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Jacket Micro Devices Inc. (JMD) announced that laminate-based radio frequency system-in-package (RF SiP) products made with its patented Multi-Layer Organic (MLO) process have passed JEDEC reliability qualification testing. The MLO substrates, and modules assembled using them, are lead (Pb) free and RoHS-compliant. WLAN front-end modules using HDI 6-layer MLO...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that Universal Scientific Industrial Co. Ltd. (USI) will use Agilent's WiMAX™ manufacturing networking test set for its Mobile WiMAX test needs. The company chose Agilent because of its ability to deliver fast measurement time for USI's Mobile WiMAX module test plan requirements. USI is a...

While third-generation wireless communication systems based on W-CDMA are being deployed all over the world, the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) has initiated a project for the long-term evolution (LTE) of this cellular technology to ensure its competitiveness well into the future. This white paper describes the physical layer...

For us wireless geeks, what could be better than attending the largest wireless show in the US in glitzy Las Vegas? Whether you are into broadband convergence, enterprise, advertising, social networking or entertainment, CTIA is the global marketplace for connecting Wireless and You (as their theme goes this year)....

There may have been one less acronym this year as the 3GSM World Congress dropped its familiar 3GSM moniker to become the Mobile World Congress, but there was no lack of technical shorthand. The likes of LTE, WiMAX, MiMo, Dig-RF, HSPA+, etc., not to mention 3GPP and NMDG, jostled...

The past year has seen a flurry of activity related to bringing the next generation of broadband wireless technology, commonly referred to as Mobile WiMAX, to the market. Based on the IEEE 802.16e standard for local and metropolitan area networks, released in 2005, Mobile WiMAX promises wireless data connections...

This month, Microwave Journal talks with Bryan Sayler, Senior Vice-President and General Manager at ETS-Lindgren Test and Measurement Division, about his company’s membership in the WiMAX Forum. We also discuss the company's new WiMAX™ RPT Test System designed to provide detailed information on the radiated transmit and receive performance...

According to the latest edition of the WiMAXCounts Quarterly Report from Maravedis ( www.maravedis-bwa.com ), the global BWA/WiMAX subscriber base increased by 350,000 in the fourth quarter of 2007, reaching a total of 1,728,000 subscribers. “Even with an increase of more than 20% in WiMAX subscribers in the last...

Elektrobit (EB) and NextWave Wireless Inc. are collaborating to bring one of the first commercial mobile WiMAX handset reference designs to the global market for wide-scale deployment. Together, the partners will provide wireless device manufacturers the opportunity to bring mobile WiMAX products to market faster and with lower development...

DragonWave Inc. , a global supplier of next-generation wireless networks, announced Horizon Duo, the latest addition to its Horizon portfolio of native Ethernet radios. Horizon Duo delivers industry-leading capacity of up to 1.6 Gbps per link and lowest-cost-per-bit performance for wireless carriers offering increasingly bandwidth-intensive WiMAX and 4G services....