Ericsson and Swisscom have switched on the first large-scale commercial 5G network in Europe supporting commercially available smartphones. The 5G network and related services are available in 54 cities and communities in Switzerland, including the major population areas: Zürich, Bern, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne and Lucerne.

RF/microwave industry veteran Greg Baker has founded Altum RF, a fabless semiconductor company targeting RF, microwave and mmWave ICs for 5G, satcom, A&D and other industrial and professional markets. Baker will serve as the company's president and CEO.

Rohde & Schwarz and electronics manufacturer OPPO have performed a non-standalone 5G NR FR1 signaling test.

Nanotron Technologies GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sensera Ltd., and location silicon provider Decawave are shortening time to revenue for micro-location solutions by facilitating the interoperability of tags from different vendors and leveraging field-proven location infrastructure provided by nanotron.

Rohde & Schwarz is launching two new signal and spectrum analyzer families, with different frequency models covering up to 44 GHz.