March 29, 2012 RFMD’s RF3688 is a single-chip dual-band front end module (FEM) for high performance WiFi applications in the 2.5 GHz and 5 GHz ISM bands. Read more

February 28, 2012 HiSilicon and imec have signed a strategic research collaboration to develop innovative RF transceiver architectures for next-generation mobile terminals. With the partnership, HiSilicon joins the imec R&D program on cognitive reconfigurable radio to jointly conceive low-power and compact high-performance reconfigurable RF transceivers leveraging on state-of-the-art CMOS technology. Read more

February 27, 2012 Libelium has launched a Wifi module for the Waspmote sensor platform. The radio module adds an extra layer of intelligence to the nodes allowing them to send the collected data to any web server in the Cloud. The Wifi sensor nodes will also be capable of sending data to any iPhone or Android device nearby by creating direct links with them. Read more

February 27, 2012 Elitecore Technologies has announced the successful adoption of its mobile data offload service management platform across key markets. It was launched last year in response to telco demands for a Wi-Fi offload mechanism in response to rising usage of smart devices and bandwidth-rich applications. Read more

February 23, 2012 Audio company Harman International has developed an infotainment platform that connects cars to the outside world by means of the LTE mobile radio technology. The platform provides the missing link in car connectivity: For the first time, it offers real broadband connection for applications residing in the vehicle. Read more

February 20, 2012 A tear down of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus i515 mobile phone conducted by ABI Research recently has revealed an LTE baseband chip that is estimated to be half the cost of a previous version, the market research firm said. Read more

February 20, 2012 Intel will show progress in research efforts to deliver more power efficient processors and digital RF capabilities at the International Solid State Circuits Conference. It will also give one of the first in-depth public disclosures of a next-generation Ivy Bridge processor. Read more

February 15, 2012 Alcatel-Lucent is making it simpler to access the Internet anywhere over secure Wi-Fi connections in homes or hotspot locations. The latest incarnation of lightRadio, known as lightRadio™ Wi-Fi® sorts through the confusion of hotspots and cellular networks to find and connect with the best available wireless broadband network, while helping communications service providers extend their reach by integrating Wi-Fi directly into their service offerings. Read more

February 14, 2012 Broadcom is extending its push for 802.11ac (“5G WiFi”) into the enterprise and carrier space with the launch of its 3x3 BCM43460 system-on-chip (SoC), which it claims is three times faster and six times more power efficient than previous generation 802.11an devices. Read more

February 14, 2012 Over the next five years, wireless connectivity to mobile devices and the Internet will redefine the mainstream products within the home audio market. Despite differences in capabilities, form factors, and usage scenarios, a variety of home audio products will all increasingly incorporate wireless functionality in order to play audio streamed from mobile devices, home networks, and the Internet. Read more

February 2, 2012 Avago Technologies has launched the AFEM-S105, a front-end module for WiFi access points that integrates a power amplifier, directional coupler, and SPDT antenna switch in a 3.2 x 3.2 x 0.6 mm package. The power amplifier is optimized for IEEE 802.11 a/n WiFi modulation, helping the module streamline design of mobile and fixed wireless data applications in the 5.15 to 5.85 GHz frequency range. Read more

January 10, 2012 Microsemi Corporation claims to have developed a breakthrough technology platform for 4G RF front-end modules (FEMs) based on silicon germanium (SiGe) technology. The company is already developing next-generation IEEE 802.11ac wireless LAN FEM on this platform. IEEE 802.11ac is now being referred to as fifth-generation WiFi or 5G WiFi by the industry. Read more

January 9, 2012 Fast growing multimedia chip designer MediaTek has launched its first WiFi product following its recent acquisition of Taiwanese wireless chip maker Ralink. The RT6856 enables Gigabit wireless on a dual-band concurrent Wi-Fi access point or router, or a CPU-offloading intelligent NIC for connected consumer electronics products. Read more

January 6, 2012 Spreadtrum Communications, a fabless semiconductor provider in China with advanced technology in 2G and 3G wireless communications standards, has introduced 1-GHz Android smartphone platforms for TD-SCDMA (SC8810) and EDGE/WiFi (SC6820) and announced that both products are now sampling with customers. Read more

December 15, 2011 The IEEE 802.15.4 IC market will grow to over $1.1 billion in 2016 — up from just $90 million in 2010. Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is still a key adoption market and there is significant impetus behind the continuation of this market. Read more

December 14, 2011 2001 Electronic Components has introduced the XBee® Wi-Fi, an embedded module that enables industry leading low power, serial-to-Wi-Fi networking in the popular XBee form factor. Read more

December 12, 2011 The latest version of AirMagnet Spectrum XT, from Fluke Networks, provides breakthrough interference identification and classification capabilities, simplifying wireless LAN (WLAN) engineers' efforts to track down devices that are blocking enterprise WLANs from operating properly. Read more

December 12, 2011 Chinese fabless semiconductor firm Spreadtrum Communications, Inc., has released two low-cost, 600 MHz Android smartphone platforms, made on a 40-nm process, aimed at ultra-cheap smartphones in the $40-50 range. Read more

