RF & Microwave Industry News

Market forecast to deploy more than one million Sub-6 GHz licensed backhaul links by 2020

The evolution toward 4.5G and 5G will be imminently accompanied by substantial network densification and massive deployments of small cells. The trend will completely transform the backhaul market and create tremendous opportunities for wireless backhaul links. ABI Research, the leader in transformative technology innovation market intelligence, forecasts that the market will deploy more than one million Sub-6 GHz licensed backhaul links by 2020.


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Anritsu MT8821C first single-instrument solution to support LTE-A 4x4 MIMO 2CCs evaluation

Anritsu Co. introduces software packages for its all-in-one Radio Communication Analyzer MT8821C that support LTE-Advanced UE Downlink (DL) 4x4 MIMO and Downlink Carrier Aggregation (DL CA) 5CCs. The new software packages further strengthen the test functionality of the MT8821C and help create a single-instrument solution that can speed time to market and lower test costs of LTE-Advanced chipsets, smartphones, tablets and M2M modules used in IoT applications.


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Anokiwave introduces X-Band front-end IC

Anokiwave Inc., an innovative company providing highly integrated core IC solutions for mmW markets and AESA based solutions, announced it has extended its X-band IC product line with the addition of the AWMF-0106 Front End IC. This product release completes the family of X-band Radar solutions for commercial radar and 5G communications markets.


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POET and A*STAR’s IMRE launch joint initiative for smart pixel applications

POET Technologies Inc., a developer of opto-electronics fabrication processes for the semiconductor industry, announced a research and development initiative for future generations of smart pixels and other applications in association with the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), a part of the Singapore-based Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).


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