A recap of last week's news:

Companies and Products

An analyst sees a positive outlook for Keysight Technologies: cash flow that can be invested in the company's growth.

WIRED profiled Kymeta's metamaterial antenna that enables electronic beam steering, great for plane to satellite connections. However the antenna is not the long pole in the tent to increasing Wi-Fi data rates on flights.

Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for Nokia to buy ALU. Their combined revenue in 2014 was 25 billion euros, on par with Ericsson and Huawei.

This is the presentation they gave analysts, justifying the combination:

An activist investor sees Qualcomm's chip unit as “worthless” after losing the Samsung deal, arguing it should be spun off.

Raytheon noted the successful development of the AMDR radar one year into the program and 45,000 MMICs and 400 T/R modules later.

Markets and Applications

The FCC published the recently approved net neutrality rules, which take effect June 12. That triggered multiple lawsuits challenging the rules.

With Voice over Wi-Fi emerging as an approach to address capacity needs, many cellular operators are waiting to deploy small cells.

Cord-cutters are slowly reshaping the landscape of cable and satellite TV. The Wall Street Journal notes five things about them.

CIA Director John Brennan says the war on terror may never end. Sobering.

Is it time to rethink the U.S. nuclear triad, given the cost of upgrading aging systems? Another sobering reality.

China

The Microwave Journal staff was at the Electronic Design Innovations Conference (EDI CON) in Beijing last week. China is a fascinating country, one with many contrasts. Seeking to better understand China and its culture, here are a few perspectives:

• Tensions around exporting U.S. high-tech products,
• Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's perspective, and
• A comparison of how our two cultures honor our dead.

For me, the biggest hurdle while in China — even more than the language — is the Great Firewall. Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, and numerous other sites are blocked. The signs aren't hopeful that will change.

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