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Howes Percival featured in the Times' Best 200 Law Firms
Howes Percival has been named one of the top 200 law firms in England and Wales in The Times’ Best Law Firms 2022
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Howes Percival joins Legal Sustainability Alliance
As part of its ongoing environmental strategy, Howes Percival has joined the Legal Sustainability Alliance (LSA)
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M&A AND INVESTMENTS: DO YOU NEED TO OBTAIN ADVANCE CLEARANCE FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE?
The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the Act) comes into force on 4 January 2022 but has retrospective effect and already applies to transactions completed on or after 12 November 2020.
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Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report 2021
What can patent data reveal about global progress in green innovation, and what might be achieved in years to come?
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Mark Thomas wins the Outstanding CEO of the year award at CWIC event.
Mark Thomas, the founder CEO of leading East Anglian based software development company Coderus, has been awarded the Outstanding CEO of the year award at the prestigious 2021 Technology and Innovation Awards from Cambridge Wireless (CW).
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DCD Awards 2021 DataQube are finalists in the edge data centre project of the year category
DataQube (Global) Ltd, developers of the world’s first 5G-ready edge data centre system, together with partner companies Prism Power Ltd and LiquidCool Solutions Inc have been shortlisted for the “Edge Data Centre Project of the Year”. The winners will be announced on 8 December at the DC Awards Gala Dinner & Ceremony, hosted at the Park Plaza Hotel, central London and broadcast live worldwide.
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ip21 celebrates it’s 21st Birthday in late November!
Cambridge and East Anglia based Intellectual Property (IP) experts ip21 are celebrating their 21st birthday on the 21st November as the company was founded on the same day back in 2000. The company has planned an evening networking reception for its local clients and contacts, and various social events for its staff to celebrate the milestone.
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CW Technology & Innovation Awards Winners Announced
The winners of the CW Technology & Innovation Awards have been revealed today at the CW International Conference.
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The UK’s biggest business survey is back and it’s time to make your voice heard
Our Quarterly Economic Survey is back and once again we’re asking you to contribute to one of the UK’s largest and most reputable barometers of business opinion.
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Someone’s copying my invention! What should I do?
What do you do if, before you have obtained a granted patent, a third party starts selling a product that looks like your invention? Is there anything you can do to stop the third party? Does your patent application provide you with any rights before the patent is granted? Parminder Kaur Lally and Simon Ambroz answer these questions in the article below.
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Wireless industry leaders convene to advance sustainability
Hundreds of wireless industry business leaders are gathering tomorrow at the CW International Conference (CWIC) to discuss what the telecommunications sector can do to support national and global sustainability efforts.
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Leading Intellectual Property Law Firm Marks & Clerk Further Strengthens Cambridge Offering
Marks & Clerk, one of the world’s leading intellectual property (IP) law firms, has announced the promotion of Andrea Williams to Partner and the appointment of Senior Associate David Kemp to the Cambridge team, transferring from the London office. Both attorneys are part of the firm’s market-leading UK teams, with Andrea specialising in patents in the biotechnology field and David advising on all aspects of UK, EUTM and international trade mark law and practice.
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Billion Dollar Code: how start-ups can win the Quids Game
Netflix's 'The Billion Dollar Code' is the real-life story of how a tech start-up lost a billion dollars. In this article, patent attorney Parminder Kaur Lally explains some of the mistakes made by the start-up in the show, and how modern-day start-ups can avoid making the same errors. (Please be aware, this article contains spoilers).
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Chronos becomes an Employee Ownership Trust
The Next Phase in the Chronos Journey Chronos Technology the UK's leading resilient sync and timing expert, has transitioned to employee ownership through the Chronos Technology Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) Ltd.
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CommAgility software selected by SmartSky for air-to-ground network
Wireless Telecom Group, Inc. announced today that SmartSky Networks has selected the CommAgility high-performance telecommunications systems software as a key part of its next-generation air-to-ground (ATG) network.
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Neurim v Mylan: A Most Unusual Case - Take Two Part Two
In a further preliminary skirmish in the Neurim v Mylan battle, the Patents Court has granted Neurim’s wish to have its day in court. Mylan (now Viatris) failed in its bid to stay the UK proceedings pending determination of the EPO opposition proceedings.
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Cambridgeshire Chambers seeks representation on Cambridge & South Cambridgeshire Committee
The Cambridge & South Cambridgeshire Chamber is looking to enhance their committee by recruiting new representatives.
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Finalists announced for the CW Technology & Innovation Awards
The sixty nominations that the CW team received over the summer have been shortlisted and the finalists announced. Winners will be revealed at the CW International Conference on 9 November.
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When connectivity in health really matters
A white paper on how challenges in health, care and cure can be relieved by state of the art wireless connectivity.
