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Ericsson and IBM  announced a collaboration to jointly research phased-array antenna designs for 5G, allowing networks to provide customers with data speeds orders of magnitude faster than what is available currently.

ABI Research expects the small cell backhaul equipment market to exceed $5 billion in 2019, which aligns with operators’ deliberate approach to small cell deployments.

FilterSolutions® the filter circuit synthesis software from Nuhertz Technologies has added the capability of exceptionally rapid and accurate electromagnetic (EM) optimization utilizing Axiem® tuning port capability, the electromagnetic analysis tool from NI/AWR® (division of National Instruments Corp.).

RF Micro Devices, Inc. and TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. announced the two companies have received all necessary shareholder and regulatory approvals to move forward with their previously announced merger of equals and have set Wednesday, December 31, 2014, as the anticipated closing date for the transaction.

ANADIGICS Inc., a world leader in radio frequency (RF) solutions, announced that the company is shipping production volumes of its AWL9281 front end integrated circuit (FEIC) to Huawei for the new Ascend Mate 7.

Link Microtek has enhanced its in-house laboratory with a new calibration facility specifically created for the latest Nardalert S3 range of EMF safety monitors, which are manufactured by Narda Safety Test Solutions.

The November meeting of the ARMMS RF & Microwave Society was attended by the highest number of delegates for an autumn conference since it’s founding over 30 years ago, while the range covered by the presentations spanned VHF crystals and amplifiers for air traffic control to 325 GHz waveguide fabrication techniques.

Seven new modules have been added to the R&S OSP open switch and control platform from Rohde & Schwarz.

The European Eurofighter consortium, which produces the Typhoon fighter, and NETMA have signed a €1 billion contract to develop the electronically scanned Captor-E radar for the Typhoon. For Finmeccanica the contract will represent an order value of more than €400 million.

API Technologies Corp., a leading provider of high performance RF/microwave, power and security solutions for high-reliability applications, announced that it has received a follow-on order for $1.3 million to provide microwave modules for the latest generation radar.