NXP Semiconductor Pursues SiGe Chips for RF/Microwave

By the end of 2010, NXP Semiconductors will offer more than 50 products based on the latest SiGe (silicon-germanium) process technology.The company said SiGe provides high power gain and excellent dynamic range, making it well suited for high-frequency applications in the wireless, broadband communications, networking, and multimedia markets. NXP currently has about a dozen silicon germanium based products in the market, and has developed and shipped...

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SiGe Semiconductor Offers Wi-Fi Front End IC for Mobiles

SiGe Semiconductor introduced an RF switch/LNA Front End IC (FEIC) designed to enhance the performance and functionality of converged Bluetooth/Wi-Fi chipsets for embedded applications, such as smartphones, netbooks, personal media players and digital cameras.SiGe developed the SE2601T to enhance Bluetooth/Wi-Fi chipsets utilizing an integrated CMOS power amplifier (PA). The company said its design improves the connectivity range of the Wi-Fi solution by placing a high-performance LNA between the antenna and the RF receiver that is part of chipsets...

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RADWIN's Wireless Backhaul Delivers 100 Mbps Full-Duplex Releases

RADWIN announced that its 2000 C-Series wireless backhaul platform now supports 200 Mbps net aggregate throughput (100 Mbps full duplex). The solution supports up to 16 E1s/T1s + Ethernet while operating at a range of up to 120km. The platform leverages MIMO and OFDM technologies together with unique proprietary protocols to ensure robustness and resiliency in operation in the sub-6 GHz bands. RADWIN said its C-Series products operate in the most challenging conditions, including non-line-of-sight, interference zones and extreme temperatures....

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JDSU Boosts Mobile Service Assurance Portfolio

JDSU introduced a set of enhancements for its mobile service assurance portfolio, which was recently acquired from Agilent. These enhancements address voice and data service quality challenges faced by mobile operators as the volume of high-bandwidth traffic continues to grow. The service assurance solution enhancements include: Managing IP data growth with 100 percent improvement in Gn data monitoring. This is fundamental for performance and scalability, and is available as a simple software upgrade for existing customers. Managing the growth...

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Ciena Supplies PBB-TE Wireless Backhaul in South Africa

iBurst, a wireless broadband service provider in South Africa, has deployed Ciena's Carrier Ethernet Service Delivery (CESD) platforms for supporting wireless backhaul for 3G and 4G wireless networks. Specifically, iBurst has replaced its existing Layer 2 infrastructure with Ciena's wireless backhaul solution, which leverages connection-oriented Ethernet, to provide higher performance service levels in its radio cell collection network. The deployment uses PBB-TE to provide predictable path management and replaces a Spanning Tree-based architecture.After...

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BT Reduces Costs as Revenue Decline 2%

For its recently concluded FY 2010, BT's revenues fell 2% to £20,911 million, ahead of expectations, largely due to the early delivery of around £100 million of revenue, primarily due to significant contract milestones in BT Global Services, without which revenue was down 3%. During the year, BT's total underlying operating costs and capital expenditure were reduced by £1,752 million, a reduction of 9%, ahead of its goal of cutting at least £1.5...

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Telefónica Reaches 273 million accesses, Up 4.6% year-on-year

In its quarterly financial report, Telefónica said results fell within its expectations with higherrevenue growth (+1.7% year-on-year) and positive trends in all markets, particularly Europe. Telefónica's netprofit rose 2% to 1,656 million euros. Revenue growth has picked up and risen 1.7% in reported terms (-2.1% for full year 2009) putting net revenue at 13,932 million euros. In organic terms growth was 0.9% compared to thesame period in 2009 (+2.4%,...

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SingTel Sees Strong Growth

Singapore Telecommunications reported strong growth across its operating units as net profit for its fourth quarter of FY 2010, ended 31-March-2010, rose 12 percent to S$1.02 billion. The Group's revenue grew 25 per cent to S$4.47 billion. Revenue from Singapore recorded double-digit increase of 13 per cent to S$1.64 billion, with strong performance in Mobile and IT & Engineering. In Australia, revenue rose 6 per cent to A$2.23 billion, reflecting...

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