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Mouser-Sponsored Vaillante Rebellion Team Eyes the Lead in Mexico

With a top-5 finish at the tough Six Hours of Nürburgring, the Mouser- sponsored Vaillante Rebellion racing team has high expectations as it eagerly prepares for the grueling Six Hours of Mexico City. The September 3 outing in the Mexico capital will be Round 5 of the 2017 Season of the FIA World Endurance Championship. In the race for the Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams, the Mouser-sponsored

precision custom connection solutions, to sponsor Vaillante Rebellion for the entire 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Mouser distributes the full line of quality LEMO connector solutions including their original push-pull connectors. Racing is all about speed and endurance, and racing sponsorships are an innovative way for Mouser to communicate its performance-driven

Vaillante Rebellion No. 31 car has a firm hold on second place with 70 points and is positioned to mount a bid for the lead. The Vaillante Rebellion No. 13 car is at eighth place with 26 points but is still in the hunt with four races to go. “We’re impressed by Vaillante Rebellion’s exceptional performance this season. In Nürburgring, both cars came off the line strong and attacked the field throughout the race,” said Todd McAtee, Mouser’s Vice President of Americas Business Development. “We are proud of the team and look forward to seeing them on the course in Mexico City.” At the German track, the No. 31 car, piloted by Filipe Albuquerque, Bruno Senna and Julien Canal, led the pack in the first hour and bravely fought off several challenges to secure a second place win in the LMP2 category. Vaillante Rebellion’s No. 13 car, driven by Pipo Derani, Mathias Beche and David Heinemeier Hansson, followed closely to place fourth in the category. Mouser is proud to again partner with valued supplier LEMO, a global leader in the design and production of

business model and promote the newest technologies from its manufacturer partners. The Mouser-backed Rebellion team ran away with the crown in the LMP1 Privateer Class last year, and with a new class comes new challenges. After Mexico City, the series travels to Fuji, Japan, on October 15 and Shanghai on November 5, before ending the season at Sakhir, Bahrain, on November 18. With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser strives to empower innovation among design engineers and buyers by delivering advanced technologies. Mouser stocks the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects. Mouser Electronics’ website is continually updated and offers advanced search methods to help customers quickly locate inventory. Mouser.com also houses data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.

T-Mobile lays 5G foundation with expanded 600 MHz rollout Ericsson’s 5G-ready network equipment is future-proofing T-Mobile’s rollout of the new 600 MHz spectrum.

an aggressive timetable to start field deployments already this year. The 600 MHz equipment maximizes low-band spectral efficiency and coverage range through advanced MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) capabilities. Börje Ekholm, President and CEO, Ericsson, says: “The US has hit another milestone with the historic rollout of

T-Mobile is accelerating its LTE network expansion with new 600 MHz spectrum starting in rural America, which is live in Scarborough, Maine today. This milestone is the latest development in the long- term partnership between Ericsson and T-Mobile which includes plans to build a nationwide 5G network in the US that takes full advantage of the extended coverage range of the new 600 MHz spectrum. Ericsson’s 600 MHz radio solution is enabling T-Mobile to meet

5G-ready technology in record-breaking time. The work we’re doing with T-Mobile on its low-band spectrum is paving the way for 5G in rural America and nationwide.”

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