December 6, 2011 Celeno Communications has announced that Deutsche Telekom has selected its CL1820 Wi-Fi chip and OptimizAIR™ technology to power its Speedport W 102 Bridge. Read more

November 30, 2011 2001 Electronic Components has released the Nano WiReach SMT from Connect One. Measuring just 20- x 37-mm, the WiFi module offers 3G routing, WiFi client and access-point capabilities. The module offers multiple hardware interfaces and extensive firmware functionality that facilitates a full suite of secure Internet protocols for up to eight WiFi users in its router or access point mode. Read more

November 16, 2011 As medical sensors monitoring both people and their environment proliferate, Freescale Semiconductor aims to reintegrate them with a home health hub (HHH) reference design that handles all popular wired and wireless protocols—a kind of universal router for connecting cloud computers to home health care. Read more

October 27, 2011 The platform is capable of sensing the flow of Bluetooth devices in a given street, roadway or passageway while differentiating hands-free car kits from pedestrian phones. Sensor data is then transferred by a multi-hop ZigBee radio, via an internet gateway, to a server. The traffic measurements can then be analysed to address congestion of either vehicle or pedestrian traffic. Read more

October 12, 2011 Ultrawideband is back. The IMEC research institute will describe and demonstrate early next year a chip set using the technology that sunk a handful of startups a few years ago. UWB rode up and down the hype curve in the past decade as Intel and others tried to harness it as the transport for wireless USB, outfitted with the WiMedia air interface for 100 Mbit/second data rates. Read more

September 23, 2011 While outdoor small cells have received a lot of attention lately, small cell backhaul has yet to see the spotlight. The reason has been twofold – first, there hasn't been any significant outdoor small cell deployment yet, and second, operators are still in the process of trialing and testing small cell backhaul technologies, especially the newer contenders. Read more

September 19, 2011 A proof-of-concept stage "subconscious mode" for smartphones and other WiFi-enabled mobile devices could extend battery life by as much as 54 percent for users on the busiest networks, described in a paper titled "E-MiLi: Energy-Minimizing Idle Listening in Wireless Networks." Read more

September 14, 2011 Following small shipment volumes in 2012 and a significant increase in shipments in 2013, IEEE 802.11ac will emerge as the dominant Wi-Fi protocol by 2014, according to ABI Research. Only a niche subset of 802.11ac will be single-band 802.11ac, using solely the five GHz band. Most will be 802.11n/802.11ac dual-band chipsets. Read more

August 17, 2011 The WiMAX Forum has announced that WiMAX technology has broken the 20 million global subscriber mark. According to Infonetics Research, WiMAX technology reached a total of 20 million subscribers at the end of 2Q2011. This significant milestone comes among reports from operators around the world reporting dramatic subscriber growth. Read more

August 15, 2011 Wi-Fi has already been widely adopted across professional healthcare locations in North America, but the expansion of existing networks and the growing adoption of Wi-Fi in other regions around the world will ensure that the market for Wi-Fi access point hardware, software, and services will grow to $1.34 billion by 2016. Read more

July 13, 2011 ConnectOne has released the Nano WiReach SMT module, which offers multiple hardware interfaces and extensive firmware functionality to enable a full suite of secure internet protocols for up to eight WiFi users in its router to access point mode. The company says the price point of the module is intended to enable cost-effective volume deployment. Read more

June 16, 2011 RF Industries, Ltd., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately owned Cables Unlimited, Inc., for cash and equity consideration of approximately $5.6 million. Read more

April 27, 2011 Avago Technologies has announced four low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) to extend the RF performance and diversity of its leading LNA portfolio. The modules feature high linearity that improves an application's ability to distinguish between desired signals and spurious signals received close together. Read more

April 20, 2011 Avago Technologies has announced a front-end module with robust filtering for 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth radios in handsets and mobile routers for tablets and other portable PC devices. Read more

March 29, 2011 As Ofcom announces its auction plans for the wireless spectrum designated for 4G services such as high speed mobile broadband access, Low Power Radio Solutions (LPRS) launched the ARW-2400-2700-10 directional antenna for WiMax and WiFi applications. Read more

March 16, 2011 Renaissance Electronics Corporation's System Group has designed a dual 48 x 4 switch matrix for ATE applications that can cover from 700 MHz (LTE) to 6 GHz (Wi-Fi) frequencies. Read more

March 15, 2011 RF Micro Devices has announced the expansion of its industry-leading 5 GHz WiFi product portfolio to include two 5 GHz high-band WiFi front end modules (FEMs) with integrated power amplifiers (PAs). The two latest 5 GHz FEMs — the RF5506, and the RF5516 — deliver high power and linearity and are optimized for the rapidly growing smartphone and tablet markets. Read more

March 9, 2011 RF Micro Devices has announced the expansion of its leading 5-GHz WiFi product portfolio to include three new 5-GHz high-band WiFi front end modules (FEMs) with integrated power amplifiers (PAs). Read more

January 26, 2011 Measurement equipment supplier Ipetronik GmbH is expanding its M-LOG and S-LOG data logger systems to include IPEwifi, a wireless LAN (WLAN) interface for wireless transmission of test and measurement data. Application fields are predominantly in the automotive industry. Read more

January 19, 2011 Anatech Electronics has introduced the Model Wifi2437-6A, a ruggedized, weatherproof cavity bandpass filter for outdoor WiFi installations that has excellent rejection, handles up to 40 W of RF input power, and is extremely selective. Read more

January 6, 2011 Qualcomm Inc.'s surprising move to acquire Atheros Communications Inc. for $3.1 billion will enable Qualcomm to accelerate its efforts in the ''combo'' or integrated cellular-chip platform arena. Read more

December 1, 2010 RF Micro Devices has unveiled the RF5632, a 2.3–2.7 GHz power amplifier IC, that is optimized specifically for WiMAX systems and can be designed into multiple applications, including customer premises equipment (CPE), gateways, access points, LTE wireless infrastructure, and WiFi-based wireless high definition interface (WHDI) for wireless video distribution networks. Read more

November 16, 2010 Celeno Communications Inc., a provider of semiconductors for multimedia Wi-Fi home networking applications, has closed a $12 million funding round. The latest round includes new strategic investor: Liberty Global Inc. In September, Liberty Global chose Celeno's carrier-grade Wi-Fi technology to power its multimedia home gateway. Read more

November 3, 2010 AirMagnet, now part of Fluke Networks, has released the latest versions of its leading AirMagnet Survey PRO 8.0 (including the AirMagnet Planner module) and AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer PRO 9.0. Both products now include the company's new multi-adapter solution, which delivers dramatic enhancements to the wireless LAN (WLAN) designing and troubleshooting process by going beyond just collecting greater amounts of data, to integrating that data into features that help speed the performance and accuracy of site surveys, and deliver the industry's most in-depth client roaming analysis to ensure wireless continuity. Read more

November 3, 2010 RF Micro Devices has announced it will showcase its industry-leading high-performance RF components at electronica 2010, in Munich from November 9 to November 12, 2010. Read more

September 20, 2010 The American subsidiary of Anritsu has announced that its MT8860C WLAN Test Set is now validated as part of the overall test system for Wi-Fi CWG (Converged Wireless Group) Certification Testing. The decision taken by the Wi-Fi Alliance means that the MT8860C can be used by any top-tier independent laboratory that has been authorized by the CTIA and Wi-Fi Alliance to perform RF performance evaluation of Wi-Fi Mobile Converged Devices. Read more

September 15, 2010 IMS Research has just come out with figures estimating that the number of connected devices to the Internet has reached an important milestone of 5 Billion. Further, their latest forecast is for 22 billion Internet connected devices by 2020, which is one of the more conservative estimates in the industry. Read more

July 13, 2010 RF Micro Devices has announced the RF5365 WiFi front end module (FEM). This highly integrated FEM satisfies the need for aggressive size reductions for typical 802.11b/g front-end designs and greatly reduces the number of components outside the core chipset. Read more

July 12, 2010 Infineon Technologies has launched a range of RF transistors with electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for the design of reliable, high sensitivity wireless communications devices. Read more

June 17, 2010 At this week's 2010 Symposium on VLSI Circuits in Hawaii, Intel Corp. has put a new twist on its previously-announced 32-nm process: It claims the technology is suitable for radio-frequency (RF) and system-on-a-chip (SOC) integration. Read more

June 17, 2010 Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) has announced that Sirius Mobility has selected Fujitsu's leading WiMAX Wi-Fi reference platform to enable a versatile, high performance 4G WiMAX CPE designated CW6200i. Read more

May 26, 2010 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium 2010 — Skyworks Solutions has introduced mid- and high-power (2.4 - 2.5 GHz), highly efficient power amplifiers (PAs) for 802.11n multiple in/multiple out (MIMO) access points, routers and gateways. Read more

May 11, 2010 Eurotech have announced the ZyWAN G9 cellular router offering data solutions to 3G, CDMA and GSM/GPRS cellular networks. Read more

May 10, 2010 Alps Electric Europe GmbH has announced the UGFZ1 series, an all-in-one WLAN module for wireless networks. The module's built-in CPU and networking protocol combined with low energy consumption enables easy setup of sensor or other device networks, such as those used for smart meters. Read more

April 26, 2010 HUBER+SUHNER announces its SENCITY SPOT-S antenna family which will be of interest to systems integrators, OEMs and public operators looking to install the latest antenna technology across their W-LAN, WiFi, ZigBee and MIMO-based systems in industrial and commercial applications. Read more

March 30, 2010 Avago Technologies has announced two new high linear power amplifier (PA) modules that feature low power consumption and improves signal quality for WiMAX and WiFi applications that operate in the 2 GHz range. Read more

March 10, 2010 Willtek Communications has announced the 1491 WiFi Connectivity Test Package which satisfies requirements for Wireless LAN device testing. Service centres will use this new product for easy Go/NoGo testing of WiFi-enabled devices, including smartphones and even routers. Read more

March 3, 2010 Fluke Networks has announced the AirCheck™ Wi-Fi Tester, a dedicated handheld tool that delivers quick and easy troubleshooting for today’s increasingly complex wireless local area networks (WLAN). Read more