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Computer Simulation Technology GmbH (CST) and SimLab Software GmbH (SimLab) have signed a participation and cooperation agreement. Through this agreement, CST has acquired a stake in SimLab, whereby joint research and development activities will become more intense and the two companies will work together more closely in the area...

With the expanding interest in WiMAX technology and deployments in the region, in addition to active interest from its Brazilian member companies, the WiMAX Forum® has created a permanent presence in this market with the establishment of the WiMAX Forum Brazil Office and the appointment of Brazil Director, Luiz...

DataPath Inc. , a provider of satellite and wireless communications networks, has completed its acquisition of SWE-DISH Satellite Systems AB , a Stockholm-based, global leader in the design and manufacture of portable and transportable satellite communications (SATCOM) systems. SWE-DISH's customers include US military organizations; German, British, Japanese and Swedish...

Alcatel-Lucent and SHD , a corporate joint venture between SFR and Neuf Cegetel, have signed a two-year contract for the supply and installation of the first next-generation WiMAX network in France, using standard 802.16e-2005. Under the agreement Alcatel-Lucent will equip the planned sites of SHD's WiMAX network in the...

ANADIGICS Inc. ceremonially broke ground for construction of a new state-of-the-art 6” gallium arsenide (GaAs) integrated circuit (IC) wafer fabrication facility (fab) in the Kunshan New and Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone (KSND) as part of a city wide celebration in the city of Kunshan in the Jiangsu Province in...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and GCT Semiconductor Inc. announced plans to jointly implement a WiMAX manufacturing test system for GCT's WiMAX chipsets, which will accelerate manufacturing throughput and allow mass production deployment. Agilent will support GCT chipsets with its E6651A Mobile WiMAX Test Set and MXZ-1000 WiMAX Manufacturing Test System....

White Mountain Labs , a leader in test and characterization of advanced technologies, announced the addition of its new Automated Test Equipment (ATE) business segment, ClearTest ATE Services. Offering an experienced, test-engineering staff, along with expert development systems, ClearTest ATE Services will provide semiconductor manufacturers with complete test engineering...

TRAK Microwave Corp. was selected as a key supplier for BAE ’s AN\ALR-56M Radar Warning Receiver Program. This program will provide a new fleet of US Air Force and US Marine Corps C-130J radar warning receiver systems. TRAK will supply high performance frequency sources used in the microwave subsystem...

Ceragon Networks Ltd. , a provider of high-capacity wireless backhaul solutions, is deploying Ceragon’s FibeAir IP-MAX wireless radios to provide continuous communications of mission essential data for use during tropical storms and major hurricane events. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Ceragon's wireless solution was chosen by Deep South...

Akon Inc. , San Jose, CA, has received contracts totaling over $2 M from the Government of India's research organizations DARE and DLRL, for microwave integrated subsystems and assemblies such as 0.5 to 18 GHz synthesizers, 6 to 18 GHz downconverters and LO assemblies, and 0.5 to 40 GHz...