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Nokia taps Mediatek for IoT Redcap
Nokia taps Mediatek for IoT Redcap
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Nokia has successfully tested the 5G reduced capability (RedCap) IoT technology in the field using chips from MediaTek and a…
IEDM: Compound semiconductor transistor achieves record 1.46THz frequency
IEDM: Compound semiconductor transistor achieves record 1.46THz frequency
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Researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Bordeaux are due to report on the world record RF performance of…
Picocom, TI team on 5G Open RAN outdoor radio unit reference design
Picocom, TI team on 5G Open RAN outdoor radio unit reference design
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Texas Instruments has developed a complete reference design for a 5G open RAN outdoor radio using the UK design chip…
Amazon to launch two prototype Kuiper broadband satellites
Amazon to launch two prototype Kuiper broadband satellites
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Amazon is set to launch two prototype satellites later today its Project Kuiper team improve the technology for broadband from…

Presto Engineering, Nokia team for 80GHz test
Presto Engineering, Nokia team for 80GHz test
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Presto Engineering is working with Nokia for the industrialization of equipment for the next generation of 80GHz microwave links. The two are working together in the DIMIT 5G project for…
NXP adds AWS cloud to S32K3 automotive MCUs
NXP adds AWS cloud to S32K3 automotive MCUs
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NXP Semiconductor has added connections to the Amazon cloud for its latest automotive microcontrollers. NXP’s S32K3-based zonal aggregators and end nodes can now access the AWS cloud services, further expanding…
Phased array antenna control and calibration system for satellite communications
Phased array antenna control and calibration system for satellite communications
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Keysight Technologies has launched a Phased Array Antenna Control and Calibration system for over-the-air (OTA) calibration and characterization of satellite communications. The S7601A OTA phased array calibration system enables satellite…
HMD begins manufacturing 5G smartphones in Europe
HMD begins manufacturing 5G smartphones in Europe
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HMD Global, the largest European smartphone manufacturer, has started manufacturing 5G smartphones in Europe. HMD’s first 5G smartphone off the line in Hungary, the rugged Nokia XR21, is now available for…
Smartphone manufacturing returns to Europe with the XR21
Smartphone manufacturing returns to Europe with the XR21
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HMD Global Oy, the licensee of the Nokia brand for mobile phones, has launched the first of its smartphones made in Europe – a version of the XR21 for enterprise…
Tessolve teams for telematics gateway with OTA and data logging
Tessolve teams for telematics gateway with OTA and data logging
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Tessolve has teamed up with Airbiquity on a pre-integrated hardware and software platform for an automotive telematics gateway with Over-the-Air (OTA) software updates and data logging. The Tessolve telematics gateway…
Top ten articles in September
Top ten articles in September
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September saw some pretty momentous moves in the electronics industry. The return of ARM to the stock market saw significant interest, and started with a bang, gaining 25% but falling…
Nissan taps CCTV for self driving car trial on UK residential roads
Nissan taps CCTV for self driving car trial on UK residential roads
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Nissan has started the UK’s latest research project into self driving car technology on residential and rural roads using V2X technologies. evolvAD will put the Nissan LEAF self driving car…
Molex launches contactless 60GHz mmWave connector to replace mechanical links
Molex launches contactless 60GHz mmWave connector to replace mechanical links
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Molex has launched a wireless connector that combines a 60GHz millimetre wave RF transceiver and antenna in a single package. The MX60 is based on the mmWave connector chip-to-chip technology…
New material for 6G flexible printed circuit boards
New material for 6G flexible printed circuit boards
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Panasonic has developed a new material for flexible printed circuit boards that can be used to create metasurface designs for 6G radio applications as well as wearables and lightweight designs.
Three team for battery-free real-time IoT asset tracking
Three team for battery-free real-time IoT asset tracking
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Energous is teaming up with edge computing supplier Veea and energy harvesting IoT tag maker Wiliot for real-time asset tracking. The Energous PowerBridge technology will be combined with the Wiliot…
First 5G satellite voice call is to Europe
First 5G satellite voice call is to Europe
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The first 5G voice call on a standard smartphone via a satellite was to Europe. The first 5G voice call on AST SpaceMobile’s satellite with Vodafone also saw a new…
Component shortages cut smartphone brands by two thirds
Component shortages cut smartphone brands by two thirds
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The number of active smartphone brands around the world is down to almost 250 in 2023 so far from over 700 in 2017 as a result of the chip shortage.
Single chip NFC for self-storage smart lock
Single chip NFC for self-storage smart lock
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Keep It Simple Storage (KISS) in the US has moved from manual locks to fully automated and remote-controlled systems with NFC chips from Infineon Technologies. KISS is using the NFC-powered,…
JLR taps Qualcomm for 5G V2X
JLR taps Qualcomm for 5G V2X
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Car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is extending its collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies to bring 5G capabilities to select next-generation Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar vehicles. JLR and Qualcomm…
AccelerComm, TTP team for regenerative O-RAN satellite 5G
AccelerComm, TTP team for regenerative O-RAN satellite 5G
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AccelerComm has teamed with TTP, RF DSP and Radisys for a reference design of a more complex O-RAN satellite 5G basestation using regenerative protocols. The Regenerative 5G RAN reference platform…
Anritsu teams for 6G AiP antenna test
Anritsu teams for 6G AiP antenna test
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Anritsu has teamed up with ATV in Germany and MPI in Taiwan to test Antenna in Package (AiP) technology for next generation 6G applications. The 6G AiP test system uses…
Pan-European NXP teams look to 5nm, 6G R&D
Pan-European NXP teams look to 5nm, 6G R&D
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The European Union is funding multiple teams from NXP across the continent on the development of 5nm technology for chips made at the ESMC foundry to be built in Dresden.
Space materials, AI in £88m to boost Open RAN bandwidth
Space materials, AI in £88m to boost Open RAN bandwidth
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The UK government is backing a series of trials of Open RAN telecoms tech in high capacity sporting venues and tourism hotspots with £88m. The £88m (€100m) Open RAN funding…
Wirepas, Laird team for massive rollout of BLE modules
Wirepas, Laird team for massive rollout of BLE modules
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Wirepas in Finland is working with Laird Connectivity on combined hardware and software in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) modules for massive IoT implementations. The combination allows the Laird modules to…
W and D band testers for early 6G and sub-THz research
W and D band testers for early 6G and sub-THz research
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Rohde & Schwarz is launching three test systems for W and D band applications for 6G and sub-terahertz research. The R&S SFI100A wideband IF vector signal generator, the R&S NRP170TWG…
Qualcomm secures Apple’s 5G business through 2026
Qualcomm secures Apple’s 5G business through 2026
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Qualcomm Technologies Inc. has said it has agreed to supply Apple with Snapdragon 5G RF modems for smartphones to be launched in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Qualcomm said that part…
Qualcomm, Samsung show gigabit broadband on 5G
Qualcomm, Samsung show gigabit broadband on 5G
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Samsung has demonstrated gigabit wireless broadband on 5G using a forthcoming chipset from Qualcomm. The Snapdragon X75 chipset achieved the world’s first simultaneous 5G 2x uplink and 4x downlink carrier…
Mediatek tapes out 3nm chip for volume production in 2024
Mediatek tapes out 3nm chip for volume production in 2024
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Mediatek has taped out its first chip using TSMC’s 3nm technology for a Dimensity system-on-chip (SoC) with volume production expected next year. The 3nm tape out deal is an especially…


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