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Anokiwave, Inc. has completed a Series C funding round led by a new investor, Gefinor Capital with US Boston Capital Corporation and its affiliate Pear Tree Partners. The funding will support the development of silicon-based RFICs for 5G, satellite communications and aerospace and defense markets.

In 5G trials in Beijing, Huawei achieved data rates greater than 20 Gbps using 200 MHz bandwidth at 4.9 GHz.

Movandi, a venture-backed startup with a mission to revolutionize millimeter wave networks announced BeamX technology, a scalable RF front-end system solution. The high performance of Movandi’s RFIC, phased array antenna and beamforming techniques enable the next generation of 5G and multi-gigabit connectivity that will drive new applications.

Taoglas launched a series of small ultra wideband (UWB) antennas designed to enable centimeter-level positioning and angle-of-arrival applications, including asset tracking, follow-me drones, healthcare monitoring, smart home services and other applications that demand high performance indoor localization capabilities.

Skyworks has introduced the SKY66403-11, a 2.4 GHz fully-integrated RF front-end module designed to support ZigBee^®, Thread and next-generation Bluetooth^® wireless protocols, including Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).

SK Telecom announced that it, together with Nokia, has successfully reduced latency between the handset and base station to 2 milliseconds (ms) over its LTE network.

Aerospace supplier United Technologies Corp (UTC) has struck a $30 billion agreement to buy avionics and interiors maker Rockwell Collins Inc., the companies said on Monday, in a deal that bulks up UTC’s power with plane makers by creating one of the world’s largest makers of civilian and defense aircraft components.