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Saab is to establish a research and development center in India. The aim is to create a sustainable and long-term relationship that will enable the company to co-develop critical technologies with India. This center is part of Saab's future offering for the world market. “The aim of the research...

CJSC NEC Neva Communications Systems (NEC Neva), a subsidiary of NEC Corp. in Russia, has agreed with VimpelCom Ltd. to deploy the NEC iPASOLINK platform for the transformation of its backhaul mobile transport network. The NEC iPASOLINK will provide VimpelCom with an ultra-flexible mobile transport network agile enough to...

Two of ORBIT Communication Systems Inc. ’s advanced tracking and telemetry systems have been incorporated as part of SpaceX’s participation in NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Program. The company’s 1.8 m AL-4016 ship-stabilized telemetry tracking unit and the AL-4000 tracking antenna control unit, were used by SpaceX during...

Cambridge Broadband Networks Ltd. has launched its 10 Gb/s multipoint microwave backhaul platform. VectaStar Radio Controller (RC), the latest development of the company’s VectaStar microwave backhaul and access solution, is designed to meet the growing capacity requirements of mobile operators around the world. The RC is a native Ethernet...

Narda Safety Test Solutions , an L-3 Communications company, introduced the Nardalert S3, the world’s most accurate, versatile non-ionizing radiation (NIR) monitor for wearable and fixed-area monitoring applications. The Nardalert S3 detects electromagnetic (EM) radiation levels from 100 kHz to 50 GHz, and is the successor to the Nardalert...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Altair Semiconductor announced they will jointly conduct interoperability testing and validation testing using Altair’s 4G LTE chipset in conjunction with the Agilent PXT wireless communications test set and N6070A-series signaling conformance test software. The joint effort will accelerate the development of LTE devices and testing...

Responding to rising market demand for femtocell and picocell technology, ANADIGICS Inc. introduced a new highly linear and efficient power amplifier (PA), the AWB7227, designed to enable a new class of wireless infrastructure equipment. The AWB7227 extends ANADIGICS’ portfolio of PAs for use in small-cell base stations, which are...

Shipments of cellular modules for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications will reach over 100 million in 2015 according to IMS Research’s new report “The World Market for Cellular Modules in M2M Communications.” Dropping module prices, reduced connectivity rates from carriers, and increased availability of cellular networks worldwide are all key drivers...

The first LTE-FDD and TD-LTE networks are being rolled out in Europe, the US and in Asia. These new wireless communications standards have extremely high data rates – up to 100 Mbit/s – that allow high-speed mobile internet access. Rohde & Schwarz offers the T&M equipment to ensure the...

Aviat Networks Inc. , a leader in wireless transmission solutions, showcased its latest product innovations at the 2011 Mobile World Congress Conference, February 14-17, in Barcelona, Spain. Aviat Networks showcased its vision for the future of backhaul networks that will be needed to support the next generation of 4G/LTE...