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NEC develops high-speed, high-capacity power amplifier for next generation networks

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TOKYO, Jan 19, 2023 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has developed a power amplifier that will serve as a key device for mobile access and fronthaul/backhaul wireless communication equipment to enable high-speed, high-capacity communications for 5G Advanced and 6G networks. This power amplifier uses GaAs technology that can be mass-produced and has achieved the world's highest output power(*) of 10 mW in the 150 GHz band. Capitalizing on this, NEC aims to fast-track both equipment development and social implementation.Newly developed D band power amplifier5G Advanced and 6G are expected to deliver 100 Gbps-class high-speed, high-capacity communications, equivalent to 10 times the speed of current 5G. This can be effectively achieved through the use of the sub-terahertz band (100 to 300 GHz), which can provide a wide bandwidth of 10 GHz or more. In particular, early commercialization of the D band (130 to 174.8 GHz), which is internationally allocated for fixed wireless communications, is expected.NEC continues to make advancements in technological development by leveraging its knowledge of high-frequency bands cultivated through the development ...

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Oil jumps above US$81 to 3-year peak with Opec+ sticking to output increase

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BENGALURU (REUTERS) - Oil jumped to a three-year peak on Monday (Oct 4) after Opec+ confirmed it would stick to its current output policy as demand for petroleum products rebounds, despite pressure from some countries for a bigger boost to production. The producer club's decision to keep increasing oil output gradually sent prices sharply higher, adding to inflationary pressures that consuming nations fear will derail an economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Opec+ agreed in July to boost output by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) each month until at least April next year to phase out 5.8 million bpd of existing production cuts. Brent crude settled up US$1.98, or 2.5 per cent, to US$81.26 a barrel. It rose 1.5 per cent last week for a fourth consecutive weekly gain, and was back up to highs last seen in 2018. US oil settled up US$1.74, or 2.3 per cent, to US$77.62 a barrel after gaining for the past six weeks, and was at its highest since 2014. "Given the demand picture and the outcome of the Opec meeting, the overall sentiment around crude is bullish," said Mr John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC in New York. Demand for coal and natural gas has exceeded pre-Covid-19 h...

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Brent oil jumps past US$77 after Opec+ calls off output talks

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LONDON (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) - Brent oil rose above US$77 a barrel for the first time since 2018 after Opec+ nations called off talks on output levels, leaving the market with tighter supplies than expected. The group's oil ministers were unable to reach a compromise during talks on Monday (July 5), keeping current production limits in place for next month and depriving the market from the extra barrels it needs as demand recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic. "As things stand now, this is quite a bullish scenario for oil prices," TD Securities analyst Daniel Ghali said by phone. "We should see the energy market tighten up at a faster pace than we anticipated in recent months." Brent was up 94 cents, or 1.2 per cent, at US$77.11 a barrel by 1652 GMT, trading around 2½-year highs. United States oil gained US$1.11, or 1.5 per cent, to US$76.27 a barrel. Opec+ ministers abandoned the talks and set no new date to resume them, after clashing last week when the United Arab Emirates rebuffed a proposed eight-month extension to output curbs. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and its allies, a group known as Opec+, agreed on record output cuts last year to cope with ...

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Singapore factory output extends rebound, rising 8.6%

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Electronics and precision engineering put in the heavy lifting last month to keep manufacturing output heading north. Factory output rose 8.6 per cent year on year in January for a third straight month of growth, the Economic Development Board (EDB) noted yesterday. This came in below the upwardly revised 16.2 per cent growth rate racked up in December, but topped the 3.6 per cent forecast of analysts in a Bloomberg poll. If biomedical manufacturing was excluded, output grew 12.1 per cent. Production in the key electronics cluster rose 19.8 per cent with all segments recording growth except infocomms and consumer electronics. The semiconductor sector was particularly robust, surging 23.8 per cent on the back of demand from cloud services, automotive and 5G markets. OCBC Bank economist Howie Lee said the global chip shortage is the biggest reason Singapore's industrial production could continue to outperform in the near term. "Semiconductors, in particular, are in severe shortage due to increased work-from-home trends, supply chain disruptions from the 2019 United States-China trade war and years of prior de-stocking and under-investment," he added. The precision engineering cluster...

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Oil holds gains after topping US$50 on Saudi pledge to cut output

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SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) - Oil held gains in early Asian trading on Wednesday (Jan 6) after surging to a 10-month high on a surprise Saudi Arabian pledge to cut an extra 1 million barrels a day of crude output in February. Futures in New York edged lower after jumping 4.9 per cent on Tuesday and briefly topping US$50 a barrel for the first time since February. Opec+ reached an agreement following two days of talks to curb supply over the next two months. Other producers will hold supply steady or make small increases, delegates said. Russia and Kazakhstan will be allowed to boost output by a combined 75,000 barrels a day in both February and March. The Saudi pledge, which Russia's deputy prime minister described as a "new year gift" to the oil market, comes as stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions are being extended to rein in a rampant virus. Germany extended its lockdown and tightened restrictions, while Dalian in China asked people considered more vulnerable to Covid-19 to leave the city amid an outbreak. Opec+ faces a complex demand outlook as it decides how to move forward with its output plan month by month. There are indications that parts of the global economy are stagin...

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Saudi vows extra cuts as Opec+ agrees small rise in oil output

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MOSCOW/LONDON/DUBAI (REUTERS) - Saudi Arabia pledged additional, voluntary oil output cuts of one million barrels per day (bpd) in February and March as part of a deal under which most Opec+ producers will hold production steady in the face of new coronavirus lockdowns. Saudi is going beyond its promised cuts as part of the Opec+ group of producers to support both its own economy and the oil market, Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Tuesday (Jan 5). "If there is one way to describe what its voluntary cut means for the market, 'happy hour' is a pretty fitting term," Rystad Energy analyst Bjornar Tonhaugen said in a note. Benchmark Brent oil prices rose on the news, trading up almost 5 per cent above US$53 per barrel at 2023 GMT. The deal - under which most producers will hold output steady - followed two days of talks by Opec+, which groups Opec and others including Russia. Two members - Russia and Kazakhstan - will be allowed to bump up their output by a modest combined 75,000 bpd in February and a further 75,000 bpd in March. Their increases could frustrate Opec+ peers similarly looking to pump more, but it was apparent the two were keen to avoid non-maintenance ...