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NEC Corp. and Intel Corp. will collaborate to jointly develop the Cloud-Radio Access Network (Cloud-RAN) solution for virtualizing the functions of mobile base stations.

Huawei, together with Saudi Telecom Co. has successfully demonstrated the latest 4.5G (TDD+) technologies, which will enable STC network to deliver the fastest LTE data rates in the Middle East, Europe and North Africa.

The R&S Scope Rider from Rohde & Schwarz is equally impressive in the lab and in the field. With an acquisition rate of 50,000 waveforms per second, a 10‑bit A/D converter developed by Rohde & Schwarz and a maximum bandwidth of 500MHz for the analog input channels, this portable oscilloscope clearly outperforms comparable instruments.

ANADIGICS Inc. announced that one of the entities designated by the company's board of directors as an "Excluded Party," offered to acquire all of the outstanding shares of ANADIGICS common stock on a fully diluted basis for $0.68 per share net in cash, pursuant to an all-cash tender offer and second-step merger. The December 30, 2015 Proposed Merger Agreement raises certain material issues that need to be negotiated and resolved with the Excluded Party and there can be no assurance that those issues will be resolved to the satisfaction of the company's board of directors.

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.