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ClearCount Medical Solutions , a leader in patient safety solutions, announced that it has received approval to affix the CE mark to its SmartSponge and SmartWand-DTX products. The SmartSponge product line is the first and only RFID-based surgical safety and efficiency technology bearing a CE mark. The European Union...

Nitronex , a leader in the design and manufacture of gallium nitride (GaN) based RF solutions for high performance applications in the defense, communications, cable TV, and industrial & scientific markets, has successfully completed qualification of its NRF1 discrete process for volume production at Global Communication Semiconductors (GCS). Under...

Quarter over quarter subscriber increase for LTE and WiMAX was 250 percent and 12 percent, respectively, at the end of October 2011, according to the 16th issue of the 4GCounts Quarterly Report from Maravedis . At the end of Q3 2011, 35 operators had commercially launched FDD LTE. "LTE...

Chalmers University of Technology will receive the lion's share of a SEK 40 million Swedish research grant for the investigation of the "supermaterial" graphene. Following the new financing from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, a group of some 30 Swedish graphene researchers will be formed, in close collaboration...

Cambridge Broadband Networks Ltd. (CBNL) , the multipoint microwave network specialist for 3G and LTE backhaul, has opened a new Center of Excellence in Lagos, Nigeria as the company expands its operations and investment in the African continent. The center will be co-located with CBNL’s new Nigerian office and...

ASTRIUM , Europe’s leading space company, has been selected by DIRECTV to design and manufacture DIRECTV 15, a new high power telecommunications satellite to provide back-up capacity and fleet expansion for television services to US customers in homes and businesses. The satellite is scheduled for launch in 2014. Based...

Intelliconnect (Europe) Ltd. has announced the availability of a wide range of waterproof multi-pin circular connectors predominantly housed in traditional coaxial style casings, including N Type, Nim-Camac, SMA, TNC and C Type. Typical applications for these connectors include military, aerospace, medical, industrial, marine, oil and gas and rail traction...

Giga-tronics Inc. , a provider of test and measurement equipment, announced that it has closed on the previously announced investment from Alara Capital AVI II LLC for $2.2 M. The company has issued 9,997 shares of a new series of convertible preferred stock at a price of $220 per...

Net sales for Microsemi's fourth quarter of 2011 achieved a record $227.3 M, up 50.3 percent from the fourth quarter of 2010 and up 4.9 percent from the third quarter of 2011. Net sales for fiscal year 2011 were a record $835.9 M, up 61.3 percent from fiscal year...

In conjunction with European Microwave Week in Manchester, UK, TriQuint launched a family of reflective GaN-based SPDT (single pole double throw) switches. Operating at 10-40 W over 6-18 GHz, the switches allow designers of defense, aerospace or high-performance commercial systems to use much smaller semiconductor devices in many applications...