News & Analysis

PMC-Sierra, Inc the premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, today announced the winners of its 2009 scholarship program for the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. In a joint effort with BUPT's Institute of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, this year's program supports in-depth research in Packet Transmission Network and Optical Transport Network technologies.

PMC-Sierra, Inc today announced that Aztech, a broadband equipment manufacturer based in Singapore, has selected PMC-Sierra’s solutions for its new GPON Optical Network Terminal (ONT) design. Aztech’s GPON 200E4 - 4 Port Gigabit Bridge ONT is built around PMC-Sierra’s PAS7401 SoC and targets residential and SOHO deployments where maximum performance and multiple GbE interfaces are required.

AES Energy Storage and A123 Systems announced the commercial operation of a 12 MW frequency regulation and spinning reserve project at AES Gener's Los Andes substation in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The commissioning ceremony took place November 16 and included Marcelo Tokman, Chilean Minister of Energy. The project will help improve the reliability of the electric grid in Northern Chile and uses A123 Systems' Hybrid Ancillary Power Units (Hybrid-...

DragonWave Inc is pleased to announce that Tom Manley is joining the company’s Board of Directors as a non-executive director, effective today.

The European and American rally of Zuken’s annual conferences is now officially over, and despite the tough economic climate, a massive audience of over 700 people collectively attended the events in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, UK and the USA.

AAEON attended the OpsManage 2009 Global Conference in ShangHai, China on Nov. 17, 2009. As a partner of Invensys Operations Management, who integrates Wonderware software and IPS, it was a pleasure to join and be invited to this event. Invensys Operations Management is a global provider of real-time operations management in industrial software, technology systems, and consulting services to manufacturing industries. At the conference in Shang...

The much-publicised skills shortage currently facing the German economy is causing concern across many critical industries, not least in the field of electronic engineering which has long been one of the country’s strongholds. Leading businesses have rallied around to encourage more young people into the sector; the latest being DEK which recently welcomed a student delegation to its stand at Munich’s Productronica exhibition.

Sarantel Group PLC has signed an agreement with mobile communications provider TerreStar Networks Inc to develop an antenna solution to support future integrated satellite terrestrial mobile devices designed for government, public safety, enterprise and consumer users.

Hemisphere GPS has formed a strategic business alliance with Third Eye Maps company. The alliance recognizes Third Eye Maps as Hemisphere GPS' authorized representative for aerial imagery capture and processing.

Oxford Instruments has collaborated with two World-class neutron scattering facilities, the ISIS Neutron Source (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot) and the ILL neutron facility (Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble) to deliver the first high field helium recondensing magnets.