Articles by Richard Mumford

Aimed at expanding Infineon Technologies’ presence in Eastern Europe and aid the research into power semiconductors and chip-card security controllers, the company has opened its newest development centre in Bucharest, Romania. The activities in the facility are being managed by the regional company, Infineon Technologies Romania SRL. The initial...

Cellular operators in Western Europe should expect another challenging year in 2006, according to Western European Cellular User Forecasts, 2005–2010, the latest research report on the subject from the Strategy Analytics Wireless Network Strategies service. Competitive pressure saw average revenues weaken in 2005 with churn creeping up and the...

Denmark’s two leading companies within the country’s defence industry — Terma and Systematic — have concluded an agreement that will open up the prospects for export and enable the two companies to jointly bid for contracts which are expected from the Danish Army. With the Danish market as the...

The In Orbit Validation (IOV) phase is designed to test the new European satellite navigation system under real mission conditions. During this phase, EADS Astrium in Ottobrunn, Germany, will assume system leadership for the space segment and initially take overall responsibility for the construction of the first four of...

Following a two-day meeting of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ruling Council the Ministers responsible for space in the ESA’s 17 Member States and Canada formulated a coherent plan for discovery and competitiveness for Europe in space. They accordingly endorsed the continuation of a set of ongoing programmes and...

As a result of research undertaken in conjunction with QinetiQ, Intel Corp. has announced development of a new, ultra-fast, yet very low power prototype transistor using new materials that could form the basis of its microprocessors and other logic products beginning in the second half of the next decade....

Avago Technologies has begun operations as the world’s largest privately held independent semiconductor company. Its creation follows the completion of the acquisition of Agilent Technologies Inc.’s Semiconductor Products Group by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Silver Lake Partners in a $2.66 B transaction. Its heritage of technical...

In what is a major step forward for the Galileo European satellite radio navigation project, the future Galileo Concessionaire has agreed upon the locations of the various facilities under its responsibility that are required for the successful deployment of the programme. Under the agreement the Headquarters of the Galileo...

Chipcon, a designer of short-range, low power wireless transceiver devices, has been acquired by Texas Instruments (TI) Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $200 M. At the time of going to press the transaction was expected to be completed during January 2006. Under the agreement Chipcon, which employs...

In an increasingly global marketplace what defines the European microwave industry? What technologies are at the forefront? Where is the potential for growth and development? And can Europe compete with the boom of activity in developing economies? Globalisation — a much used term — is a fact of economic...