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The CEO of Peregrine Semiconductor, Jim Cable, announced significant changes to Peregrine’s executive team. In a move to increase the company’s semiconductor capability, Stefan Wolff is Peregrine’s new Chief Executive Officer. Cable will step into the role of Peregrine Chairman and CTO and will serve as the Global R&D Director for Peregrine’s parent company, Murata.

The mobile telecoms landscape is changing rapidly, with nationwide 4G deployments near completion in most markets across the world. But the race is far from over, with the first Gigabit LTE networks beginning to appear and offering blazingly fast connections to end users that can reach up to 1Gbps download speeds. ABI Research estimates that the two billion global 4G (LTE) subscribers in early 2017 will rise to exceed four billion during 2022. This means that more than one out of two people globally will be using an LTE network by 2022.

Micro Crystal offers the 32.768 kHz oscillator module in the advanced tiny package of 1.2 mm by 2.0 mm by 0.7 mm.

Mobile filter startup Resonant Inc. announced a new licensing agreement with an existing “tier one” customer for the development of a TDD filter, an FDD filter and a quadplexer for the Chinese market.

Novelda announced the XeThru Developer Platform for sensing applications based on its second-generation X4 ultra-wideband impulse radar system-on-chip.

The Keysight U3800 Series Internet of Things (IoT) applied courseware includes ready-to-teach materials focused on practical IoT design and test techniques. The courseware was developed as a resource for educators with a goal of ensuring students are well-prepared to meet the challenges of today's IoT industry.