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WPI Receives $1.2M NIST Award For Pioneering Study Of Wireless Body Area Networks
3/19/2010
The Center for Wireless Information Network Studies (CWINS) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has received a three-year, $1.2M award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to conduct a groundbreaking study of the propagation of radio waves around and through the human body.
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Nano-Based RFID Tags Could Replace Bar Codes
3/19/2010
Long lines at store checkouts could be history if a new technology created in part at Rice University comes to pass. Rice researchers, in collaboration with a team led by Gyou-jin Cho at Sunchon National University in Korea, have come up with an inexpensive, printable transmitter that can be invisibly embedded in packaging.
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Narda RF Switch Operates To 3 GHz With 2 Million Switching Operations
3/19/2010
Narda, an L-3 Communications company, recently introduced the Model MS-SMA-020 SPDT fail-safe RF mechanical switch that operates from DC to 3 GHz and combines high performance with long-term reliability.
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250-Watt Microwave System From AR Modular RF Spans 1750 To 1850 MHz Frequency Range
3/19/2010
AR Modular RF has introduced a new Class AB solid-state power amplifier that delivers in excess of 250 Watts CW power into a 50-Ohm load over the frequency range of 1750 MHz to 1850 MHz.
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Smartphone Shipments To Quadruple To Asia By 2015
3/18/2010
Annual smartphone shipments to Asia are expected to more than quadruple between now and 2015, giving Asia 29% of smartphone shipments during 2015.
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Comtech Xicom Technology Announces 750 W DBS Band Amplifiers For Satellite Communications
3/18/2010
Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., a
technology leader of high power amplifier products for satellite communication (SATCOM)
announced new, high power, antenna-mount, traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA)
targeted at reducing the capital and operating costs for Direct-to-Home (DTH)
broadcasters.
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Harris Announces Plans For New Radio Manufacturing Facility
3/18/2010
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, plans to develop a new state-of-the-art manufacturing and logistics facility for the production of tactical and public safety radio systems by its RF Communications business.
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Cell Detector Goes Behind Bars To Uncover Contraband Cell Phones
3/18/2010
Berkeley Varitronics Systems, Inc. (BVS), a leading provider of advanced wireless solutions and products to the domestic and international wireless telecommunications industry, recently announced the company has successfully field-tested the Bloodhound cell phone detector at one of the top ten largest county correctional facilities in the nation.
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SemiGen Acquires AMR, Inc.
3/18/2010
SemiGen, Inc., a modern outsource for die packaging, hybrid assembly, and automated PCB manufacturing and test, announced today the acquisition of Alternative Microwave Resources of Amherst New Hampshire.
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Qualcomm Applies To Bid In India's BWA Auction For 2.3 GHz Spectrum
3/18/2010
Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq:
QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, announced that it has filed an application with the Indian Government to bid in India's upcoming auction for BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band to facilitate the deployment of TD-LTE.
