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Intercept Technology Inc., a leading EDA software developer for PCB, RF and hybrid design solutions, announced the promotion of Lindy Kretchmer as marketing manager.

Holzworth Instrumentation will showcase its new HSX Series Signal Generators at the IMS2015 exhibition in Phoenix.

Anritsu Co. introduces Web Remote Tools for its Spectrum Master™ MS2720T handheld spectrum analyzer that allows the instruments to be controlled from any web-enabled device, including laptops, tablets, and smart phones, over an Ethernet link. Web Remote Tools gives field technicians greater flexibility when conducting measurements and makes it more time- and cost-efficient to conduct RF spectrum monitoring, as well as test Remote Radio Heads (RRUs) and other inaccessible radio units at 3G and 4G base stations.

Maury Microwave's Stability™ cable assemblies are now offered with 1.85 mm connectors and operate mode-free to 67 GHz.

NXP Semiconductors has announced that two of its engineers have been nominated for the EPO European Inventor Award. Franz Amtmann and Philippe Maugars, along with their teams, have been recognized for their work in the creation of near field communication.

Covering topics from the historical to the development of technology for the future the first meeting of the ARMMS RF & Microwave Society in 2015, sponsored by e2v and held in Oxford, UK was a sell-out.

The SICRAL 2 military telecommunications satellite was successfully launched on April 26 with an Arianespace launch vehicle from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. SICRAL 2 is a joint program between the Ministry of Defense in Italy and Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) in France for the benefit of Italian and French armed forces, with stakes of 62 percent and 38 percent respectively. It is conducted by Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio, the two companies in the Space Alliance created by Finmeccanica and Thales.

EDI CON China 2015 took place in the heart of the Beijing Olympic Village on April 14-16 at the China National Convention Center (CNCC). Over the 3 day event, 2625 attendees visited the exhibition and conference with a delegate count of 1214. The conference featured 5 parallel tracks on topics such as amplifier and component design, radar simulation and analysis, design for IoT, RF/microwave measurement and modeling, high speed design and measurement, sub-system and system design, PCB and connector design, and EMC/EMI modeling and measurement plus a newly added full day 5G Forum.

For applications where fast electronic signals in the GHz range need to be remotely acquired and analyzed Spectrum Systementwicklung GmbH has extended its digitizerNETBOX series of LXI based instruments and released eight new models.

Tech-X Corp. will be at IMS this year presenting their software solutions for electromagnetic and particle modeling. For 10 years Tech-X has been the industry leader in microwave device simulations with their flagship software tool, VSim.