Incremental Improvements Define The 2012 Mobile World Congress |
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Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief
The usual players all showed up at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with lots of improved devices, but no real game-changing breakthroughs... |
ATC purchases LTCC equipment
American Technical Ceramics Corp., a manufacturer of high-performance electronic components including capacitors and thin film circuits for a broad range of commercial and military applications, has entered into an agreement to purchase from CTS Corp. certain equipment and inventory used by CTS in the manufacture of low temperature co-fired ceramic products...
ADT expands RFID offerings
ADT Security Services Inc., a part of Tyco Fire & Security, has unwrapped a high-speed integrated printer and automatic RFID label applicator giving companies with large-scale RFID operations the ability to efficiently tag cases and pallets....
Pulse acquires Finland’s LK Products
Pulse, a Technitrol company and an electronic components manufacturer, has expanded its wireless communications product offering through the acquisition of LK Products based in Oy, Kempele, Finland, a global producer of cellular and non-cellular antennas and integrated modules for mobile handsets. ...
Replacement for military/aerospace RS-422/ RS-423 ICs unveiled
As part of its goal to extend the life of classic military ICs, QP Semiconductor is introducing a single replacement part, the QP1691AJ, for the discontinued RS-422 and RS-423 line drivers with tri-state outputs, part numbers DS1691AJ/883 and DS1691AJ – SMD (5962-8672101EA), respectively....
Coaxial board-to-board RF connector series reduces parts count, lowers cost
Tyco Electronics has introduced a low profile, single-connector, microminiature RF interconnect. ...
Multiple-capability 2.7 GHz radio test system
Aeroflex has unveiled a 2.7 GHz service monitor with a number of new features including the ability to analyze noise floor and effective receiver sensitivity. ...
Communications manufacturer begins Quint Networking Technology program
The Harris Corporation is to receive a nine-month, $3.5 million contract that will produce a small, modular digital communications system for ground and airborne applications....
An upgrade for the San Diego Naval Base power monitoring and control system
Telvent GIT S.A., with headquarters in Madrid, Spain has been awarded a contract by Williams Electric Company to supply a replacement supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) master station and upgraded remote terminal units for the U.S. Navy Base in San Diego. ...
$10 million to fund Israel Defense Force command and control system
Ness Technologies Inc. has won a contract valued at more than $10 million to develop and implement the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) next-generation central command and control system. ...
Joint venture is bringing emergency communications to China
Intrado Technology (China) Co. Ltd. Inc., a provider of integrated data and telecommunications solutions, has been granted a business license enabling it to operate in China. ...
Non-lethal weapon is delivered to DOD
Raytheon Company is delivering a short-range, millimeter-wave, directed-energy non-lethal weapon to the Department of Defense Full Spectrum Effects Platform (FSEP) program — also known as Project Sheriff — for the Office of Force Transformation (OFT). ...
The best laid plans of mice and men . . .
Perhaps the 18th-century poet, Robert Burns, had it right when he wrote: "The best laid plans o'mice an' men/Gang aft a-gley." ...
Industry First CF RFID Reader-Scan Card with Combined Bar Code and RFID Technology
Socket Communications Inc.'s CF RFID Reader-Scan Card Series 6 combines both RFID and bar code technology within the same CF housing, enabling users to scan bar codes and read/write to high frequency (13.56-MHz) RFID tags with a single, affordable mobile device....
Wireless LAN Report Chronicles Major Technology Changes
RFID Gen 2 tags poised for volume production
Impinj's announcement that it has entered volume production to fulfill orders exceeding 50 million units for its Monza Generation 2 RFID tag chip in the second half of 2005 is a clear indication that RFID is in transition to EPCglobal's Gen 2 specs....
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