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On 26 February 2016 the International Telecommunication Union group engaged with developing International Mobile Telecommunication systems met to further develop IMT-2020, the standard for 5G mobile systems.

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., founder of RF SOI (silicon on insulator) and pioneer of advanced RF solutions, announces the UltraCMOS® PE4152, a high linearity mixer with integrated local oscillator (LO) buffer with bypass mode. 

Mentor Graphics Corp. announced the launch of the Open Manufacturing Language (OML) initiative that directly addresses the longstanding need and urgent calls from the industry for a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly-specific Internet of Manufacturing solution. For the first time, IT teams, solution providers, and equipment providers can easily integrate shop-floor data to create or enhance added-value manufacturing execution solutions based on a single, normalized, vendor-neutral communication interface.

The R&S BBA150 amplifier family's D series is characterized by high power density and appeals especially to the automotive and wireless communications industry. A desktop model of only four height units delivers up to 200 W.

Indium Corp. announces the release of PoP Flux 89LV-P, a bright pink-colored, no-clean, thixotropic flux that helps engineers to Avoid the Void™ by greatly improving visual inspection to minimize voiding and other defects in package-on-package applications.

Microwave Development Labs (MDL) will be present at Satellite 2016, exhibiting at booth #1946 within the Gaylord National Convention Center, National Harbor, Md. Satellite 2016, to be held from March 7-10, is the most important global satellite communications event of the year and encompasses the largest gathering of all markets in the satellite community.

Passive Plus Inc. (PPI), a Modelithics^® Vendor Partner (MVP), is now offering design engineers a Free 90-Day Trial license for the Modelithics PPI Component Library. This will provide PPI customers access to extremely accurate scalable simulation models for Passive Plus capacitors with advanced features that enable a more precise and rapid design process.

General Dynamics Mission Systems AN/PRC-155 MUOS-Manpack radio was the communications hub connecting soldiers located in the U. S. Army Pacific region with the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications network.

Ethertronics, a leader in ultra-high performance smart antenna system solutions, announced it has expanded its portfolio of active antenna RF switches with the industry’s highest linearity for LTE smartphones, devices and other Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

Vaunix Technology Corp., a manufacturer of programmable wireless test equipment, is pleased to announce that they have registered as an ITAR Compliant manufacturer of defense articles covered under the United States Munitions List (USML) by the Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance.