In the future, mobile phone calls and television pictures could become a lot clearer thanks to tiny antennas thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair. At least that's the speculation of a University of Southern California researcher who has been investigating nanotube transistors.

British company ERA Technology has received a grant from the UK Department of Trade and Industry under its Aeronautics Research Program to help fund research into new communications technology for the aerospace industry.

The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has launched a project to provide strategic insights into the future of communications regulation.

The building community soon may have radio vision - a new way to 'see' moisture inside walls. Building researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US have joined forces with Intelligent Automation Inc. to develop a way to use ultra wide-band radio waves to non-destructively detect moisture within the walls of a building.

The Philippines' largest mobile carrier, SMART Communications, has selected to commercially deploy Mobilitec's prominent solution for Over-the-Air content delivery and management, mPower. SMART is Mobilitec's eleventh carrier grade commercial deployment. With this deployment, Mobilitec's customer base now represents a potential base of over 70 million users.

Wireless technology may put doctors who don't rely on desktop computers and paper charts in a better position to treat their patients.

Research carried out by NCR Corporation in co-operation with the University of Dundee in Scotland may be the key to automated teller machine (ATM) deployment in some of the more remote corners of the globe. The Dundee research has demonstrated how an ATM could run on DC current from batteries powered by a solar panel.

Wi-Fi clearinghouse, Hotspot Global has announced a key partnership to deliver 'Broadband for Boats' around Australia.

A review designed to simplify arrangements for amateur radio licence operators has been launched by the Australian Communications Authority (ACA).

Earlier this year, Malaysian Deputy Defence Minister, Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal, inaugurated in Sabah, Eastern Malaysia, the Tetrapol network used by the Malaysian Armed Forces.

Four laboratories and an equal number of manufacturers have pooled their skills to develop the first T-shirt that, 'barded' with physiological and medical measurement sensors and linked via the GSM network to a specialist centre, is a new operational telemonitoring tool; a new advance in the field of telemedicine.

Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) in the US and Motorola's Advanced Technology Center are developing three-dimensional switches and tiny fuel cells to improve the reception quality and extend the operating time for wireless communications and other wireless sensing devices.

Researchers at the University of Rochester have created a navigational assistant that can help inform visually impaired people of their whereabouts, or even bring new dimensions to museum navigation or campus tours for sighted individuals.

In the future, mobile phone calls and television pictures could become a lot clearer thanks to tiny antennas thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair. At least that's the speculation of a University of Southern California researcher who has been investigating nanotube transistors.