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3G civil war breaks out in U.S.? The war between wireless standards is now being fought on 3G ground ? ? by Sean Buckley? As mobile operators in the United States turn to their data business for revenue growth, the battle between different wireless standards advances to 3G turf....

The Institute for System Level Integration (iSLI), The Scottish Microelectronics Centre (SMC), Optocap and Photonix have announced a collaborative agreement to form a consortium group to engage with emerging technology companies in the MEMS, biomedical, control electronics, remote sensing and advanced technologies sectors. As well as providing education and...

Microsemi Corp. , a manufacturer of high performance analog mixed signal integrated circuits and high reliability semiconductors, and SemiSouth Laboratories Inc. , Starkville, MS, announced that they have entered into an agreement which provides for cooperation between the two companies in the area of silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxy wafer...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and NetworkFab Corp. announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for NetworkFab to join Agilent. Privately held NetworkFab designs and builds advanced signal intelligence, communications and jammer systems for the US military, intelligence agencies and law enforcement groups. The transaction is subject to various standard...

Aeroflex has opened a new regional service center in Singapore that enables the Aeroflex Test Solutions (ATS) division to provide instrument service support to its customers within the major growth markets in Asia. “This is yet another step in our commitment of supporting customers globally. This strategy includes worldwide...

Europe UK : Next generation mobile broadband technologies including 3G Long Term Evolution (LTE), xMax and Mobile WiMAX hold the promise of transforming the mobile broadband landscape. Carriers are increasingly investigating the potential of these emerging technologies as a means to sustain their profitability and boost average revenue per...

The Rakel consortium , consisting of Eltel Networks , Saab and EADS Secure Networks , commissioned the second stage of the Rakel system, which is a new common digital radio communications system for Sweden’s civil protection and rescue services. The system is based on the TETRA international standard and...

Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded a contract by Mobicom , a provider of telecommunication services in Mongolia, for the deployment of a nationwide NGN network as well as the expansion of its existing wireless networks. Once deployed, the solution will provide the operator with the end-to-end quality of service and...

The Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mubadala Development Co., has awarded a contract to a joint team of Astrium and Thales Alenia Space to build their $1.66 B dual satellite communications system ready for a launch in the second half of 2010. The...

A new start-up company, GraSen Technology LLC , has been established to provide technology solutions in the growing requirements for Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) and Heterostructure Field-Effect Transistor (HFET) devices in the US and international commercial communications and defense electronics markets. GraSen Technology's HBT and HFET products are designed...