Articles by Richard Mumford, European Editor

In its Wireless Operator Benchmarking Report Q2 2005, Strategy Analytics reports that average margins per user (AMPU) in Central and Eastern Europe fell almost 30 percent in 2Q 2005. Operators are losing ground with AMPU levels 50 percent below the global average in the current quarter. “On face value,...

Northrop Grumman’s UK-based Sperry Marine has been awarded a $4.3 M contract to retrofit new-generation navigation radars on more than 100 German Navy warships from ET Marine Systeme GmbH, prime contractor for the navigation-systems modernisation programme. Under the four-year contract, the ships’ existing navigation radars will be replaced by...

MTN Nigeria has selected Harris Corp. to provide microwave radios that will increase the capacity of the existing Y’hello Bahn high capacity GSM network backbone by 75 percent. Orders of $4.1 M have been received for MegaStar 155 PX microwave radios that will augment what is already the largest...

In order to serve the fast growing needs of the Indian market for broadband connectivity, Alcatel and the Centre for the Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the Indian Government’s telecom technology development centre, have announced a joint venture to design and develop products related to broadband wireless. In fact, the...

Innos, a UK research and development company delivering expertise in silicon, MEMS and nanotechnologies, has announced its involvement in an ongoing EPSRC-funded project led by Queen Mary College London. The project is investigating the development of a new imaging technique — Scanning Photo-induced Impedance Microscopy (SPIM). With support from...

Rohde & Schwarz has been commissioned to supply terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (T-DMB) transmitter systems for the world’s first T-DMB network in Korea. All of the various network operators involved in setting up the T-DMB transmitter networks in the country are being supplied with transmitter equipment by R&S. The...

SeaMobile Inc. and Ericsson have signed a three-year contract under which the companies will work together to provide wireless voice and data services at sea. Ericsson will supply a complete wireless network, including hosted core infrastructure and GSM radio equipment. Using this technology SeaMobile will offer global wireless communications...

Having established its new Romanian subsidiary in April this year, Infineon has moved quickly to construct the Bucharest Research Centre. This centre specialises in the development of power semiconductors with analogical and digital functions (power-mixed-signal) for applications in various industries, particularly automotive. Thus, the company is endeavouring to meet...

As part of a management buy out, Infineon Technologies has transferred its activities in the area of RFID software solutions to RF-iT Solutions GmbH. This means that patents, trademarks, licenses, development hardware and software, as well as current customer projects and RFID demonstration applications have been transferred to RF-iT...

Alcatel has announced that it will inaugurate a new Research & Development Centre in Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province in Western China, by the end of 2005. Located inside the Chengdu High-Tech Park, an area dedicated to advanced IT and telecom technology development, the Centre will be...