Broadband

Here in the UK we may think that we are at the cutting edge of technology. However, recent figures published this week from M-Lab (a partnership between Google Open Source Research and Princeton University's PlantLab), has shown that the UK has slipped down to 35th place in the global broadband speed league table.

Optimised for use in SATCOM, 5G wireless, test and measurement (T&M), EW and microwave radio applications, MACOM has announced the newest entries in its high-performance RF switch portfolio. The new GaAs-based SPDT MASW Series switches provide broadband frequency coverage and high-speed switching capability.

  Mimosa Networks has announced that Bluewave has selected Mimosa as its fixed wireless technology partner. For its new island-wide high speed broadband deployment, Bluewave is deploying Mimosa fixed wireless solutions to deliver ultra-broadband speeds in the British Territory.

UK-based fixed wireless company Boundless Networks has deployed Mimosa’s solutions to construct an ultra-fast, broadband network to 5,000 square miles of northern England, bringing ultra-broadband speeds to villages and businesses coast-to-coast.

We have heard a lot about the digital switchover recently, but now it turns out it has come in use in more ways than one. The TV broadcast frequencies that were leftover from the switchover are going to plug the broadband gap in a part of rural Monmouthshire. This pilot scheme will see TV white space used to send a high-speed broadband signal from a standard mast.

Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) has announced the availability of RAYA158-50A cables, the world’s first vertically polarised ultra RF-broadband cable and the latest addition to its market-leading RADIAFLEX radiating cable series. The new RAYA cables feature vertically polarised radiation, complementing RFS’ horizontally polarised RLKU family of products.

Provider of high performance MMICs, Guerrilla RF, has introduced GRF4014, a new addition to the company’s growing list of broadband, low-noise linear drivers. The amplifier is targeted at small cells, cellular boosters and other broadband, high-performance applications offering broadband frequency coverage with a minimal number of external components. It is offered in an ultra-small 1.5x1.5mm DFN-6 package, thus sharing a common pin out with numerous other Guerrilla RF devices including the GRF400X and GRF201X device families.

New technologies and innovations such as eMobility, Internet of Things, 5G and satellite communications are driving markets, bringing about many new developments in the field of wireless communications, in particular RF components, RF subsystems and systems. To address the wide range of tests required during design and product validation Rohde & Schwarz has introduced the R&S BBA130 broadband amplifier family.

A multi-year, multi-million dollar partnership has been signed between Procera Networks and Vodafone Egypt to enhance the subscriber experience for its fixed and mobile broadband subscribers.

  Pasternack offers a number of high power broadband amplifiers that can be used across a wide range of applications including electronic warfare, radar, communications, and test and measurement. Pasternack’s PE15A5033F high power amplifier generates 100W typical saturated output power over a broad frequency range that covers 0.7 to 2.7 GHz.