Telefónica has brought together Xilinx and a number of leading hardware and software companies in its quest to disrupt the market and accelerate the development of open radio-access network technologies in its 4G and 5G wireless networks. 

Taoglas®and MixComm announced a technology partnership to co-develop a mmWave 5G NR smart antenna covering 26.5 to 29.5 GHz. The mmWave antenna subsystem will support small cells, repeaters and customer-premises equipment designs.

Waveguide antenna manufacture Gapwaves and 4D digital radar start-up Uhnder announced a collaboration to develop a high resolution radar for a last mile autonomous delivery vehicle.