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Royal Philips Electronics and VTT have opened an InnoHub in the city of Espoo, close to Helsinki to generate innovative ideas and translate these into profitable businesses. The two companies have an equal role in the cooperation. The InnoHub is situated in the Active Life Village (a non-profit company...

The European Space Agency (ESA) Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain, and the Director General of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry, Heinz Zourek, have signed an amendment to the EC-ESA Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) agreement that will extend the scope of the original Agreement...

Saab’s investment in India is continuing with the opening of an office in New Delhi, which will support the company in its efforts to market products for defence and civil security in the Indian market. Saab is committed to providing its cutting-edge technologies across air, land and sea. The...

The Open University and e2v will open the e2v Centre for Electronic Imaging (CEI) at The Open University’s Milton Keynes, UK, campus. The centre will be dedicated to the research and development of advanced technologies for electronic image sensing and provide knowledge exchange between the UK technology industry and...

The Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) Alliance has released a document that outlines the requirements for self-optimising networks (SON). In order to provide overall guidance on solutions supporting SONs for the future, the new document provides several use cases and identifies requirements of operators aiming to implement SONs. SONs...

IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional society, is commemorating its 125th Anniversary this year with a variety of activities surrounding the theme of “Celebrating 125 Years of Engineering the Future.” Major anniversary events include the first IEEE Presidents’ Change the World Competition for college and university students worldwide; a...

After 25 years of stellar growth, the cell phone (also known as mobile phone) industry faces huge challenges this year from a poor economy and a lack of new features, reports In-Stat. The bleak cell phone industry outlook is unprecedented, with dramatic ramifications for device manufacturers, semiconductor manufacturers and...

Shipments of Wi-Fi-enabled cellular handsets will double in volume by the end of 2010, compared to January 2008, and that growth curve is expected to continue through 2013. This data, contained in a new ABI Research study, shows how driven by increasing consumer awareness and demand, new operator business...

Industry News AWR , a leader in high frequency electronic design automation (EDA), announced it has acquired Simulation Technology and Applied Research Inc. (STAAR), Mequon, WI, a developer of 3D parallelized FEM tools for EM simulation of components and subsystems operating at RF and microwave frequencies. STAAR is now...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) applications are expanding rapidly. The promise of accurate and cost-effective asset tracking, secure point-of-sale transactions and supply chain management all contribute to this growth along with US Department of Defense mandates. The adoption of RFID technology is also leading to an increase in available RFID...