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Microwave Journal’s printer, Brown Printing Company, published an interesting case study about a Florida Realtor trade association that used targeted print inserts in the Florida Realtor Magazine to attract more attendees to their statewide annual convention. Brown developed a mobile campaign that used a combination of demographic binding and...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Accelicon Technologies announced they have signed a definitive acquisition agreement. Accelicon, a privately held company, provides device-level modeling and validation software for the electronics industry. The transaction, subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to be completed in 60 to 90 days. Financial details were...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. , an innovator of high reliability analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, announced that it has begun volume shipments of analog control switches to Siemens Healthcare for its state-of-the-art MAGNETOM magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. Skyworks' devices allow Siemens to...

Analog Devices Inc. announced that it has entered into a worldwide sales distribution agreement with Richardson RFPD Inc. As one of the leading distributors of RF and microwave components, Richardson RFPD will support the design-in of ADI’s high performance RF ICs along with the company’s full range of analog,...

X-COM Systems LLC , a subsidiary of Bird Technologies Group, introduced the 4CH-VSG2000, which in the compact space of a 2U rack-mount enclosure combines four independently-programmable arbitrary waveform vector signal generators (VSG) each with dedicated removable 1-Tbyte solid-state drives for waveform storage. The 4CH-VSG2000 is an excellent choice for...

LPRS , Europe’s leading supplier of short-range radio devices, announces the launch of the IQRF wireless design challenge. Running from 1st December 2011 to 31st March 2012 the challenge is open to all RF designers to create a new and innovative wireless communication or control solution based on the...

NEC Europe ’s Kaoru Kenyoshi was appointed to the Board of Directors of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), during ETSI’s 58th General Assembly held in Cannes, France on the 29th and 30th of November 2011. He will join ETSI’s Board of Directors for the 2012 to 2014 term...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. and Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. announced that the two companies have amended their previously announced merger agreement. Under the terms of the revised merger agreement, Skyworks will acquire all of the outstanding shares of AnalogicTech for $5.80 per share in cash through a tender offer that...

ORBIT Communication Systems Inc. , a provider of mission-critical connectivity solutions in a variety of markets, including satellite communications, tracking and telemetry, and communications management systems, is showcasing its Maritime VSAT Satellite Communications systems product line at Marintec China 2011. The maritime conference and exhibition at the Shanghai New...

Anritsu Co. introduces the MW8209A PIM Master, an innovative passive intermodulation (PIM) analyzer that covers the 900 MHz band to address the growing need to measure PIM in E-GSM networks, including UMTS Band VIII and LTE Band 8. Designed for use with Anritsu handheld analyzers, the MW8209A comes with...