M/A-COM

M/A-COM is a developer and producer of radio, microwave, and millimeter wave semiconductor devices and components. It is a subsidiary of Tyco International. Their corporate headquarters is in Lowell, Massachusetts.

History

M/A-COM began in the 1950s as "Microwave Associates", a small supplier of magnetrons to the U.S. Army Signal Corps. The name was changed to M/A-COM in 1978 to reflect the company's growing involvement in the telecommunication industry. In May 1981, M/A-Com acquired Ohio Scientific. In the 1990s, M/A-COM was acquired by AMP Inc., which was in turn acquired by Tyco Electronics.

M/A-COM acquired the EDACS radio systems team and products and merged them with its own OpenSky resources. The combined company subsequently developed a P25 radio offering, and has grown its critical communications systems business to be a large player in the modern wireless two-way communications market.

May 13th, 2008, Tyco announced that it would sell its RF Components and Subsystem Business to Cobham plc for $425 million. The sale is expected to be completed by the end of 2008. Tyco Electronics will retain M/A-COM. [ [http://tycoelectronics.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=280 Tyco Electronics Announces Agreement to Sell Its RF Components and Subsystem Business To Cobham Plc - May 13, 2008 ] ]

Current events

On August 29, 2008 the State of New York issued a letter of default to M/A-COM. This letter stated that the statewide M/A-COM communications system called "OpenSky" was found to be unreliable on three separate occasions. M/A-COM has 45 days to rectify the deficiencies in the system. [ [http://www.oft.state.ny.us/SWN/Aug_29_default.htm State of New York Office for Technology issues letter of default to M/A-COM - August 29, 2008] ] On September 29th, 2008 Tyco Electronics and Cobham announced the completion of the sale of Tyco Electronics’ M/A-COM Radio Frequency Components and Subsystems business to Cobham plc. [ [http://www.cobham.com/media/3111/262%20ma-com%20completion%20final.pdf] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.macom.com Official site]