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CW Technology & Innovation Awards Partner UEA to lead on new UK-India Future Networks Initiative
A £1.4-million project led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) will support the integration of high-speed communications networks in India.
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Telco Edge Computing
“The shifting trend in Data Centre setups and the move to edge computing is giving telcos a unique opportunity to move up the value chain by repositioning themselves as cloud carriers,” says Franck Turquet of DataQube
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Unique Silent Switcher designs offer high efficiency at high switching frequencies >2MHz with ultra-low EMI
An important aspect of power supply design is ensuring it can achieve a high efficiency, typically 90%+, whilst at the same time meeting all regulatory standards that apply.
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Allia Seeking Applicants for Climate Accelerator - Cambridge & Peterborough
In partnership with the EIT Climate KIC, Allia Future Business Centre offers climate tech founders the opportunity to develop their start-ups businesses and tackle the critical mission of the climate crisis.
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CommAgility Debuts 5G Small Cell Standalone Reference Platform
CommAgility has introduced a new indoor 5G Small Cell standalone gNodeB reference platform. The SC-RF2-5Gn78 combines the Company’s industry-leading SmallCellPHY-5G and SmallCellSTACK-5G software along with its baseband and RF hardware based on NXP’s Layerscape® and Layerscape Access SoCs
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iTrinegy joins Cambridge Wireless Community
iTrinegy is pleased to announce it has joined Cambridge Wireless (CW) as a founder member. CW is the leading international community for companies involved in the research, development and application of wireless and mobile, internet, semiconductor and software technologies.
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Marks & Clerk attending Slush 2021 in Helsinki
As members of the Finnish-British Chamber of Commerce and Spatial8, and with a longstanding history of advising Nordic clients, we are delighted to announce that IP and Contract Law specialists Michael Moore and Simon Portman will be attending Slush 2021 in Helsink this year.
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Sunderland City Council and BAI Communications announce new partnership to create the UK’s most advanced smart city
Sunderland, United Kingdom is set to have next generation 5G mobile infrastructure, putting it on track to become one of the UK’s most advanced smart cities, it has been announced today.
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Plextek welcomes new CEO
Brent Hudson has taken over as CEO of Plextek Services Limited. Previously CEO of Telensa, the market-leading smart street lighting company, Hudson has 25 years’ experience at senior management and board level with companies such as Sagentia Group plc, QinetiQ, and Tality.
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The UK innovators creating a 5G future
Three UK companies working on the cutting edge of technology are bringing the game changing potential of 5G out of the theoretical and into the real world.
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Royalty Pharma v Boehringer: The UK’s Patents Court takes on the German law of licence negotiations and EPC 2000 purpose-limited product claims
This article discusses the Royalty Pharma v Boehringer judgment from the UK’s Patents Court which covers a number of interesting points on German patent licensing and substantive patent law.
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Your views on doing business in Asia
With most major Asian economies forecasted to grow in 2022, are you tempted to kickstart your business in Asia soon? If so what are the activities you will begin with, and which countries are your priorities? If not, what concerns are holding you back?
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M&C Reacts: IEA’s World Energy Outlook - Investment and innovation key to reaching net zero
The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its World Energy Outlook 2021 (WEO-2021) on 13 October 2021. As widely predicted, 2021 saw a large rebound in coil and oil use resulting in the second-largest annual increase in CO2 emissions in history. While financial commitments have been made towards reaching the IEA’s Net Zero Emissions 2050 scenario, public spending on sustainable energy has only mobilized an estimated one-third of the required investment.
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A willing FRAND Licensee must commit to take a FRAND licence Optis Cellular v Apple Retail [2021] EWHC 2564 (Pat)
In a lengthy and complex decision reaching over 80 pages and one that will be welcomed by holders of standard essential patents (SEPs), Mr Justice Meade has given judgment in the latest in a series of trials in the UK’s Patents Court between Optis and Apple concerning Optis’ SEPs and the FRAND obligations which apply to them.
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One month to go until the CW International Conference
The CW International Conference: Wireless in Digital and Circular Economies is a must attend event for business leaders in the wireless sector. On 9 November the industry will gather at the entertaining venue of IWM Duxford to discuss the nature of sustainability in telecommunications from three perspectives: financial, socioeconomic and environmental.
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Self-managed data centres and cloud computing belong to a bygone age – or do they just need reinventing?
“Digital infrastructures need to evolve to keep pace with demand,” says Steve Pass of DataQube Global
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Tech Comms Clinic comes to CWIC
cofinitive is bringing their highly-successful Communications Clinic to CWIC. We are offering ten one-to-one sessions throughout the event to discuss your strategy, communications, PR, branding and engagement requirements with one of our communication experts. So, whether you’re launching a new product, refreshing your brand, entering a new market, increasing your employee and stakeholder engagement, or trying to secure funding, come and talk to us.
