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Sweden's TeliaSonera recently announced that it has rolled out the world's first 4G mobile service, partnering with wireless provider Ericsson to offer commercial services in Stockholm. The carrier also this week deployed the first commercial LTE network in Oslo, Norway, partnering with Huawei for the task. So-called '4G' or...

RFMW Ltd. and NXP Semiconductors announced a distribution agreement for the Americas. NXP is a manufacturer of high performance RF and microwave semiconductors. RFMW Ltd. is a specialized distributor providing customers and suppliers with focused distribution of RF and microwave components as well as specialized component-engineering support. According to...

The management teams from Plus Semi in Swindon, UK, and the former X-FAB facility in Roborough, Plymouth, UK, have taken the bold step to re-launch Plessey Semiconductors Ltd. The company has been created from the acquisition of the share capital of X-FAB UK Limited together with existing key engineering...

The European Commission has awarded Thales Alenia Space Italia the contract for the supply of the ‘System Support Services’ of the Galileo Project to the European Space Agency (ESA), with the framework contract extending from 2010 till 2016. The activities initially spanning the period from 2010 to 2014 will...

e2v , a designer and manufacturer of specialized semiconductor components, has launched a complete semiconductor Assembly and Test service dedicated to the high-end electronics industry. From material sourcing and package development through high reliability manufacturing, test and ultimately obsolescence management, the new assembly and test capability is geared to...

EADS Defence & Security has been awarded the contract for deployment of its CORP 25 digital radio communications network to service the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘O’ Division critical communications in the province of Ontario, Canada. The contract includes the rollout of a state-of-the-art, open standard P25 IP-based...

Avago Technologies has added to its family of low noise amplifiers with the launch of a new high-gain LNA with variable current and shutdown functions for use in GPS, unlicensed Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) bands, and WiMAX applications. The compact MGA-231T6 offers a very low noise figure combined...

The millions of people who spend hours every day on a cell phone may have a new excuse for yakking. A surprising new study in mice provides the first evidence that long-term exposure to electromagnetic waves associated with cell phone use may actually protect against, and even reverse, Alzheimer’s...

As 4G network deployments gather momentum, a substantial 22 percent of device subscription revenues will come from suites of operator-branded premium services. Total 4G mobile consumer service revenue – including mobile Internet services - will grow rapidly to exceed $70 B worldwide in 2014. According to ABI Research practice...

The IEEE 802.16 working group is focused on developing standards for Broadband Wireless Access. As a part of this work, a physical layer specification has been written for mobile devices, 1 which uses Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) in combination with advanced techniques such as Adaptive Modulation and...