M&A, Strategies, Alliances Amazon has won UK government approval to run drone tests in the country’s airspace, with trials due to begin immediately. WISeKey is merging with fellow Swiss security outfit OpenLimit, and launching a partnership with SAP to target IIoT applications running in SAP’s HANA Cloud. Ericsson has signed China Telecom up to its Device Connection Platform (DCP), in an MoU to offer enterprise M2M and IoT connections to global customers. Analog Devices is acquiring Linear Tech for $14.8bn, a 24% premium. The Thread Group and the Open Connectivity Foundation (formerly the OIC) have announced an interoperability partnership. STMicro is acquiring ams’ NFC and RFID assets for $77m with up to a $37m bonus. Uber is merging its Chinese…