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Cambridge-based cofinitive wins PR Industry award for second year running
cofinitive is delighted to announce that we have won an award at the prestigious Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Pride (East Anglia) Awards for the second consecutive year.
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Further speakers join the CWIC 2021 agenda
The CW International Conference (CWIC) on 9 November is an annual opportunity for business leaders in the wireless community to come together to discuss important issues. This year the theme of the conference is “Wireless in Digital and Circular Economies” and the talks will focus on the sustainability of the industry from a financial, socioeconomic and environmental perspective.
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Anglia excels in lockdown for Bourns
Anglia has been named 2020 Highest Performing Distributor - Regional Partner, Northern Europe by Bourns following an exceptional performance across a wide range of product lines including, Trimpot, Magnetics and Multifuse
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RF and Optical Device Integration
The last two technology topics (Smart Servers from Space and RF and Optical Network Integration) and this month’s topic (RF and Optical Device Integration) look at how the integration of RF and optical technology is changing the relative delivery and storage economics of terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks.
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MCS Test Announce New Sales Partnership with Keysight Technologies
Keysight Technologies product lines will complement MCS Test’s market-leading selection of high-quality test and measurement tools and equipment
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Connected meters, alarms and cameras? - David Pearson, Technical Director at Anglia
Creating building automation-ready smart meters, fire alarms and security cameras Analysts predict that the market for building automation systems will double in the 5 year period up to 2023 analysts predict the global market for building automation systems will double in size as building designers seek to improve the safety, reliability, convenience, comfort, and energy efficiency of domestic and commercial buildings. This has significant implications for the design of systems that have been present in buildings for some time which now need to be connected and smart. Examples include energy meters, fire and smoke alarms and security cameras. How can designers of these products bring their solutions up to date?
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New speakers announced for CWIC 2021
The CW International Conference: Wireless in Digital and Circular Economies is returning face-to-face at the spacious IWM Duxford on 9 November, and online. Join hundreds of wireless industry business leaders to discuss the sustainability of our networks from £75 (in-person at IWM Duxford) or £25 (watch talks online).
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Who are CW’s longest standing members?
Since our founding in 2008, CW’s membership has grown and we are constantly seeing new members join our active community of engineers, technologists and digital transformers. We celebrate these new members in our monthly newsletters and on socials, but what of our more loyal members?
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What is Industrial IoT?
This month saw the rebirth of the CW Industrial IoT SIG with an introductory session to the concept, use and technologies of Industrial IoT.
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Martlet Capital spinning out to continue early-stage investment momentum
Martlet Capital Limited (“Martlet Capital”) is excited to announce an initial equity investment from high calibre investors, including Saranac Partners and NetScientific, the parent company of EMV Capital. This investment will allow Martlet Capital to acquire the existing portfolio of over 50 investments from Marshall of Cambridge (Holdings) Limited and continue to invest in UK based deep technology businesses.
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Anglia Unicorn created to support technology start-ups at all stages of their journey
Anglia Components announces the launch of Anglia Unicorn, a dedicated division to help technology start-ups get off the drawing board and into the market faster. Anglia Unicorn was conceived to provide start-ups with the innovative technology ideas they need and offers engineering resources, evaluation hardware and software tools along with samples from Anglia’s world class technology partners, all free of charge.
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CommAgility 5G NR Hardware and Software selected by Shared Spectrum for DoD 5G Project
Wireless Telecom Group announced that Shared Spectrum Company (SSC), a leading innovator of spectrum intelligence software and solutions, has selected 5G New Radio (NR) hardware and software from CommAgility for a US Department of Defense (DoD) project.
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First speakers announced for the CW International Conference
The CW community will be welcoming OneWeb, Intelsat, aql and more at CWIC 2021: Wireless in Digital and Circular Economies.
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Focal Point Positioning hires industry-leading CXO, set to double headcount year-on-year
Focal Point Positioning (FocalPoint), a deep tech start-up whose technologies solve the core problem of GNSS inaccuracies due to multipath and spoofing has announced the hire of GPS industry veteran Jim LaMance as Chief Experience Officer to support the growth of the business as it ramps up its in-market trialling and integration activities.
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The Foundation for IoT Success is Business Strategy
This guest blog was authored by big data analytics experts Zizo who are proudly sponsoring the Manufacturing and Logistics session at CWIC 2021.
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Artificial intelligence liability: the rules are changing
The law has been relatively slow to regulate artificial intelligence, but the rules are evolving. An important question is whether an AI company can be held liable for malfunctioning AI. Ryan E. Long writes that a company’s liability for its AI depends on whether a defect was present upon the AI release and whether, in the EU at least, the application is “high-risk.”
