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Rohde & Schwarz will collaborate with Communications Components Inc. to provide operators and test services providers with a comprehensive solution for base station installation and maintenance including PIM testing.

Finmeccanica – Selex ES has been awarded two important new contracts for the company’s Grifo radar system. In each case, the radar system was selected for its proven high performance and flexible architecture.

Dr. Ajay K. Poddar of Synergy Microwave Corp. has been selected for the 2015 IFCS W.G. Cady Award to be presented at the 2015 Joint Conference of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium & European Frequency and Time Forum in Denver, Colo., April 12-16, 2015.

Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), the global wireless and broadcast infrastructure specialist, announced that 2014 was another record-breaking year for deployments of its RADIAFLEX® and CELLFLEX®cables and related products.The company’s market-leading passive and active in-tunnel and in-building wireless networking solutions were used by major mobile operators and integrators to deliver uninterrupted coverage and capacity in some of the most challenging indoor venues around the world, including office buildings, research centers, metro rail tunnels, road tunnels, airports, exhibition grounds and stadiums.

Anite announced it will be expanding its device application testing capability by entering into an agreement to acquire the trade and assets of Setcom Wireless Products GmbH, a supplier of wireless device application test solutions,based in Munich, Germany.

PCTEST Engineering Laboratory Inc. (PCTEST LAB), an accredited testing laboratory for wireless testing and certification, has upgraded its R&S TS8980FTA-2 and R&S CMW500 systems to accommodate the new 4G/LTE test plans for industry conformance and carrier acceptance testing.

Mercury Systems Inc., a leading high-tech commercial provider of more affordable secure and sensor processing subsystems powering today’s critical defense and intelligence applications, announced it received $3.1 million in follow-on orders from a leading defense prime contractor for radar subsystems for a missile defense application. The orders were booked in the company’s fiscal 2015 third quarter and are expected to be shipped over the next several quarters.

Anritsu Co. introduces the ShockLine™ MS46121A series of 1-port USB Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs) that bring the price, performance, and ease-of-use advantages of Anritsu’s patented ShockLine VNA technology to an extremely compact package.

Skyworks Solutions Inc., launched its next generation diversity receive modules (DRx) for LTE smartphones. Skyworks' newest DRx modules improve receiver sensitivity and data throughput, deliver higher levels of integration in a smaller footprint and provide the flexibility to support multiple antenna configurations.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. affirmed its technology leadership in 5G wireless research with their mmWave channel-sounding measurement demonstration at Mobile World Congress. Channel sounding for the mmWave frequency band is one of the critical steps required to enable 5G data rates, spectrum flexibility and ultra-broad bandwidth.