Court tells FCC to revisit BPL rules 

By Donny Jackson

FCC commissioners need to do a better job justifying the agency’s rules governing broadband-over-power-line (BPL) emission levels, according to a federal appeals court...

Current announces fault-detection capability, remote-thermostat deployment 

By Donny Jackson

Broadband-over-power-line (BPL) provider Current Group this week announced the deployment of home area networks for programmable thermostats and the introduction of underground fault detection over its networks -- features that are designed to improve the reliability and efficiency of electrical grids...

Atheros announces power-efficient mobile Wi-Fi chip 

By Donny Jackson

Semiconductor company Atheros this week announced it has developed a new 802.11g chip for mobile devices that will be three times more power efficient and will provide almost twice the data throughput as current solutions...

Magnolia Broadband prepares for large UK test 

By Donny Jackson

Magnolia Broadband’s DiversityPlus solution will be tested late this month or early in November by five of Europe’s largest carriers to determine if the technology can deliver promised gains in data rates, battery life and coverage on UMTS networks, Magnolia Broadband CEO Osmo Hautanen said...

Avago launches power amplifier for WLAN devices  

Avago Technologies introduced the MGA-412P8, an E-pHEMT power amplifier designed for IEEE 802.11b/g mobile WLAN devices...

xG Technology demo uses lower power 

By Donny Jackson

FORT LAUDERDALE--Communications firm xG Technology yesterday conducted another wireless line-of-site demonstration of its xMAX solution here, transmitting a 3.5 MB/s data stream a distance of 18 miles using less than 36 milliwatts of power using 10 MHz of unlicensed spectrum in the ISM 900 MHz band...

XG Technology conducts first public demonstration of xMAX 

By Donny Jackson

For the first time, Florida-based xG Technology yesterday demonstrated its xMAX platform to a group of industry observers, delivering a data stream equivalent to full-motion MPEG-2 video with stereo sound 18 miles using just 50 milliwatts of power...

TPL names warranty service center 

Radio frequency power amplifier vendor TPL Communications announced that it has named Dallas-based Bearcom as a TPL-authorized warranty service center...

DuraComm adds AC to DC power supply 

DuraComm introduced the RLP-5048 heavy duty AC to DC power supply that offers 50 amps and 48 VDC output from a unit that weighs just 30 pounds and which measures 19 inches wide x 13 inches deep x 5-1/4 inches high...

Breaking free of the past 

By Joseph Bobier, xG Technologies

New technology upsets old conventions about RF signal power and information recovery...

PolyPhaser expands Asian sales office 

Lightning and surge-protection solutions vendor PolyPhaser Corp. has relocated its China-based sales office to larger facilities in Shanghai...

Florida company unveils low-power broadband technology 

By Donny Jackson

Florida-based xG Technology this week publicly introduced xMAX, a wireless broadband data technology that company officials say will deliver high-speed data over distances greater than WiMAX despite using such little power that it can operate without the need for dedicated frequencies...

Radio Waves intros line of antenna jumpers 

Radio Waves announced that it has added Flex Twist antenna jumpers to its line...

Phoenix Contact unveils uninterruptible power supplies for international applications 

Phoenix Contact said it has added the Quint Buffer and Quint DC-UPS uninterruptible power supplies designed for international applications...

Flarion chooses Unity Wireless for power amps 

Flarion Technologies, developer of the Flash-OFDM wireless broadband system, recently announced that Burnaby, British Columbia-based Unity Wireless Corp....