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Koch Industries Inc. has completed its $7.2 billion acquisition of Molex Inc., a global electronic components company.

The first Boeing Inmarsat-5 satellite has launched and sent signals from orbit, the initial step to establishing Global Xpress, the world’s first globally available high-speed mobile broadband service for government and commercial users.

RFMD Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency solutions, announced that the newest flagship Android smartphone incorporates its envelope tracking (ET) power amplifiers (PAs), antenna switch module, diversity switches and antenna tuner. This fifth generation smartphone from a leading Korea-based manufacturer is the slimmest and fastest Android phone to date and the first new smartphone to benefit from the improved power efficiency of RFMD's ET power amplifiers and antenna control solutions.

CEA-Leti announced an agreement with Qualcomm Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Inc., to assess the feasibility and the value of Leti’s sequential 3D technology.

Ericsson successfully supported Telstra in further enhancing its LTE Advanced (LTE-A) commercial service network as the two companies successfully demonstrated 300 Mbps downlink speeds for data transfer across Telstra's live network.

Soitec has reached high-volume manufacturing of its new Enhanced Signal Integrity™ (eSI) substrates, enabling cost-effective and high-performance RF devices. The eSI products are said to be the first ‘trap-rich’ type of material in full production.

NXP Semiconductors and Datang Telecom Technology Co. Ltd. have established a joint venture that is claimed to be the first true automotive semiconductor company in China.

Cassidian has supplied the world's first prototype of a mobile TETRA LTE radio system, which will allow voice and broadband data services to be used in parallel and is part of the German Armed Forces' highly mobile cellular networks study.

Tektronix Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced an expansion of its family of precision power analyzers with the introduction of the PA1000 single-phase power analyzer. Featuring a patent pending Spiral Shunt™ design, the PA1000 provides engineers designing and testing power supplies, consumer electronics and other electrical products with accurate power measurements in the shortest possible time. 

Victor Yamauchi has joined NATEL as vice president of continuous improvement, a position which will focus intensely on lean implementation and training to meet business needs, announced president and CEO Sudesh Arora.