Articles tagged with: andrew

Comba Telecom Sues to Revoke Antenna Patents Held by CommScope

Comba Telecom is suing antenna manufacturer, andrew and its parent company, CommScope, seeking to invalidate eight of andrew's patents covering remote electrical tilt (RET) antennas. more

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Comba Telecom Systems Says it Has Overturned an Andrew Antenna Patent in China

Comba Telecom Systems says that a court in Beijing, China has upheld a ruling voiding a patent held by andrew covering antenna designs. Comba Telecom Systems has now issued a request that the Patent Reexamination Office of the State Intellectual Property Office confirm that the patent asserted by andrew in China shall be revoked. more

TruePosition Wins Appeal in Its Patent Infringement Suit with Andrew Corp

TruePosition says that it has won a patent lawsuit against andrew Corp. In addition to obtaining a permanent injunction against andrew, TruePosition won damages exceeding US$45 million. more

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TruePosition Wins Patent Dispute With Andrew

Location based services provider, TruePosition says that a US Court has granted its motion to dismiss a patent infringement case filed by antenna manufacturer, andrew, a division of CommScope. more

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Istanbul Airport Gains Indoor Cell Phone Coverage

Turkey's three operators- AVEA, Turkcell and Vodafone - have worked with andrew Solutions to deploy indoor wireless coverage in Istanbul's new Sabiha Gokcen Airport. andrew supplied its ION-M optical distributed antenna system (DAS), and Mikom Microwave, andrew's business partner in Turkey, assisted with system design and commissioning. andrew's ION-M is a multi-operator coverage and capacity solution, supporting the operators' 2G and 3G subscribers in the airport. ION-M transmits wireless signals across both fiber optic and coaxial cables to remote antennas from a master unit. The result is clear wireless coverage for travelers and employees throughout the Sabiha Gokcen Airport campus. more

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Symbian Releases More Source Code as Open Source

The Symbian Foundation has announced a significant milestone in its plan to move the entire Symbian platform into Open Source - the release of the platform microkernel (EKA2) and supporting development kit under the Eclipse Public License (EPL). more

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Shazam surpasses 50 million users and attracts further investment

Music identification service, Shazam has announced that more than 50 million people around the world have used the Shazam service, an increase of 15 million users since February of this year. Shazam is also announcing a strategic investment from Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers. more

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Technology addiction disrupts teenage learning

Technology addiction amongst teenagers is having a disruptive effect on their learning, according to new research published by Cranfield School of Management. Over a third (39.3%) of 11-18 year olds surveyed admitted that text shortcuts damaged the quality of their written English, particularly in terms of spelling. more

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Andrew Asks Court to Clear New Technology in Patent Case

Antennas vendor, andrew has filed a complaint in the US District Court in Delaware seeking a declaratory judgment that its new multiple range estimation location (MREL) system for locating mobile devices does not infringe an existing US patent held by TruePosition. more

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Vodacom Taps Andrew for Wireless Coverage In South African World Cup Stadiums

andrew Solutions says that it has won a contract from South Africa's Vodacom to deploy indoor coverage in five of the 10 South African stadiums to be used for the 2010 World Cup. andrew's multi-operator ION-M optical distributed antenna system supports current GSM 900/1800 and UMTS frequency bands as well as next generation LTE and WiMAX networks. The systems' basic architecture involves fiber optic and coaxial cables, master and remote units, and other subsystem products that receive and transmit signals from dedicated operator base stations to customer handhelds throughout the facility. more