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Zouk Capital has invested in ip.access, a leading provider of small cell solutions to blue chip customers worldwide.

Rohde & Schwarz has expanded its range of trigger and decoder options for the R&S RTO and R&S RTE digital oscilloscopes. With the R&S RTx-K50, the oscilloscopes help users debug serial protocols that employ Manchester or NRZ coding.

In a contract worth some hundreds of millions of euro Finmeccanica-Selex ES will supply an air surveillance and defense system to the Qatar Armed Forces to safeguard the country’s airspace.

ZTE recently announced it has gained the largest share of the tender for China Mobile's CM-IMS Phase II Project (VoLTE included) across China's 28 provinces, with over 70 percent. This exactly reflects ZTE's leading position in IMS core network solutions. 

In recent years, LTE has emerged as a challenger to existing public safety communication protocols. Continual refinements from 3GPP Releases and commercial collaboration between TETRA and P25 vendors with LTE vendors are turning First Responder and Public Safety LTE into a reality. ABI Research estimates the total number of public safety LTE user subscriptions to reach 11 million worldwide by 2020, with a market size of $5.1 billion. 

 Ericsson continues to spearhead 5G system development as coordinator of the new METIS-II EU project to develop the overall 5G radio system design and roadmap recommendation for 5G standardization. 

 Amphenol RF is pleased to introduce over 200 new pre-configured cable assembly configurations to the broadcast market. These cable assemblies feature True 75 Ohm performance to ensure low signal distortion and flawless broadcast transmission. 

Keysight Technologies Inc. affirmed its technology leadership in 5G wireless research with the introduction of the 5G channel sounding Reference Solution. The new Reference Solution is designed for accelerating advanced research of millimeter-wave 5G channel models and includes ultra-broadband and MIMO, key requirements to measure the millimeter-wave channel and validate new air interface standards.

 The High Performance Foams Division of Rogers Corp. has officially changed its name to Elastomeric Material Solutions to better reflect the growing range of products and capabilities available to meet customer needs. 

 Pasternack, a leading manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, has introduced a new family of in-stock continuously variable waveguide attenuators with performance up to 110 GHz. These millimeter wave waveguide attenuators are commonly used in the aerospace, defense, industrial, telecom, instrumentation and medical industries for applications such as high efficiency RF/microwave transmissions, test benches, SATCOM, MILCOM and radar testing.