The state-owned company has once again cemented its odious status as the South African telecommunications sector’s most prolific serial litigator and thorn in ICASA’s side.
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Altron has announced that Mteto Nyati will step down from his role as group chief executive at the end of June this year. The company said in a statement that this decision was informed by Nyati’s impending ...
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Samtec announced the acquisition of Ultra Communications, a manufacturer of high-speed digital and RF fibre-optic components based in California, USA. Ultra Communications’ core competencies include ...
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Part of a new class of DC-to-DC converters, the LTC3336 only consumes about 65 nA of current in standby mode, making it ideal for battery-operated systems.
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Included in IC Insights’ November update to The McClean Report were several year-end forecasts for semiconductor sales, capex, and a ranking of top sales leaders. Among the data was a projected ranking ...
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The first u-blox positioning receiver to offer both untethered dead reckoning (UDR) and automotive dead reckoning (ADR), NEO-M9V is an ideal fit for fleet management and micromobility applications that ...
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The STMicroelectronics TCPP03-M20 USB Type-C port protection IC is tailored for Dual-Role Power (DRP) applications, simplifying the design of products that can act as a power source for connected devices ...
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The CSIR has established a Learning Factory to support South African industries in acquiring the skills needed to maximise the benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The first online course ...
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Open standards simplify system design while offering robust ecosystems of solutions providers. Even as open standards are adopted across industries and platforms, updates are needed from time to time. ...
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Recently premiered by Keysight Technologies, Keysight University is an interactive online platform for engineers to learn about test and measurement fundamentals, engineering design tips and best practices ...
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It is with deep sadness and shock that we announce the sudden death of SA Instrumentation & Control Editor, Steven Meyer. Steven joined Technews in October 2007 in the position of Deputy Editor. His ...
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Two new SMT-packaged multi-octave RF mixers featuring high linearity and broad bandwidths have been added to Marki Microwave’s stable of products. The MM1-1040HPSM is an ideal choice for 5G signal ...
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A recent introduction by TDK is a new series of very compact EPCOS X2 capacitors for noise suppression. They are rated for 275 V a.c. and cover a capacitance spectrum from 33 nF to 1 µF. Depending on ...
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Hammond Manufacturing’s 1557 family has proved to be very popular since it was launched some two years ago and is increasingly being used as a housing for electromechanical components as well as PCB-mounted ...
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The TGX.04 from Taoglas is a 5G/4G 4xMIMO dipole antenna that operates from 450 to 6000 MHz. It supports worldwide sub-6 GHz cellular bands including 5G NR, LTE, NB-IoT, etc. This cross-polarised ...
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Enabled with Bluetooth Low Energy wireless connectivity, onsemi’s new low-power RSL15 microcontroller (MCU) addresses the growing demand of connected industrial applications for security without sacrificing ...
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Sensirion is expanding its series of fourth-generation humidity sensors to include the SHT4xI-Digital sensor platform, which has been designed specifically for challenging industrial applications. The ...
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MACOM Technology Solutions’ KV CAPS are high density, high working voltage silicon capacitors which employ a novel topology that essentially folds the parallel plates of the capacitors into three-dimensional ...
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