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Global Certification Forum (GCF) and 450 MHz Alliance formalized a new partnership with the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding that will see a GCF certification initiative extend to users of the 450 MHz band. The new collaboration means that global wireless carriers, equipment manufacturers and other device manufacturers in the IoT and machine-to-machine vertical markets can eventually have access to a program that provides a level of confidence in interoperability in this spectrum.

Anokiwave and Ball Aerospace are collaborating to develop a new generation of SATCOM terminal antennas, with Anokiwave’s second-generation K- and Ka-Band silicon RFICs integrated with Ball’s electronically steerable K- and Ka-Band antennas.

The 3D Smith chart tool, that enables the understanding and use of both 2D Smith chart and 3D Smith chart, is now available for free for all undergraduate, master and PhD students.

Researchers at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have developed a new purely electrical refrigeration method where cooling and thermal isolation operate effectively through the same point like junction.

China's big three telecom carriers, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, have unveiled a new 5G-enabled messaging service, by publishing a white paper for the 5G messaging service, which specifies technical details to invite smartphone makers to support the new service. ZTE Corporation helped the Zhejiang branch of China Mobile send China’s first 5G message based on GSMA UP2.4 standard in Hangzhou, China, thereby making China Mobile the first Chinese operator to implement the 5G Message Center

NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced the availability of a comprehensive Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) portfolio, which significantly expands the number of products and markets able to adopt the latest Wi-Fi standards. NXP’s expanded Wi-Fi 6 portfolio represents the company’s new end-to-end vision and differentiated technology approach that is designed to help usher in an era of connectivity innovation for automotive, access, mobile and industrial and IoT markets.

The first national security launch for the U.S. Space Force and the final satellite to build out the protected communications constellation is now connected.The sixth Lockheed Martin-built Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-6) satellite adds increased resiliency and advanced capabilities to the AEHF-MILSTAR constellation which ensures the ability to transmit data anywhere, anytime. 

In an analysis of supply chain data and IPC survey results, Zachariah Peterson gives a measured overview of where we are at, and what might happen next.

Rohde & Schwarz has extended its portfolio for generation and analysis of 5G signal waveforms. For 5G base stations, RF test solutions for the 5G frequency ranges FR1 (450 MHz to 7.125 GHz) and FR2 up to 44 GHz will be demonstrated.

 

A room-temperature bonding technique for integrating wide bandgap materials such as GaN with thermally conducting materials such as diamond is intended to improve GaN device cooling to achieve higher output power, improved reliability and reduced manufacturing costs.