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The IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium provides a forum for all topics of frequency control, including precision atomic and optical oscillators and clocks, precision timekeeping and time transfer, resonators, sensors and transducers. International leaders gather to present their latest results in the field. The symposium is preceded by a...

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A new venue and a new city resulted in new record figures for the 3GSM World Congress when the event made the Fira de Barcelona conference and exhibition centre its new home. The four day event—13 February to 16 February—attracted a total audited attendance of 50,000 visitors (including visitors,...

Andrew Corp. , a global leader in communications systems and products, has won a strategic multiyear contract from a Tier 1 operator in the Middle East for a major geolocation system deployment. The agreement, valued in excess of $10 M for the first phase of deployment, calls for Andrew...

Rogers Corp. announced the creation of its new "Green Leader" web site (www.rogersgreenworld.com), which contains information on Rogers' environmentally friendly specialty materials and related subjects. Robert D. Wachob, president and chief executive officer at Rogers, said, "With the recent worldwide environmental initiatives, our goal is to make the compliancy...

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Freescale Semiconductor announced results from a collaborative effort to expedite the development of ZigBee solutions. Agilent has enhanced the user-friendliness of its N4010A Wireless Connectivity Test Set, while Freescale has successfully streamlined the development and qualification of its newest ZigBee chipsets. ZigBee is a global...

The China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR) has selected a system from Rohde & Schwarz for certification in the field of radio resource management (RRM). The Protocol Testers R&S CRTU-M and R&S CRTU-S and the Spectrum Analyzer R&S FSU are being added to the Protocol Tester R&S CRTU-W, which...

IWCE 2006 plays host to more than 350 exhibiting companies in the wireless communications technologies industry. In-depth conference topics will include spectrum utilization, land mobile radio, broadband mobile data and emerging technologies. This year's keynote address will be presented by Morgan E. O'Brien, co-founder of Nextel Communications and a...

EMS Technologies Inc. , a designer and manufacturer of wireless communications products, announced the pricing of 3,300,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $16.70 per share. Raymond James & Associates Inc. is acting as lead book-running manager, Needham & Co. LLC is acting as co-lead manager...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that its wireless test equipment has been chosen by Centro de Tecnologia de las Comunicaciones S.A. (CETECOM Spain) to be part of CETECOM’s WiMAX conformance test system. The WiMAX Forum, which promotes and certifies broadband wireless products, chose CETECOM Spain as its certification laboratory for...