Articles by Richard Mumford

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...

One hundred years on from the invention of radar the 7th European Microwave Week (EuMW) fittingly marked the anniversary with the birth of a new conference (EuRAD) that ran alongside the existing three conferences and industrial exhibition. Naturally, the event, held at the RAI Centre in Amsterdam last October,...

European Microwave Week has become the focal point in the microwave industry calendar, when the community convenes to debate and discuss the state of the commercial climate and the strength and depth of global activity. The key questions being: What are the technological advancements coming to the fore? What...

Indosat has awarded Nokia an expansion deal for its Nokia GSM Radio Network, Core network and Cellular Transmission in Indonesia. This agreement will further enhance service coverage, capacity and quality for the Indosat GSM network in East Java, Bali and South Central Java. As part of the GSM Core...

To meet growing demand in the wireless radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) market for a capable, cost-effective RFIC design platform, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) and Applied Wave Research Inc. (AWR) have announced a corporate agreement to jointly develop and deliver a design platform for TSMC’s 0.35-micron silicon...

The Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Yoshio Utsumi, has confirmed the recommendation of the ITU TELECOM Board to hold the next ITU TELECOM WORLD in 2006 in Hong Kong, China, following an evaluation of the final offers received from Geneva and Hong Kong on 28 May 2004....

Alcatel and Finmeccanica have signed a memorandum of understanding to merge their space activities and form alliances in the space sector through the creation of two sister companies, to which both partners will contribute their respective satellite industrial and service activities. The first company, Alcatel Alenia Space, of which...

BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre (ATC) has been selected to join the European Antenna Centre of Excellence (ACE) initiative, established to provide a European wide platform for research and development into the next generation of antenna technologies. The ACE initiative is funded to the order of €4.9 M under...

In what is considered to be a significant breakthrough, Saab Ericsson Space AB, Sweden, has received an order for Ku-band frequency converters for the JCSAT-10 payload from Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, which will be delivered on a 12 month schedule. The converters are similar to those previously supplied...