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Keysight Technologies Inc. released the results of the Keysight 2018 State of 5G survey, which reveals that companies primarily invest in 5G technology to secure market leadership, meet customer demand and take advantage of flexible and scalable networks.

MACOM and Infineon have settled their legal fight over ownership of GaN on Si intellectual property (IP). In an unexpected conclusion, MACOM now owns the IP and has licensed it back to Infineon — although Infineon can't sell production quantities of RF GaN on Si base station products until 2021.

TE Connectivity (TE) introduces its new ERFV RF coax connectors for 5G wireless applications.

5G Americas announced the publication of "New Services & Applications With 5G Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication," which details the principles of achieving URLLC, explains the need for a new approach and highlights key requirements of URLLC services with an emphasis on technical challenges and solutions.

Keysight Technologies Inc. announced the successful validation of an Over-the-Air (OTA) test method for evaluating the RF performance of 5G base stations in collaboration with the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) and Tsinghua University.

Nokia has signed three separate “frame agreements” worth a combined value of more than €2 billion with China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom.

Active antennas, or phased arrays, have been widely used for many years. The first phased array applications were mainly military with systems deployed as early as the mid-1970s. Recent industry trends have shown a rapid increase in the use of this technology for both radar and communication systems, along with a push into the mmWave spectrum. This paper will explain the market changes behind these trends and the implications for the future.