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The UX choice for AI-human interaction
In September 2021, the CW User Experience SIG hosted a fascinating session exploring the nuances of human reactions to artificial intelligence agents featuring Iulia Ionescu, a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader at the University of Arts London, and two members of the BBC R&D team – Tristan Ferne and Libby Miller.
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Parallel Wireless Expands Open RAN Research and Development Centers Across the Globe
Expanding our worldwide footprint and hiring best-in-class talent in mobile networks
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No Multiverse Here: A Single Counterfactual for All Claimants In Pregabalin Damages Inquiry
In this trial of preliminary issues, Zacaroli J held that when assessing the damages payable to multiple claimants under cross-undertakings given in respect of various interim injunctions and orders (and for unjustified threats of patent infringement), a single set of counterfactual assumptions should apply to all inquiry claimants, where those claimants operate in the same, largely finite, market. The decision is the latest in a long line of judgments concerning Pfizer’s pregabalin product, Lyrica®.
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iTrinegy receives Queen's Award for Enterprise from Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
iTrinegy receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade
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DataQube Global Ltd assumes lead role in multi-million-pound edge data centre development project
A new state of the art facility powered by DataQube will comprise contemporary co-working space, cutting edge research laboratories and a range of recreational facilities to support wellbeing in the workplace
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Focal Point Positioning opens US office and brings in new CEO, Silicon Valley veteran who first brought GPS to major consumer smartphones
Ex-Broadcom SVP and Global Locate founder joins UK start-up as CEO to drive growth into smartphone and cybersecurity market
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Court of Appeal upholds validity of pharmaceutical patent claims with functional limitations: FibroGen Inc v Akebia Therapeutics Inc [2021] EWCA Civ 1279
The UK Court of Appeal has reviewed the law on insufficiency and its application to claims with both structural and functional limitations. In doing so the court has explained how the concepts of plausibility and undue burden should be applied when assessing the sufficiency of claims of this type, in particular to the requirement that it must be possible to perform the invention across the breadth of the claim.
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RF and Optical Network Integration
Last month’s technology (Smart Servers from Space), this month’s topic (RF and Optical Network Integration) and next month’s topic (RF and Optical Device Integration) look at how the integration of RF and optical technology is changing the relative delivery and storage economics of terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks.
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The EU’s Unified Patent Court inches towards reality (but don’t hold your breath)
Germany has finally ratified the Unified Patent Court Agreement, its Constitutional Court having rejected two applications for a preliminary injunction to prevent ratification. This removes a significant hurdle to the commencement of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) system but that is not to say that it will start any time soon.
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Successfully Integrating MEMS Accelerometers into High Precision Applications
MEMS accelerometers have evolved to deliver high performance in a small footprint at relatively low cost. They are available in numerous varieties and diverse specifications making them suitable for wide range of applications, from ultra-low power wearables, to high bandwidth condition monitoring. With their ever-increasing capability, they are now on the verge of challenging their much more expensive and physically larger counterparts who have long been established in industry as the golden standard.
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August Smart Energy News: EV charging | Smart Energy | IoT
August update from Pilgrim Beart, DeivcePilot
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The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees: discussing innovation in parasports with British wheelchair athlete and five-time Paralympic champion, Hannah Cockroft.
Ahead of the upcoming Paralympic games, leading intellectual property law firm Appleyard Lees have launched episode 19 of The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees featuring five-time Paralympic champion, twelve-time world champion, and T34 world record holder for the 100 metre, 200 metre, 400 metre, 800 metre and 1500 metre races, Hannah Cockroft.
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How we can work together to tackle the digital divide?
With lots of everyday services moving online, from healthcare to shopping, access to technology is becoming vital to our day to day lives. But some in society face major challenges when trying to access the world online.
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DataQube Global partners with cyber security experts KryptoKloud Ltd
Next-generation cyber protection system leverages darknet intelligence to safeguard valuable edge data centre assets
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Innovate UK EDGE launches Pitchfest in the East of England
Innovate UK EDGE Pitchfest supports innovative and ambitious UK small to medium sized businesses to get investment ready and develop their investor pitch in order to help raise finance. Applications close on September 14th, don't miss out!
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Neurim v Mylan: Take Two
Last we heard about the Neurim v Mylan battle, Mylan had the upper-hand. But the recent grant of a divisional patent to Neurim has, perhaps, turned the tables on Mylan.
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CRFS help Communications Regulators do more with less
CRFS launch new Node 40-8 RF receiver, specifically designed for Spectrum Regulators.
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Pivotal Commware Selects CommAgility as 5G Software Supplier for Pivot and Echo 5G Repeaters
Pivotal Commware, Inc., and CommAgility today announced the integration of CommAgility’s physical layer software into Pivotal’s Echo 5G™ and Pivot 5G™ repeaters.
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