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3D printing manufacturer SWISSto12, announced the closing of a series B financing round, raising CHF18.1 million ($18.5 million) to fund the company’s industrialization and commercial deployment of antenna products for communication satellites. SWISSto12 also plans to extend its business by developing advanced communication payloads for the SmallSat market and exploring opportunities in terrestrial communications, such as 5G.

Avanti’s latest high-throughput satellite will provide flexible and quick-to-deploy Ka-Band communications across EMEA. Launched at 20:30 GMT on  August 6, 2019 from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana, HYLAS 3 is Avanti Communications Group’s latest satellite deployment, and one of its most ambitious to date.

For smartphones and tablets, Skyworks Solutions has introduced an integrated front-end module for the 5 GHz Wi-Fi and licensed assisted access (LAA) protocols. The SKY855774-11 integrates a PA with a coupler at the output, an LNA that can be bypassed and a SPDT transmit/receive switch.

At this year’s International Broadcasting Convention (IBC 2019) in Amsterdam from September 13 to 17, IZT GmbH is presenting solutions for digital radio systems as well as high performance test & measurement products.

Akoustis Technologies has announced the second iteration of its 5.6 GHz XBAW™ Wi-Fi filter, with a pre-production order from an unnamed “global RF customer.” This new design spin has improved performance, including lower insertion loss across the 345 MHz passband and better rejection of unwanted Wi-Fi signals, enabling co-existence with adjacent Wi-Fi UNII bands.