Articles by Richard Mumford, International Editor

EADS and the Skolkovo Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on research collaboration that underlines the intention of EADS to participate in the Russia-based Skolkovo Innovation Centre. Dubbed ‘Russia’s Silicon Valley,’ the Centre is a high technology business hub that is being built in the Moscow region....

Thales Alenia Space has created a separately owned German subsidiary, Thales Alenia Space Deutschland GmbH, located in the Stuttgart area. This strategic move demonstrates the company’s intention to play a growing role in Germany, a country committed to strongly supporting European institutional and national R&D space programmes. The opening...

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote regional and international standardization, with the aim of contributing to the establishment of a global information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure. The agreement formalizes an...

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has welcomed the first 12 academic institutions admitted to participate in Sector activities under a new Resolution that encourages the involvement of universities and their associated research establishments in the work of the Union. Algeria’s Institut National des Télécommunications et des Technologies de l’Information...

Bulky satellite dishes and ground terminals could become relics of the past thanks to research currently being conducted for the European Space Agency (ESA) by Queen’s University Belfast’s Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT), aimed at developing discrete self-aligning flat antennas. The aim of the 18-month ESA...

The UK government has invited organisations to register their interest in forming a technology and innovation centre focused on the area of high value manufacturing. The centre will be the first of an elite national network of centres, to be established and overseen by the Technology Strategy Board, that...

Cassidian has opened a new Engineering Centre in Bengaluru, India, which is the first defence oriented engineering centre operated by a foreign company in India and also a landmark in the company’s strategic goal to establish a long-term partnership with India. The new centre is staffed almost entirely with...

As one of the first major global events of the year the 2011 Mobile World Congress was eagerly awaited. Largely perceived as the platform for the mobile communications sector to discuss and evaluate the issues impacting the industry and a vital marketplace for showcasing the latest technological developments, the...

Aeroflex announced that its TM500 Test Mobile has added support for the 3GPP DC-HSDPA Release 9 standard to the multiple UE (user equipment, or handset) emulation product. Release 9 provides a maximum data rate of 84 Mbps by enabling concurrent operation of MIMO and DC-HSDPA. The TM500 Rel-9 DC-HSDPA...

Responding to rising market demand for femtocell and picocell technology, ANADIGICS Inc. introduced a new highly linear and efficient power amplifier. The AWB7227, designed to enable a new class of wireless infrastructure equipment, extends the company’s portfolio of PAs for use in small-cell base stations. The PA is claimed...