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Qorvo® has introduced a new family of 2.4 and 5 GHz Wi-Fi Front-End Modules (FEM) that pave the way for smaller, more energy-efficient wireless routers, gateways and other networked devices in the home. The seven new FEMs support high-bandwidth throughput with minimal power consumption in a small form factor and maximum reliable range.

The new Intel® 5G Modem is a milestone for the industry, enabling businesses across the globe to develop and launch early 5G solutions. It will accelerate the development of 5G-enabled devices – offering opportunities for leaders across diverse industries to innovate with early deployments.

Altaria Services has acquired the rights including the IP to former Pendulum products from Spectracom.

AT&T updated their 2017 plans for 5G development, which will use fixed and mobile trials to evaluate and provide feedback about the proposed 5G standards.

Using the remote tuner solution from Maxim Integrated Products Inc., designers can significantly simplify the head unit design of a vehicle and reduce cables. The MAX2175 RF to Bits tuner within the solution eliminates the need to rework the vehicle’s hardware to support worldwide radio standards, allowing updates by simply changing the vehicle’s software.

JADAK LLC, a global leader and supplier of Radio-frequency Identification (RFID), optical data collection and machine vision technologies, announced that it has acquired the assets of ThingMagic (formerly a Division of Trimble). ThingMagic, based in Woburn, Mass., provides Ultra High Frequency (UHF) RFID Reader Modules and Finished RFID Solutions to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for a wide range of applications, including in the medical, retail, logistics, and airline industries.

Wireless Telecom Group Inc. announced an agreement with AR Europe for the distribution of its Boonton Electronics and Noisecom products throughout Europe.  AR Europe’s RF expertise and instrumentation experience along with their sales and distribution reach will place the full Boonton and Noisecom product portfolios of RF power meters, USB power sensors, and noise generation devices in front of design and test engineers, system integrators, and field service technicians across Europe.

Skyworks' newest multiband modules leverage half-duplex RF operation to deliver a highly integrated, turnkey solution that addresses Release 13 specifications of the 3GPP LTE standard—providing dependable, secure, low power connectivity in a compact package.

In this special edition of the Automated Test Outlook 2017, NI co-founder and chairman of the board Dr. James Truchard reflects on the past 40 years of test and measurement, identifies the most significant market and technology trends from recent years and looks forward to what lies ahead.

Link Labs, a leading innovator in low-power, wide-area network technologies that power the Internet of Things, has received certification for its low-power LTE Cat-M1 Sensor Suite for the Verizon 4G LTE Network, the world’s first commercial deployment of this breakthrough technology. The Link Labs Sensor Suite utilizes the Sequans Monarch chipset and is available as both a pre-certified device for OEM systems, as well as part of the fully-integrated Sensor Suite that Link Labs is launching in conjunction with Verizon’s LTE Cat M1 network roll-out, scheduled to reach nationwide coverage by the end of Q1 2017.