Contracts: Farnell chooses Laird as a distributor; China Unicom selects Alcatel-Lucent; and more

The following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:

Laird Technologies Inc.

U.K.: With Farnell as a European distributor for its wireless & M2M products. Laird Technologies designs a complete line of industry-leading wireless & M2M product solutions including high-performance proprietary radio modules, ZigBee