RF & Microwave Industry News

Industry Chat: Mapping Verizon's 5G Base Stations in Sacramento

Earl Lum on Verizon's deployment, small cell siting and Huawei

Industry analyst Earl Lum recently mapped Verizon's 5G sites in Sacramento. In our latest chat about the wireless industry, he talks about his findings, the FCC's regulations streamlining small cell siting, Huawei's troubles and the broader implications for national security.


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AT&T’s Project AirGig Seeks Equipment Suppliers

AT&T said it has initiated discussions with technology suppliers to start testing and building commercial equipment for Project AirGig, its concept to distribute high speed data by propagating millimeter wave signals along the surface of power lines. AT&T is also planning another field trial.


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AT&T Rejoins NYU WIRELESS

NYU WIRELESS announced AT&T has rejoined the NYU WIRELESS research center at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. AT&T is the research center’s 13th industrial affiliate.


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Rohde & Schwarz Presents VNAs with Multiport Architecture

The new R&S ZNBT40 from Rohde & Schwarz is the first vector network analyzer (VNA) with a broad frequency range from 100 kHz to 40 GHz and up to 24 integrated test ports, and it allows users to perform signal integrity tests in order to check crosstalk or length offset between lines or to detect faults in cables.


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China

China’s Smartphone Market Falls 14% in 2018

According to market research firm Canalys, 2018 smartphone shipments in China fell to their lowest level since 2013, 396 million units. Consumers keeping their smartphones longer is one factor, amplified considerably by the economic slowdown in China and consumers’ weakened purchasing power.


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Wolfspeed Achieves Record Q2 Revenue

Wolfspeed, the strategic growth engine for Cree, set a quarterly revenue record in fiscal Q2, presaging the growth of electric vehicles (EV) and adoption of SiC as the preferred technology for the power electronics in the EV.


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