In a return to the historical norm, the Vendors segment has far outpaced the Operators and the wider stock market this week. Concerningly, the Operators were barely positive, growing by just 0.02% in our aggregate view, compared to the 4.53% gain for the Vendors and the 1.36% lift for the Indexes. The Vendors segment was up 3.02% last week too, making this a very strong fortnight. This week, there were 24 gains and 6 losses, with the best performance belonging to Ciena (up 14.20%). Next, Samsung scored an 11.43% lift, with third place going to Arm and its 10.58% gain. In fourth, InterDigital was up 9.80%, following some legal injunction wins in recent litigation, and finally, ZTE rounded out the…