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This is a summary taken from the recent release by System Plus Consulting’s partner, Yole Développement (Yole). Yole projects an 8% CAGR between 2018 and 2025 for the RF front-end market. At US$15 billion in 2018, the industry is projected to reach US$25.8 billion by 2025, according to Yole.

Qualcomm Technologies announced a new NB-IoT modem to drive the growth of cellular IoT, the Qualcomm® 212 LTE IoT modem. Qualcomm says it is the industry’s most power-efficient single-mode NB2 chipset.

Anokiwave has appointed William “Bill” Nevius as vice president and general manager of its aerospace and defense (A&D) portfolio. He will lead the development of strategic defense accounts to grow Anokiwave’s business in satellite communications, radar, EW, communications and space programs.

NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced the availability of a comprehensive Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) portfolio, which significantly expands the number of products and markets able to adopt the latest Wi-Fi standards. NXP’s expanded Wi-Fi 6 portfolio represents the company’s new end-to-end vision and differentiated technology approach that is designed to help usher in an era of connectivity innovation for automotive, access, mobile and industrial and IoT markets.

Skyworks has launched a 2.4 GHz FEM designed for Zigbee®, Thread and Bluetooth® ultra-low power IoT applications, providings increased efficiency and more than a 4x range extension over previous models.

A room-temperature bonding technique for integrating wide bandgap materials such as GaN with thermally conducting materials such as diamond is intended to improve GaN device cooling to achieve higher output power, improved reliability and reduced manufacturing costs.