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Keysight Technologies Inc. announced that following the Conformance Agreement Group (CAG) #59 meeting last week, Keysight now supports a leading number of 5G new radio (NR) conformance RF test cases validated by the Global Certification Forum (GCF).

Anritsu Corp. President Hirokazu Hamada is pleased to announce that its New Radio RF Conformance System ME7873NR has achieved industry-first Global Certification Forum (GCF) validation for 5G New Radio (NR) mmWave RF conformance tests based on 3GPP specifications.

AT&T plans to have nationwide 5G coverage by the first half of 2020, using the 700 MHz FirstNet public safety network it is building. With limited handsets and coverage, 5G in the mmWave bands will initially be marketed to business customers.

EJL Wireless Research says shipments of digital baseband units (BBU) declined 23 percent in 2018 compared to 2017, the first decline in six years. However, the firm forecasts net BBU shipment growth of 11 percent in 2019, consisting of a modest 6 percent for LTE BBU shipments and greater than a 10x increase for 5G NR BBU shipments.

Keysight Technologies Inc. announced that Fibocom Wireless Inc. has selected the company's 5G network emulation solutions to accelerate development and validation of 5G new radio (NR) modules for the PC market.

Small Cell Forum (SCF) has published the PHY API for 5G to stimulate a competitive ecosystem for vendors of 5G small cell hardware, software and equipment.

T-Mobile, Qualcomm Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Inc., and Ericsson announced they have achieved the world’s first low-band 5G data session on a commercial 5G modem.

The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) confirmed that the number of announced 5G devices has more than doubled in the last three months, with 26 new devices added in June alone.