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Zouk Capital has invested in ip.access, a leading provider of small cell solutions to blue chip customers worldwide.

Ericsson has signed an LTE expansion contract with Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. that will further boost the operator’s 4G LTE coverage and capacity with the latest Ericsson mobile broadband technology.

Alcatel-Lucent is helping AIS, Thailand’s leading mobile service provider, to improve cellular services for residents and the country’s substantial tourist economy with the country’s first deployment of small cells technology.

ABI Research estimates that there will be nearly 1.37 billion 4G LTE subscribers worldwide by year-end 2015, up from nearly 650 million in 2014. ABI Research forecasts that the LTE subscriber base will exceed 3.5 billion by 2020, demonstrating a 5 year CAGR of 20.8%. The exponential rise in LTE points-of-presence covered justifies the need for sustained investment in LTE infrastructure, which is expected to grow nearly 10% year-on-year.

Cobham Wireless has announced that its RF automated test equipment system now supports multi-device fast RF alignment and RF performance verification measurements of small cells.

Qorvo Inc., a leading provider of core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications, today announced a new family of power amplifiers (PAs) offering industry-leading efficiency for small cell base station applications. Small cell solutions add capacity to mobile networks and are a key component in improving network performance.

ANADIGICS Inc. , a world leader in radio frequency (RF) solutions, introduced the AWB7229 small-cell power amplifier (PA). The AWB7229 is optimized to deliver world-class efficiency, linearity, output power and thermal characteristics for WCDMA, HSPA, and LTE small-cell base stations operating in the 925 to 960 MHz frequency band (Band 8).

Richardson RFPD Inc. announced its sponsorship of a small cell workshop at the 2015 Electronic Design Innovation Conference (EDI CON 2015).

Microsemi Corp., a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced its award-winning TimeProvider® 5000 Software Release 2.2, adding ITU-T G.8275.1 phase synchronization profile support with a software upgrade and license key. The new software release now supports Synchronous Ethernet and the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) phase profile.

Microsemi Corp., a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced its Integrated GNSS Master (IGM) solution required for small cell synchronization.