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Anite, a global leader in wireless equipment testing technology, announced that it has introduced support for Coordinated Multipoint (“CoMP”) in its interoperability, performance and conformance device test solutions SAS and Conformance Toolset.

GigOptix Inc. a leading supplier of advanced high speed semiconductor components for use in long-haul, metro, Cloud connectivity, data centers, consumer electronics links and interactive applications, through optical and wireless communications networks, announced that it had sent a letter to the board of directors of GSI Technology, Inc. renewing GigOptix’ proposal to acquire all of the outstanding shares of GSI Technology’s common stock for an aggregate consideration equal to $6.50 per share.

Qorvo Inc., a leading provider of RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications, announced a second edition of their "GaN For Dummies" books.

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., and Mini-Circuits, headquartered in Brooklyn, N.Y., have entered into a licensing agreement to permit the use of NRAO-developed technology in a new suite of commercial electronics products.

Strategy Analytics defense research has just completed a comprehensive analysis of the military communications sector, looking at radios, communications satellites, VSAT terminals, datalinks, networks and other systems. Trends driving spending on the military communications sector will be underpinned by network-centric IP-based communications that will translate to spending on global military communications systems growing to over $35.3 billion in 2024, representing a CAGR of 3.4%.

Texas Instruments (TI) introduces the next-generation SimpleLink™ SensorTag, a new development kit that enables easy and quick integration of sensor data with wireless cloud connectivity.

Harris Corp. completed its previously announced acquisition of Exelis Inc. Each outstanding share of Exelis common stock converted into the right to receive $16.625 in cash and 0.1025 of a share of Harris common stock. Harris shareholders own 85 percent of the combined company and Exelis shareholders own 15 percent.

Artech House announced the publication of "Distributed Power Amplifiers for RF and Microwave Communications" by Narendra Kumar and Andrei Grebennikov. This new resource presents readers with all relevant information and comprehensive design methodology of wideband amplifiers.

Skyworks Solutions Inc., an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors connecting people, places and things,unveiled a family of ceramic-based filters targeting high frequency applications. Skyworks’ newest devices are compact, offer improved power handling and support frequencies up to 7 GHz.

NI (formerly AWR Corp.) announces that Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NUST) electronic engineering students have designed a miniaturized bandpass filter (BPF) using NI AWR Design Environment™ software.