Here's a recap of last week's industry news, including one new acquisition and progress on another:

Companies and Products

Alcatel-Lucent introduced a G.fast home networking unit with dual-band Wi-Fi. The design provides 750 Mbps data rates for DSL loops up to 500 m distance; the longer the distance, the lower the data rate.

Carl Frank joined Anokiwave as VP of business development. He is charged with identifying and developing growth opportunities for the company.

Bell Labs, a unit of Alcatel-Lucent, and Technische Universität Dresden announced they will collaborate on 5G. Definition of the air interface will be one area of joint development.

Keysight Technologies is acquiring U.K. firm Anite for $606 million. The deal strengthen's Keysight's position in wireless testing.

The U.S. Department of Justice “approved” Nokia's acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent by granting early termination of the anti-trust review period.

NXP introduced a Ku-Band LNB with two RF inputs and four IF outputs for quad satellite receivers. The IC also provides the bias for external first-stage LNAs.

OneWeb is forming a JV with Airbus Defence and Space to design and manufacture its fleet of telecom satellites, slated to number 900.

Suresh Venkatesan was named the new CEO at POET Technologies. He comes from Globalfoundries, where he headed technology development.

The Skyworks board of directors doubled the company's quarterly dividend to $0.26 per share. Business is good.

TI announced a low power wideband RF synthesizer, covering up to 1.34 GHz and dissipating only 128 mW. The design eliminates integer boundary spurs.

Markets and Technology

The FCC plans to fine AT&T $100 million for throttling so-called unlimited data plans without adequately advising consumers.

U.S. semiconductor firms are supporting the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. The first attempt to pass the legislation failed in Congress.

CNBC International interviewed Nokia about 5G development, including this 73 GHz prototype link.

At MIT's recent EmTech Digital conference, Mike Cassidy, a Google VP and project leader, talked about Project Loon, Google's concept to provide Internet access via high altitude balloon. You can view his presentation here.

Zahid Ghadialy wrote an informative 3G4G blog post on 8T8R antennas for TD-LTE. Beamforming improves data rates and cell edge performance.

Imagine ICs that use “wood” as the substrate material. The University of Wisconsin at Madison thinks biodegradable electronics will significantly reduce the problem of electronics accumulating in landfills.

Ericsson has been studying how commuters use wireless technology. Not surprisingly, we want our commutes to be fast and productive.

Rosetta's lander Philae contacts earth after hibernating on the comet for seven months. Amazing engineering and a touch of luck.

SpaceX announced a competition to design and build a high speed Hyperloop pod. The deadline to enter is September 15, with the actual competition planned for June 2016.

While you're eating lunch at your desk, watch live video feeds from the E/V Nautilus as it explores the ocean floor. The data is relayed from the ship via Verizon's satellite network.

Have a good week.