In The News...

• XMA Repositions Omni Spectra™ Line
• Radyne Agrees to be Acquired
• New VP. Worldwide Operations, at TriQuint
• Anritsu Conducts First Demonstration of LTE Simulation Systems for Handset, Base Station Testing
• TRAK Wins WIN-T Business
• AWR and UMS Announce New Process Design Kit
• Harris to Provide Tactical Radios to Polish Ministry of National Defense
• Sonion Renamed Pulse

XMA Repositions Omni Spectra™ Line
XMA Corporation has acquired the Omni Spectra brand of microwave components. Since purchasing the CAT line from M/A-COM in 2003, XMA has carried on the Omni Spectra tradition by not only producing many of its original designs, but also drafting customized solutions for use in some of the most advanced communications, aerospace, and military applications today. Now, after years of developing high-performance Omni Spectra products, XMA has officially trademarked the brand as part of its strategy to become an industry leader in passive microwave and RF components. It will reintroduce Omni Spectra at the 2008 IMS exhibition, including the premier of several new products and multimedia customer resources. This Omni Spectra campaign represents the next episode that began with John H. Bryant more than 45 years ago, and will continue with XMA Corporation in the future.
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Radyne Agrees to be Acquired
Radyne Corporation has signed a definitive merger agreement with Comtech Telecommunications Corp. pursuant to which Comtech has agreed to acquire Radyne in an all-cash transaction. Myron Wagner, CEO of Radyne, said, “This strategic combination makes sense for both companies and I firmly believe it is the right step at the right time for all of Radyne’s stakeholders. Our shareholders will benefit from a significant premium to Radyne’s stock price, our customers will benefit from greater resources and product offerings, and our employees will benefit from being part of a larger, more diversified company. I look forward to working with Comtech’s management team during the integration period.” Fred Kornberg, president and CEO of Comtech, said, “We are pleased to have reached this agreement with Radyne and believe that this combination is beneficial to the stakeholders of both companies. Acquiring Radyne offers a unique opportunity to unite our companies’ resources to develop and bring to market innovative, new products that can increase our customers’ return on investment and reduce operating costs. We are very excited about the future prospects of the combined company and we look forward to welcoming Radyne’s talented and dedicated employees to the Comtech team.” Kornberg and Wagner jointly state, “We intend to maintain a sharp focus on our customers’ needs as we integrate Radyne’s business into Comtech. We plan no interruptions in any scheduled or committed rollouts from either company, and we intend to continue to support all existing Comtech and Radyne products and services. We anticipate honoring all existing agreements with customers, VARs, distributors, OEMs and other strategic partners.” Radyne designs, manufactures, sells, integrates and installs products, systems and software used for the transmission and reception of data and video over satellite, troposcatter, microwave and cable communication networks. The company sells under four brands: Radyne, Xicom Technology, AeroAstro and Tiernan. Comtech Telecommunications designs, develops, produces and markets innovative products, systems and services for advanced communications solutions. It conducts business through complementary segments: telecommunications transmission, mobile data communications and RF microwave amplifiers.

New VP. Worldwide Operations, at TriQuint
TriQuint Semiconductor, a leading RF semiconductor manufacturer and foundry services provider, announced that Steven R. Grant has joined the company as vice president of worldwide operations, reporting to President/CEO Ralph Quinsey. Grant will be responsible for TriQuint’s global manufacturing including purchasing, manufacturing quality and supply chain operations. He spent the last 27 years at Intel Corporation and was most recently vice president of Intel’s Technology and Manufacturing Group in Oregon. During his tenure there, he managed the Fab manufacturing network and was key in driving the manufacturing structure and efficiency improvements to record performance levels.
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Anritsu Conducts First Demonstration of LTE Simulation Systems for Handset, Base Station Testing
Anritsu Company has developed the world’s first Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network simulator, which is now being used by its beta customers to help in the development of LTE mobile phone networks. The pre-release introduction of the MD8430A, already compliant with the 3GPP’s evolving LTE standards, supports the efforts of companies designing prototype LTE products, and re-confirms Anritsu’s commitment to take a leadership role in the rollout of LTE. Designed for handset testing, the MD8430A is being complemented by an LTE User Equipment (UE) Simulator for network testing. The test solution can conduct 2x2 Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) and 64QAM modulation to achieve 100 MBits per second data rates with full signaling visibility, which gives LTE mobile phone handset and network equipment manufacturers a crucial time-to-market advantage. Product development will be accelerated with the Anritsu LTE test solution, which helps maximize coverage of relevant test cases required by 3GPP. The first LTE network equipment is expected to be deployed in 2009. By developing both the network simulation and UE simulation simultaneously, Anritsu is in a unique position to understand and contribute towards inter-operability and ensure good signaling connection between base stations and mobile devices. Anritsu has historically been the first to market with test instruments that are compliant with emerging global wireless standards, such as GPRS, 3G and 3.5G.
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TRAK Wins WIN-T Business
TRAK Microwave, a Smiths Interconnect business, has been selected by the General Dynamics-Lockheed Martin team for the U.S. Army’s Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T) program to supply Model 9000S SAASM (Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module) Modular Time Code Processors and other support equipment. The processors will provide SAASM precision time code and frequency synchronization for WIN-T.
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AWR and UMS Announce New Process Design Kit
AWR and United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS) introduced an advanced process design kit (PDK) for the UMS PPH25X GaAs pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (pHEMT) foundry process. The UMS PPH25X process is dedicated to the design of microwave monolithic integrated circuits (MMIC) at frequencies up to 35 GHz. The PDK lets users take advantage of the industry-leading fabrication capabilities of UMS together with AWR’s innovative Microwave Office® design suite. The Microwave Office design environment is ideally suited for MMIC development. The software integrates in one seamless environment all the tools essential for high-frequency design, and further provides innovative technologies, a complete front to back flow, and the ability to integrate third-party tools.
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Harris to Provide Tactical Radios to Polish Ministry of National Defense
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $15 million contract to supply the Polish Ministry of National Defense with tactical communications equipment and accessories. Harris will provide Falcon II® RF-5800H and RF-5800M manpack radios, vehicular installations, accessories and spare parts to the Combat Net Radio program of the Polish Armed Forces. The contract from the Ministry of National Defense was awarded through Military Communications Works (MCW) No 2, located in Czernica, Poland. “The multi-year partnership between Harris Corporation and MCW will lead to greater efficiency of Polish C2 systems,” said Jerzy Surma, president of MCW No 2. “Through this contract, Harris will continue the standardization of the RF-5800H and RF-5800M radios in the Polish military,” said Ed Lockwood, vice president of sales, International Government Systems, Harris RF Communications. “Our radios will allow Polish peacekeepers to use state-of-the-art tactical communications systems to complete their missions in deployed areas.”

Sonion Renamed Pulse
Pulse, a worldwide leader in electronic component and subassembly design and manufacturing, has announced that its Sonion Division will now operate under the Pulse name. As a result, the Sonion entities will undergo a name and legal entity change over the coming months to Pulse. Sonion produces microacoustic transducers and micromechanical components for manufacturers of hearing instruments, advanced acoustic devices, medical devices, and mobile communication devices used in hearing instruments, high-end earphones, medical devices, wireless handsets, and other mobile terminal equipment. Sonion is also a leader in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone technology. As part of Pulse, Sonion’s activities related to hearing instrument components, pro-audio, and medical device components will continue as a new group called MedTech. The mobile terminal components and MEMS microphone activities will become part of Pulse’s existing Wireless group.