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Ericsson is commercializing the world's first 5G NR radio for massive MIMO, with the first deployments coming in 2017. Together with the Ericsson 5G Plug-Ins announced in June and Ericsson's already commercially available Radio System Baseband 5216, which currently powers Ericsson's award-winning Radio Test Bed, Ericsson is first to deliver all components of a 5G access network.

Mobile Experts released the most comprehensive analysis ever published on the Internet of Things market space. The new report, titled IoT: The Big Picture 2016 takes a very broad look at 36 different technologies and mapping 26 applications of the Internet of Things.

NI, the provider of platform-based systems that enable engineers and scientists to solve the world's greatest engineering challenges, announced that its Board of Directors has elected Alex Davern, age 49, to serve as Chief Executive Officer and President of National Instruments, effective January 1, 2017.

Teledyne LeCroy introduced its latest offering in its high definition oscilloscope line with the HDO9000 high definition oscilloscopes. The HDO9000 uses HD1024 high definition technology that automatically optimizes vertical resolution under each measurement condition to deliver 10 bits of vertical resolution.

Berkeley Nucleonics, an innovator in in Microwave Signal Generation & Analysis instrumentation, will be showcasing its products at EDI CON USA in Boston, Mass., September 20-22, 2016. 

Custom MMIC, a leading developer of performance driven monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), has added two new packaged driver amplifiers to their expanding product offerings, the CMD232C3 and the CMD231C3.

Fairview Microwave Inc., a supplier of on-demand microwave and RF components, introduces a new family of flexible 50 and 67 GHz VNA test cables. These highly durable assemblies are designed for use as VNA test port extenders and are able to withstand the rigors of the test lab where these cables are constantly flexed and torqued during normal testing situations. 

NI, the provider of platform-based systems that enable engineers and scientists to solve the world's greatest engineering challenges, announced that its board of directors has elected Alex Davern, to serve as chief executive officer and president of National Instruments, effective January 1, 2017. Davern will succeed Dr. James Truchard, who has served as the chief executive officer of NI since the company's founding in 1976. Dr. Truchard will remain as chairman of the board.

EDI CON USA 2016,  a conference that brings together engineers working on high-frequency analog and high-speed digital designs, taking place September 20-22 in Boston, Mass. at the Hynes Convention Center, announces its RF Amplifier Design track for this year’s conference and exhibition. The exhibition will host more than 138 exhibiting companies from the RF, microwave, and high-speed digital industries, including demonstration pods in the Signal Integrity Zone. Some RF/Microwave Amplifier Design highlights include...

In a pair of related reports released by Strategy Analytics, the reality of 5G evolution is analyzed. The report, “5G Progress Review - Fragmentation Likely but Diversification Inevitable”, concludes significant work is needed to marry the appeal of a unified early 5G standard with the longer term need to support diverse market requirements.