Articles by Richard Mumford, International Editor

The strength of the UK Space Industry, which is worth an estimated £7.5 B, has been doubly enhanced with the publication by the UK’s Space Leadership Council of the National Space Technology Strategy for the UK and the opening by the International Space Innovation Centre (ISIC). The National Space...

The European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation has informed the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) and the European Science Foundation (ESF) of its decision to allocate an additional €30 M to COST. COST implements networking activities for researchers, contributing to the European Research Area (ERA) goals...

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) have announced the creation of a partnership in the burgeoning field of intelligent transport systems (ITS) and the instigation of a new Joint Task Force for ITS Communications. The involvement of international standards bodies is seen as...

The Next Generation Mobile Network (NGMN) Alliance has joined 3GPP as a Market Representation Partner. With its high level representation from the world’s leading operators and manufacturers, NGMN will support 3GPP to ensure that mobile broadband services continue to meet the expectations of end users. The Partnership Agreement was...

The Protection of European BoRders and Seas through the IntElligent Use of Surveillance (PERSEUS) project, led by Indra, has been instigated to provide protection of the European seas and borders with the smart use of technologies. The project, with a budget of €43.7 M and an execution period of...

The German V3DIM (standing for design for vertical 3D system integration in millimetre-wave applications) research project aims to lay the foundations for establishing the design requirements to develop innovative, highly integrated 3D System-in-Package (SiP) solutions for systems in the 40 to 100 GHz range. Five partners from industry, science...

CEA-Leti has joined the III-V Lab in a move to strengthen the industrial research capabilities of the R&D centre, which is Europe’s most advanced in the field of III-V semiconductors. CEA-Leti joins Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs and Thales, which established the III-V Lab, south of Paris, France, in 2004. Since...

Newtec has marked ten years in Asia by joining the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC) as a member. APSCC is a non-profit international organization representing all sectors of satellite and space related industries, including private companies, government ministries and agencies, and academic and research entities. Its overall objective is...

The RedTail Telematics sponsored April ARMMS RF & Microwave Conference , held at Oxford UK, continued the upward trend by attracting an increased number of delegates who were treated to a wide range of presentations brought together by Alistair Frier of Teledyne Labtech. A reflectometer capable of return loss...

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Mercedes-Benz are leading a project to create the transport system of the future, in which cars communicate with each other, receive real-time information about traffic, and also gather and forward information. A test area is currently being built in Tampere, Finland, that...