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Inmarsat Acquires TC Communications
May 16, 2013 6:25 pm | by Inmarsat | CommentsInmarsat has acquired TC Communications Pty Ltd of Australia, the award winning satellite communications specialist. Inmarsat will integrate the company into its existing operations with a particular focus on supporting its expanding Global Government and Enterprise Business Units.
Gemalto Recognized by IDG as Computerworld Honors Laureate
May 16, 2013 6:23 pm | by Gemalto | CommentsGemalto has been named a 2013 Laureate of IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program. Gemalto was recognized in the World-Good category for its leading-edge Cinterion M2M technology used in an innovative device and pilot program that helped thwart illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil.
Pasternack Enterprises Appoints New Distributor for Poland
May 16, 2013 6:20 pm | by Pasternack Enterprises, Inc., Meratronik S.A. | CommentsPasternack Enterprises, Inc. has nnounced that it has appointed ZEAP Meratronik S.A. (Meratronik) as Pasternack’s exclusive distributor for Poland. Meratronik joins a growing list of international distributors who are partnering with Pasternack to expand their product offering and customer service worldwide.
Agilent Technologies Collaborating with Nallatech on High-Speed Signal and Monitoring Systems
May 16, 2013 6:16 pm | by Agilent Technologies Inc., Nallatech | CommentsAgilent Technologies Inc. [NYSE: A] has announced it is collaborating with Nallatech, a subsidiary of Interconnect Systems Inc, a leading provider of accelerated computing solutions, to develop high-speed signal acquisition and network monitoring systems that address the high-throughput processing and signal diversity requirements of LTE/SAE core and access optical networks.
Aricent’s Intelligent Switching Solution Becomes More Advanced
May 16, 2013 6:13 pm | by The Aricent Group | CommentsThe Aricent Group has announced the addition of more timing and synchronization features to its award-winning routing and switching framework, Intelligent Switching Solution (ISS).With the proliferation of data-hungry smart devices in the market, service providers are turning to Ethernet technologies to provide simple...
Aricent Adds CAPWAP to its WLAN Solutions Portfolio
May 16, 2013 6:09 pm | by The Aricent Group | CommentsThe Aricent Group has announced the addition of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)-defined Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) software framework to its field-proven communications software and solutions portfolio. The software is available immediately.
Data Translation Announces New Data Acquisition Application Software
May 16, 2013 6:07 pm | by Data Translation, Inc. | CommentsData Translation, Inc. has announced a new software application, QuickDAQ 2013, that is available free and supports all of Data Translation data acquisition modules. Additionally, FFT Analysis and Advanced FFT Analysis add-ons are offered to build onto the capabilities of the base package.
New World Record in Wireless Data Transmission
May 16, 2013 5:12 pm | by Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology | CommentsResearchers of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics and the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology have achieved the wireless transmission of 40 Gbit/s at 240 GHz over a distance of one kilometer. Their most recent demonstration sets a new world record and ties in seamlessly with the capacity of optical fiber transmission.
Making Frequency-Hopping Radios Practical
May 16, 2013 10:13 am | by Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | CommentsThe way in which radio spectrum is currently allocated to different wireless technologies can lead to gross inefficiencies. In some regions, for instance, the frequencies used by cellphones can be desperately congested, while large swaths of the broadcast-television spectrum stand idle.
GPS Satellite Launched into Space from Florida
May 16, 2013 10:05 am | by Associated Press | CommentsA new GPS satellite has been launched into space. An unmanned Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this afternoon. It was the fifth time since December that an unmanned Atlas V rocket has been launched. The GPS 2F-4 spacecraft will join a constellation of other satellites circling already orbiting 11,000 miles above Earth.
Google's Products Dig Deeper into People's Lives
May 16, 2013 9:48 am | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer | CommentsThis year's event mostly consisted of upgrades to existing Google services that have already become daily habits for millions of people — one of Page's main goals. The new features assume most people want more help managing their lives from Google's brainy engineers and the sprawling data centers that house its millions of computers around the world.
Tech, Labor Spar on Immigration
May 16, 2013 9:41 am | by ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press | CommentsTo the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an attempt to dilute a lucrative job market with cheap, indentured labor.
Skyworks Launches Family of Antenna Switches Supporting Carrier Aggregation
May 15, 2013 6:23 pm | by Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | CommentsSkyworks Solutions, Inc. [NASDAQ: SWKS], an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, introduced groundbreaking RF switching technology that is enabling early adopters to implement carrier aggregation solutions. Carrier aggregation allows mobile service providers to combine spectrum and increase data rate throughput by utilizing...
Averna Announces DOCSIS Design-Validation Partnership with Pace for SCTE-40 Certification
May 15, 2013 6:17 pm | by Averna | CommentsAverna has announced a successful design-validation partnership with Pace, a leading global developer of advanced technologies for service providers, to help gain SCTE-40 certification on various customer-premise equipment (CPE) for the cable and broadband industry.
SCANPAY.IT Brings Credit Card Visual Swipe to Mobile Commerce
May 15, 2013 3:44 pm | by SCANPAY.IT | CommentsSCANPAY.IT launches a new method to pay on smartphones and tablets that makes entering credit card information as easy as taking a picture. SCANPAY.IT aims to integrate this solution in over 10 000 mobile applications worldwide and make it a standard approved by a large majority of users.
