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Technitrol announced it has changed its name to Pulse Electronics Corp. In connection with the name change, the company will change the ticker symbol for its common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange to “PULS” from “TNL” and has changed its web site URL to www.pulseelectronics.com ....

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (M/A-COM Tech) introduced the MAAM-009563, a two-stage HBT driver amplifier for cellular and WiMAX infrastructure applications. This driver amplifier covers a broad frequency range of 250 to 3000 MHz with excellent linearity of 47 dBm output IP3 and typical gain of 19.5 dB. The broad...

Microsemi Corp. , a provider of semiconductor technology, announced two multi-port additions to its 60 W PoE midspan family, the industry's first fully IEEE 802.3at standards-compliant high-power PoE solutions to include four-pair powering and gigabit switching support. Microsemi's new PowerDsine™ 6-port PD-9506G and 12-port PD-9512G midspans deliver up to...

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent claimed the second and third spots in the company’s new evaluation of worldwide LTE base station vendors. The Vendor Matrix is an analytical tool developed by ABI...

Narda , an L-3 Communications company, introduced the model DA64-63B switched-bit attenuator, which offers the high level of performance required in electronic warfare and radar systems as well as precision automated test equipment. The model DA64-63B is a 6-bit device that provides attenuation of 0 to 63 dB in...

Raytheon Co. announced that it has signed a definitive acquisition agreement with Applied Signal Technology Inc. , a leader in the collection and processing of communications signals to support tactical and strategic intelligence missions. The agreement has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies. Under the...

The market value for GaAs revenues, driven by smartphones and consumer adoption of data-intensive applications, has grown strongly from the lows it struggled for in early 2009. The recently published Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound Semiconductors (GaAs) report, “GaAs Device Vendor Market Share 2009: North America,” reports that this...

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified Cassidian’s newly developed LTR 400 family of transponders, to the latest standards. The very low weight equipment, which is suitable for the identification of military aircraft as well as for use in civil air traffic control, is thus amongst the first...

Wavesat and Picochip have successfully completed interoperability testing (IOT) between Picochip’s PC960x LTE small cell base station solution and Wavesat’s Odyssey 9000 family of UE chipsets. Completing this series of LTE service and IOT milestones represents success in the two companies’ jointly stated aim of delivering full performance with...

Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA has announced that it is to expand its existing 2.4 GHz RF and ANT™ product line-ups in Q1 2011 with a new set of ultra miniaturized, wafer-level chip scale package (WLCSP) options. Sampling in Q1 2011 and available for volume...