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Integrated Microwave Corp. released a highpass filter in a unique miniature SMT housing.

RF Micro Devices, Inc. and TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. announced they have completed their merger of equals to form Qorvo™ (Nasdaq: QRVO), a new leader in RF solutions. Qorvo began trading on the NASDAQ global stock market January 2, 2015.

Altair announced that Gastón Ezequiel Pérez, a final year electrical engineering student from the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Argentina, has won the 2014 FEKO Student Competition, an international contest organized in support of engineering education and academic excellence.

Cree, Inc., a leading global supplier of silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) wafers and devices, has extended its family of 50 V discrete GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) die with the release of three new components.

According to a new market data forecasts from ABI Research, it will take more than 5 years for 5G to reach 100 million subscriber mark—2 years longer than 4G. 4G subscriber growth was much faster than with previous generations, fueled by the capabilities of increasingly powerful smartphones and the availability of 4G devices. 5G subscriber growth will likely be a bit more muted at first due to the increased complexity of 5G cells and networks, but will pick up in 2023.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced that Frost & Sullivan has recognized Keysight with the 2014 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Market Leadership in Instrumentation Software for excellence in capturing the highest market revenue within its industry.

TMD Technologies Ltd. (TMD), a manufacturing SME in the defence industry, has extended its range of microwave power modules (MPMs) with the introduction of the new PTXM series.

Mercury Systems, Inc., a leading high-tech commercial provider of more affordable secure and sensor processing subsystems powering today’s critical defense and intelligence applications, announced it had received a $2.6 million purchase order relating to a sensor processing application for fighter aircraft.

DS Instruments introduces the SG6000L, a small, compact but full featured RF signal generator that covers the 25 MHz to 6 GHz band. An optional doubler extends coverage to 12 GHz.

Anite, a global leader in wireless network testing technology, announced that it has closed a deal with a North American tier 1 operator for LTE and VoLTE testing. This includes Nemo Outdoor for drive testing, Nemo Handy for in-building measurements and Nemo Walker Air for indoor benchmarking.