Industry News
Coast guards win radios
Daniels Electronics has won a $2m contract with the Canadian government for coastal radio stations to be used by the Canadian coast guard at its marine communications and traffic services centres and associated remote sites in the Pacific region.
[ + ]Microwave will ease '4G' backhaul strain — RFS
The relentless march of next-generation wireless data services is beginning to strain backhaul infrastructure, as high data throughputs — and subscriber demand — consume network capacity.
[ + ]BlackBerry picks Sydney
Research In Motion, the company behind the BlackBerry wireless solution, has opened a regional headquarters in Sydney to serve customers in Australia.
[ + ]WiMAX testing partnership
Berkeley Varitronics and EDX Wireless are providing compatibility between the YellowFin Mobile WiMAX analyser and EDX SignalPro software.
[ + ]Aluminium cable for Chinese ministry
Beijing's latest landmark building and the workplace for implementation and management of the international environmental protection treaty in China is now supported by an indoor wireless communications network featuring Heliax FXL aluminium transmission cable from Andrew.
[ + ]Cat watch
LPRS has provided ITV technical services with easy-Radio wireless modules to monitor the movements of cats for a US-based program maker.
[ + ]Satellite project in Korea
ES&S has been awarded a major contract with the Defence Acquisition Program Administration of Korea.
[ + ]Mobile control tower for RAAF
Rohde & Schwarz (Australia) and the Ground Telecommunications Equipment Systems Program Office have signed a contract to supply three transportable air operations towers for use by the RAAF.
[ + ]Baseband team formed
Octasic has formed a Software Defined Radio (SDR) development group to provide wireless solutions based on its low-power, OpusDSP technology.
[ + ]Radio probes vehicle waves
Connectivity Lab researchers at the University of California, Berkeley are delving deeper into the channel characteristics of vehicles in motion communicating via dedicated short-range communications based on IEEE 802.11p.
[ + ]New managing director to join Tait
Tait Electronics has named Frank Owen as its new Managing Director to replace Michael Chick when he retires from the company in 2009.
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