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 Anite, a global leader in wireless equipment testing technology, announced that its Propsim F32 channel emulator has been selected by AT4 wireless for its first anechoic MIMO1 Over-the-Air (OTA) test laboratory in Spain. The laboratory has been set up to perform device testing compliant with CTIA certification requirements prior to market introduction. 

 Skyworks Solutions, Inc., an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors connecting people, places and things, announced that it will be the exclusive provider of RF content powering D-Links next generation 802.11ac Wave 2 devices. The AC5300 (DIR-895L/R) and AC3150 (DIR-885L/R) ultra Wi-Fi routers support tri-band 2.4 and 5 GHz technology, multiple user MIMO and deliver wireless speeds up to 5.3 Gbps and 3.2 Gbps, respectively. The DIR-895L/R is the world's fastest router, facilitating uninterrupted, high definition multimedia streaming in the home. 

 NI (formerly AWR Corp.) announced that NI AWR Design Environment™ V12 will be featured in a host of activities at European Microwave Week 2015 (EuMW2015), being held September 8 to 10 in Paris. 

A new range of SMA Male connectors for 0.141 and 0.085 mm diameter cables is available from Intelliconnect (Europe) Ltd.

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.