry event for professionals involved in PCB design and manufacturing and electronic assembly and test.

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for wireless, wireline, and industrial applications, announced the availability of a new series of 100GbE-LR4 transmit optical subassembly (TOSA) and receive optical subassembly (ROSA) devices, the AFCP-T4X25EL and AFCP-R4X25PL, respectively. This new series of devices is designed for use in the new CFP4 optical transceiver form factor enabling carrier grade transmission over fiber links of up to 10 km.

AWR Corp., the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software, announces the winners of its 2013 National Taiwan University Student Design Competition. AWR partnered with National Taiwan University in mid-2013 to sponsor the first ever Taiwan Student Design Competition. The objective of the competition was to encourage students in Taiwan to become involved in the dynamic profession of microwave and RF engineering and to apply their knowledge to practical designs using the highly efficient AWR design methodology.

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that its 89600 VSA software has been enhanced with custom IQ modulation analysis. The analysis capability speeds time to insight by allowing R&D engineers to more easily test proprietary signals forsatellite and military communication applications.

Plextek RF Integrationhas been selected by Cree as a preferred design resource to provide third party design services to Cree’s European foundry customers.