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Supporting mobile operators working on Norway's Follo Line project, RFS radiating cables helped achieve an in-tunnel world record download speed of 560 Mbps.

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.

CommScope has agreed to acquire ARRIS International plc in an all-cash transaction for $31.75 per share, or a total purchase price of approximately $7.4 billion, including the repayment of debt.

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

Skyworks reported record fiscal fourth quarter (Q4) and full year results — the ninth consecutive year of revenue and earnings growth. The positive results were dampened by declining iPhone shipments and mobile phone softness in China. Skyworks CEO tried to alleviate any near-term concerns by discussing technology development to position Skyworks to be a leader in 5G.

Apple reported record Q4 revenue and earnings, with revenue of $62.9 billion, 20 percent above the prior year’s quarter and 18 percent above the prior quarter. Apple sold almost 47 million iPhones in Q4, 14 percent above Q3’s volume, yet just 0.5 percent above the prior year’s fourth quarter. However, iPhone revenue grew 29 percent year-over-year to $37.1 billion, reflecting the increasing average selling price of the iPhone.

Skyworks announced its latest switch solution for mobile antenna applications, the SKY13699-21, which enables main and diversity antenna swapping and provides exceptional insertion loss and isolation in a compact package, minimizing signal loss and footprint challenges for system designers.