The Wireless Broadband Alliance(WBA)has announced the list of operators set to take part in its next-generation hotspot(NGH)trials later this year. BT,Sky(which owns The Cloud Wi-Fi network)and TalkTalk have signed up as the ...
Silicon Valley-based Gaas Labs LLC,a private investment fund targeting the communications semiconductor market,has acquired privately held Nitronex Corp of Durham,NC,USA,which designs and makes gallium nitride(GaN)-based RF power ...
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On the same day that it released a Bluetooth Low Energy module,Murata announced that it has joined a European configurable radio research programme. The 20.0x13x2.4mm module,called LBCA2ZZVZE,includes a chip antenna and all the Bluetooth ...
Tags: Murata, Low Power Radio, Bluetooth Low Energy module, Texas, IMEC
Virgin Media today announced a new tariff to bring unlimited data to its customers. Named the Premiere tariff, it is akin to the One Plan from 3 and Full Monty from T-Mobile, offering unlimited mobile internet usage, alongside unlimited ...
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Cree Inc of Durham,NC,USA has released a new suite of Verilog-A proprietary nonlinear device models for its gallium nitride(GaN)RF devices(available free to Cree's RF customers),developed for use with leading RF design platforms from ...
Tags: Cree, GaN, RF devices, Verilog-A RF device models, IMS
22 June 2012 Peregrine announces low-insertion-loss SP3T RF switch Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego,CA,USA,a fabless provider of radio-frequency(RF)integrated circuits(ICs)based on silicon-on-sapphire(SOS),has introduced its SP3T ...
22 June 2012 Fujitsu develops first high-output,single-chip 10GHz transceiver using GaN HEMT At the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium(IMS 2012)in Montreal,Canada(17-21 June),Fujitsu Laboratories of Kawasaki,Japan presented what ...
BT broadband has suffered major outages across the UK today, with the company blaming ''equipment failures'' for the problems. The outages began at lunchtime yesterday when users in the 01414 and 01179 dialling code areas of Glasgow were ...
Recognized as a compelling alternative to silicon for many RF applications,gallium nitride(GaN)technology has generated significant industry interest due to its performance advantages,but has faced significant challenges related to ...
Tags: NXP, RF applications, mainstream GaN
In booth 1210 at the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Montreal, Canada (17-22 June), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has launched the RFVA0016 — a highly integrated broadband quarter-watt (1/4W) ...
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20 June 2012 Toshiba adds gain-and efficiency-optimized C-band GaAs FET PAs for microwave radio and BUCs In booth 710 at the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium(IMS)in Montreal,Canada(19-21 June),Toshiba America Electronic ...
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Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc(TAEC)-a subsidiary of Tokyo-based semiconductor maker Toshiba Corp-has announced a Ka-band high-power gallium nitride(GaN)microwave monolithic integrated circuit(MMIC)with what it claims is one of ...
For Europe to take full advantage of the spectrum on its shores,broadcasters must share their allocations with mobile broadband providers. This was the conclusion of Neelie Kroes,a vice-president of the European Commission and the lead ...
Tags: Europe, European Commission, Digital Agenda, mobile broadband providers
Google and Amazon pay for faster connections Lack of transparency over traffic management EC could force net neutrality issue Consumers need to know about net management The questions of how to handle the growing amount of traffic on ...
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Ofcom has revealed plans to regulate telecoms operators'leased line infrastructure across the UK,but is to consult for industry views. The Business Connectivity Market Review looks at leased line infrastructure rented by numerous ...
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