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Zambia has chosen Thales for the supply, delivery, installation, and commissioning of the country’s air traffic management and radar surveillance system following an international competitive tender by the Ministry of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication.

AWR Corp. has extended its 2013 ADF tour well into 2014.  The final venue stops being added to this tour are located in Israel.  Late addition dates and locations include May 20th in Haifa and May 21st in Tel-Aviv. 

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that GIT Japan Inc., a provider of advanced interface technologies between people and information, and a competence center for ultrawideband (UWB) chipset and module development, has selected Agilent EEsof EDA’s Advanced Design System (ADS) electronic design automation platform for complete GaAs/GaN- and silicon-based RFIC/MMIC implementations.

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, announces shipment of the first RF switches built on the UltraCMOS 10 technology platform. With partner GLOBALFOUNDRIES, the company also announces the completion of product and process qualification for the advanced RF SOI technology.

Tokyo Keiki uses  AWR software to design and manufacture high-power amplifiers for its advanced solid state radar systems. Despite the fact that PA radar design is extremely complex and time-intensive, the company was able to take advantage of the seamless collaborative design offered in Microwave Office® circuit design software and AXIEM® EM simulation software to greatly reduce its design time, effectively in half.

As high data rate applications put more strain on LTE wireless networks, innovative solutions such as small cell base stations (BTS) and carrier aggregation will be needed to bridge the bandwidth gap in high traffic areas. In response to broader bandwidth demand, Cree, Inc. introduces a family of GaN HEMT RF transistors that delivers industry-leading bandwidth and high efficiency performance to support today’s busy LTE networks.

NTT Docomo, Japan's biggest mobile operator, announced it is working with six suppliers to conduct various “experimental trials” for 5G involving higher frequency bands than those used for existing mobile technologies.

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is developing a 5G mobile network that aims to be a thousand times more powerful than current 4G technology and which can transfer up to 10 gigabytes per second, reports the Chinese-language Economic Observer.

 Altium Limited, a global leader in Smart System Design Automation, 3D PCB design (Altium Designer) and embedded software development (TASKING) has announced that it intends to begin a corporate reorganization to best serve the needs of their customers and partners in key growth markets.

Advantech Wireless Inc., a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of satellite, RF equipment and microwave systems announced that it has successfully completed the delivery of the New SapphireBlu^TM Series 6.6kW X-Band Rackmount UltraLinear^TM GaN SSPA/BUC, the ultimate solution for wide bandwidth, ultra high power satellite teleport uplinks.