Articles by Richard Mumford

The Eiffel Tower is an instantly recognisable landmark and symbol of the vibrant city of Paris, and although European Microwave Week is a good few hundred years younger, similarly it has begun to establish itself as a landmark event for the industry, where the focus is on Europe but...

Alcatel has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with Manobi, an operator of mobile and Internet services dedicated to the rural sector of developing and emerging countries. Already a long-term partner with Manobi, the company will be involved in running several pilot projects that will not only improve the...

When the chief officers of the three European Standards Organisations (ESO) met with Günter Verheugen, vice president of the European Commission in charge of Enterprise and Industry, to discuss the contribution that CEN, CENELEC and ETSI can make to promote growth, competitiveness and employment in the European Union, the...

Filtronic plc, a global designer and manufacturer of customised microwave electronic subsystems and components for the wireless telecommunications and defence industries, and RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), have signed a supply agreement for the manufacture of high volume pHEMT GaAs products on the Filtronic 6 inch processing facility based...

The Crolles2 Alliance partners, Freescale Semiconductor, Philips and STMicroelectronics, have extended the scope of their joint semiconductor research and development activities to include R&D related to wafer testing and packaging, in addition to the original development of sub 100 nm CMOS process technologies. This agreement reflects the special needs...

Chipcon Group ASA has acquired Figure 8 Wireless Inc., in an all stock transaction. The merger between Chipcon AS, the provider of low power, low data rate RFICs, and Figure 8 Wireless, a provider of ZigBee ready software and firmware, will provide a comprehensive end-to-end ZigBee platform. It will...

Intercellular Nigeria Ltd., a private telecommunications operator in Nigeria, has selected Harris Corp. to provide microwave radio links for a multi-million dollar network expansion. Taking advantage of the rapid and easy deployment of the company's family of digital PDH microwave radios, the Harris line of radio systems will enable...

Scandinavian train operator, SJ, has awarded Icomera the €11 million contract to equip its fleet with the company’s Wireless Onboard Internet Service. Under the terms of the contract Icomera will deliver its Intercity Edition for the current X2000 train type and Commuter Edition for the new X40 fleet. Significantly...

Filtronic plc, a global designer and manufacturer of customised microwave electronic subsystems and components for the wireless telecommunications and defence industries, and RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD), have signed a supply agreement for the manufacture of high volume pHEMT GaAs products on the Filtronic 6 inch processing facility based...

The Crolles2 Alliance partners, Freescale Semiconductor, Philips and STMicroelectronics, have extended the scope of their joint semiconductor research and development activities to include R&D related to wafer testing and packaging, in addition to the original development of sub 100 nm CMOS process technologies. This agreement reflects the special needs...