RF & Microwave Industry News

RSS

EADS' Secure Networks System Integration Center (SIC) in Berlin, Germany, has been sold to Groupe Lagassé of Canada. To face the new challenges and requirements from customers, both companies have decided to position the SIC in an international environment in the area of Secure Networks. It is expected that...

Alcatel has opened an Accredited Training centre in Midrand, South Africa, which complies with the Alcatel University accreditation requirements. The new facility will provide training on the latest enterprise solutions and help develop channel partners and other industry participants' skills. This training centre will contribute to develop local skills,...

Agilent Technologies Inc. showcased its newest test and measurement solutions for fixed (IEEE 802.16-2004) and mobile (IEEE 802.16-2005) WiMAX at WiMAX World USA 2006, Boston, MA, October 10-12, 2006. Spanning the entire WiMAX lifecycle -- from R&D and design verification to manufacturing, conformance and interoperability test -- these solutions...

Trendsmedia announced that WiMAX World, the world’s largest tradeshow for the wireless/mobile broadband and WiMAX industry, exceeded all attendee and exhibitor expectations. WiMAX World has grown from 600 attendees and 14 exhibitors in 2004, making it one of the fastest growing technology tradeshows in the world. WiMAX World ran...

The need for broadband wireless access (BWA) has long been acknowledged as the next step in the evolution of Internet access. Unfortunately, the lack of robust technology at a competitive price has been a barrier to its implementation. Today, though, momentum to cross the chasm is gathering—early adopters have...

New wireless networking standards commonly present design challenges in the physical layer, which in turn present circuit simulation and testing challenges. The WiMedia MB-OFDM UWB signal with its low power, hopped, 528 MHz wide OFDM format is a current example, which will have broad impact as the base technology...

Barry West, CTO and newly appointed president of Sprint Nextel’s 4G Business Group, has never shied from the challenge of paving new roads for emerging wireless technologies. As the former CTO of Nextel, West led the drive for push-to-talk communications over Nextel’s iDEN-based wireless network. And despite the air...

The launch of a pre-WiMAX service in Macedonia has driven the cost of broadband connectivity down by around 50 percent in a period of just nine months. That was the assertion of Paul Budgen, the sales director for EMEA with Motorola, speaking at the Broadband World Forum in Paris...

Despite what’s being said by some carriers and vendors, mobile WiMAX seems to be moving at a quickstep pace. The WiMAX Forum will certify the first interoperable mobile broadband fixed wireless products by the end of this year and first products — some of which are being touted as...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that its WiMAX-specific design validation and production solutions have been successfully delivered and accepted by several customers. With a level of performance and functionality not available from competitors, these solutions give engineers R&D and conformance-type measurement capabilities for testing fixed 802.16-2004 and mobile 802.16e-2005 WiMAX...