Eta Devices, a start-up company led by two MIT electrical engineering professors, has cracked the energy efficiency problem in power amplifier designs for radio communications. According to MIT Technology Review website, the technology promises to reduce power usage in LTE base stations by half. The company has the backing of Strata Venture Partners.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506491/efficiency-breakthrough-promises-smartphones-that-use-half-the-power/