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ANADIGICS Inc. announced that a competing bidder’s offer that the company disclosed on December 23, 2015 had been determined by the company’s board of directors to be a "Superior Offer" delivered to the company sometime after 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 29, 2015 an amended proposed merger agreement pursuant to which the bidder has increased its per-share offer price to acquire all of the outstanding shares of ANADIGICS common stock on a fully diluted basis from $0.54 to $0.58 net in cash, pursuant to an all-cash tender offer and second-step merger.

An innovative antenna assembly destined to serve Europe’s coming generation of weather satellites has been put to the test within ESA’s cavernous Hertz chamber, which can reproduce the boundless reaches of space. Developed by Thales Alenia Space Italy, the UHF and L-band combination patch-array antenna has been designed to operate aboard Meteosat Third Generation Imaging satellites.

Mobile Experts released the latest Backhaul report for 2015. With an astounding amount of growth in small cells, everyone is wondering what kinds of backhaul and fronthaul will be used to facilitate that growth. In this report, the Mobile Experts analysts identify and explain which types will be crucial to this market development.

ANADIGICS Inc. announced that affiliates of GaAs Labs LLC delivered to the company a proposed further amendment to the previously announced November 11, 2015 agreement and plan of merger pursuant to which GaAs Labs offered to acquire all of the outstanding shares of ANADIGICS common stock on a fully diluted basis for $0.35  net in cash, pursuant to an all-cash tender offer and second-step merger, which amendment, among other things, increases the per-share offer price to $0.54.

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have found the clearest indications yet that planets with masses several times that of Jupiter have recently formed in the discs of gas and dust around four young stars. Measurements of the gas around the stars also provide additional clues about the properties of those planets.

Knowles Capacitors has made a number of changes within their sales and product management teams. Changes were brought into effect in October 2015 to continue a program of internal restructuring designed to fully leverage skill sets and put Knowles in the best position to service customers and grow revenue in 2016.

For applications requiring extended electronic waveform acquisition and generation, Spectrum has announced a new storage system that works with their PC-based digitizer and generator cards to dramatically increase possible recording and replay times. The new system can be used with any of Spectrum's M2i, M3i or M4i series of PCIe digitizer or waveform generator cards and delivers data storage sizes from 1 to 32 TB with full support for continuous data streaming at rates up to 3 GB/s.

On-orbit control of Morelos-3, a 702HP (high power) satellite developed by Boeing, in partnership with Mexico, has been transferred to the Mexican government. The satellite is a key element of one of the world’s most advanced mobile satellite systems, enhancing Mexico’s national security, civil and humanitarian programs.

Amphenol RF is pleased to introduce its new PSMP interface as the perfect solution for board-to-board applications. With a minimum board spacing of 12.6 mm, the compact three-piece design allows maximum flexibility for high-density board spacing, and is an ideal solution for blind-mating situations.

The Peraso W110 chipset is targeted for WiGig® applications and includes the PRS1125 direct conversion 60 GHz RFIC and the PRS4001 baseband IC to implement the necessary functionality in the next generation IEEE 802.11ad standard for Wi-Fi networks. Incorporating a USB 3.0 system interface, the W110 chipset is ideally suited for adapters and peripherals which are expected to play a vital role as the WiGig^® ecosystem continues to develop in 2016.