Verizon Wireless has approved the use of EMITE H-Series CATR 5G CATR OTA Test Platform for its 5G NR RF OTA Test Plan. The approval comes after a three month laborious evaluation with other key players.

Qualcomm Technologies announced a reference design for 5G-based fixed wireless access home gateways, which will enable mobile operators to offer broadband services that compete with cable, fiber to the home and DSL. Qualcomm’s reference design pairs the Snapdragon™ X55 5G Modem-RF System with the Networking Pro 1200 platform for Wi-Fi 6.

Fractus, a Spanish company that licenses antenna technology it has developed, will transfer its worldwide portfolio of base station antenna patents to CommScope, the outcome of a lawsuit filed by Fractus.

Leonardo DRS Inc. and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. of Israel (Rafael) announced that the partners have delivered on time the first Trophy Active Protection Systems (APS) to defend the Army’s Abrams main battle tanks against a variety of anti-armor threats.

IEEE announced the 2019 release of the Heterogeneous Integration Roadmap (HIR), a roadmap to the future of electronics identifying technology requirements and potential solutions.

ZTE Corp., together with the Zhejiang Branch of China Telecom, assisted Bluetron in commissioning China's first 5G SA (standalone) site, which put 5G slicing, edge computing and smart manufacturing into trial to help Bluetron build a new 5G smart factory.