Articles by Richard Mumford, International Editor

ITU’s Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) has completed the assessment of six candidate submissions for the global 4G mobile wireless broadband technology, otherwise known as IMT-Advanced. Harmonization among these proposals has resulted in two technologies, LTE-Advanced and WirelessMAN-Advanced, being accorded the official designation of IMT-Advanced, qualifying them as true 4G technologies....

Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications need standards—and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is taking the lead to make sure that the standards are in place—was the main conclusion from the recent ETSI M2M workshop. Reflecting the enormous potential that is foreseen for M2M applications and technologies, it was the most...

Five partners from industry and academia have joined forces in the Secure Embedded Platform with advanced Process Isolation and Anonymity capabilities (SEPIA) European research project, to define security standards for next generation mobile devices, including high-end cell phones and tablet devices. SEPIA brings together ARM, Brightsight, Giesecke & Devrient...

The Engineering Technology Centre (ETC), specialising in pioneering technology to address global challenges such as health and security, has opened. The ETC, part of the STFC, helps businesses, industry and academia find cost-effective solutions to complex and often unique technical challenges, from accelerator technology for medical applications to custom...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Indra three contracts worth a total of €5.4 M to design a future radar system for the surveillance of objects close to the Earth as well as the development of its working prototype. The company will also determine its location and develop...

The global significance of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications was demonstrated by the first meeting outside Europe of the M2M technical committee of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). The meeting of the committee, which defines the operation of future M2M communications and the efficient integration onto wireless networks, was held...

Thales Australia has begun the construction of a new research and development centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, aimed at shaping the future of Air Traffic Management (ATM). The Centre for Advanced Studies in ATM (CASIA) will be at the forefront of the company’s work on new ATM offerings for...

ip.access has signed a femtocell technology development agreement with Qualcomm Inc. that will enable ip.access to develop W-CDMA residential and enterprise femtocell products using Qualcomm’s Femtocell Station Modem™ (FSM™) chipset platform. The company is also a licensee of Qualcomm’s femtocell patent licensing program. Femtocells are low power access points...

The Eiffel Tower is known the world over as a 'must see' landmark when visiting Paris. For the industry, another attraction that must not be missed this year is the 13 th European Microwave Week, which will be held at the CNIT la Défense, in the French capital from...

A Future Air System for Europe (FAS4Europe) study titled, "The Future of the European Military Aerospace Defence Technological Industrial Base (DTIB)—MilAerospace 2035+," will consider the industrial and technological base of future European military aerospace. Led by Saab, the one-year study will identify and propose the collaborative actions governments need...