mmWave RFIC Technology and its Ability to Deliver Gigabit Broadband Access to Non-Viable Locations

    Nov. 12, 2021
    Pharrowtech’s board will allow ODM/OEMs and service providers to test capabilities of their solution to support high speed internet roll-out.

    Pharrowtech, a developer of equipment for unlicensed mmWave band alternatives to full-fibre internet, has announced the availability of its first-generation evaluation board which allows Fixed Wireless Access solutions vendors to assess multi-gigabit performance. We talk to Kees Steenbergen, VP of Operations at Pharrowtech, to get a better grasp of the technology.

    Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Microwaves & RF
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    Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Microwaves & RF

    Alix is Editor-at-Large for Microwaves & RF. 

    An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the U.S. military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications, most recently as Editor-in-Chief of Power Systems Design.

    Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

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