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Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the release of GoldenGate, its RFIC simulation, verification and analysis software. Agilent EEsof EDA’s GoldenGate 2013.10 provides RFIC designers with easy-to-use EVM-, BER- and ACPR-type measurements and enables them to quickly analyze and diagnose problem areas in large-signal analysis.

Anritsu Co. announces it has worked with Qualcomm Technologies Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Inc., to successfully demonstrate peak throughput for a Category 6 LTE device and network simulator using 20+20 MHz carrier aggregation (CA). The two companies have jointly performed tests with a device based on the new Qualcomm® Gobi™ 9x35 modem, the world’s first LTE Advanced World Mode Category 6 chipset solution.

Average peak throughputs as high as 144 Mbps were recorded in TeliaSonera’s commercial 4G network using Anite’s Nemo Outdoor test platform and a Cat 4 LTE test terminal Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MTS), Russia's largest mobile operator has contracted NEC Corp. to provide its iPASOLINK EX, outdoor, integrated, ultra-compact microwave communications system supporting 70-80 GHz band communications.

AMETEK Inc. has acquired the Teseq Group, a leading manufacturer of test and measurement instrumentation for EMC testing, for $92 million.

BAE Systems has designed the SWaP Multi-INT system, which detects and tracks adversaries’ activities in real time. The new multi-function radar system integrates with airborne intelligence, gathering sensors that capture information simultaneously.

Richardson RFPD Inc. announces immediate availability and full design support capabilities for a new absorptive 75 ohm RF single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) switch from Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. (Peregrine).

EADS North America Test and Services, a division of EADS North America Inc., announced that its software, hardware and systems development unit has been appraised at Level 3 of the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) for Development.  The appraisal was performed by Delivery Excellence Inc.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that Nevada has been selected as one of six locations to be a center for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development in the United States. As a UAV development site, the most likely economic forecast shows that there could be thousands of jobs for UAS direct employees with an average wage of approximately $62,000; an estimated $2.5 billion in economic impact in present dollars; and an estimated $125 million in annual state and local tax revenue.

Mindspeed Technologies Inc., a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell the assets of its wireless infrastructure business unit to Intel Corp. The asset sale was contemplated by the agreement and plan of merger with M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc., announced on November 5, 2013.