Industry News
Smart antennas key to 4G mobile broadband adoption
Smart and adaptive antenna technologies are entering a stage of full market acceptance, according to a report from West Technology Research Solutions (WTRS), a Silicon Valley-based research, publishing and consultancy company focused on emerging wireless technologies.
[ + ]Digital multimeters offered to qualifying education programs
Fluke Australia has announced that it will donate new high-performance logging digital multimeters to educational institutions through its education grant program.
[ + ]Radio infrastructure for Danish Rail Net
Zenitel has announced a radio infrastructure contract between Zenitel Denmark AS and BaneDanmark (Danish Rail Net).
[ + ]Test technology partnership announced
WiMAX test leader Aeroflex and Sequans Communications, a developer of WiMAX semiconductor solutions, have entered into a test technology partnership.
[ + ]Student blasts away international opposition with 10 watts
Macquarie University electronics PhD student Michael Boers has defeated competitors from universities in the US, Canada and Korea by designing and building an ultra-efficient radio frequency (RF) power amplifier.
[ + ]Satellite links for Western Australian firefighting service
Applied Satellite Technology Australia Pty Ltd (AST Australia) has won a contract from the Australian Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) West Australian Fire Management Services that will supply DEC an Iridium-based satellite communication system, which includes remote asset tracking.
[ + ]UniSA puts rescue workers in the safety zone
Researchers at the University of South Australia have developed a technology that gives crews inside a command control centre a bird’'s-eye view of what’s happening within a fire or search and rescue area, and enables them to communicate directly with people in the field, using visual cues to better manage rescue missions and safely control fires.
[ + ]Joint development to empower portable UHF RFID readers
IDS Microchip and austriamicrosystems have partnered to develop a UHF RFID reader IC targeted at the portable reader market. These readers would be used to interrogate Gen 2 RFID tags allowing contactless identification of goods or materials in a broad range of applications.
[ + ]Solar-powered recharger for mobile devices seeks local distributor
An engineer from Korea is seeking Australian and international distributors for his solar-powered mobile device rechargers, which he expects will change the way we use mobile devices.
[ + ]Speakers announced for active RFID conference
IDTechEx will stage the conference Active RFID and RTLS in Dallas, USA. The conference’s title emphasises the fast growing real-time locating systems (RTLS) used from hospitals to dockyards for locating people and assets.
[ + ]Apparel manufacturer converts RFID program
Reva Systems, an RFID network infrastructure provider, has announced that Lemmi Fashion, a Fritzlar, Germany-based supplier of children's apparel, is deploying the Tag Acquisition Processor (TAP) products as the cornerstone of its RFID program conversion from high frequency (HF) to ultra high frequency (UHF) passive RFID within its global supply chain.
[ + ]WCDMA achieves 70% market share
WCDMA has achieved 70% market share of all commercial 3G networks, according to GSA, the Global mobile Suppliers Association.
[ + ]Partnership to provide simulation acceleration
Acceleware Corp has announced a partnership agreement through which Agilent Technologies will resell the Acceleware acceleration products throughout its worldwide sales organisation to Agilent Antenna Modeling Design System (AMDS) users.
[ + ]New regional service centre opened in Singapore
Aeroflex has opened a regional service centre in Singapore that enables the Aeroflex Test Solutions (ATS) division to provide instrument service support to its users within the major growth markets in Asia.
[ + ]Keynote speakers announced
The WiMAX Forum and Informa Telecoms & Media announced participation commitments from 10 keynote speakers and more than 30 sponsors and exhibitors for their 2008 Events Series.
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