Articles by Richard Mumford, International Editor

Mentor Graphics Corp. and STMicroelectronics have entered into a broad-scoped collaboration to develop advanced design solutions at the 32-nm technology node and down to 20-nm node. The three-year joint-development project, named DeCADE, seeks to build on advanced design solutions for System On Chip (SoC) development for digital and analogue...

The Saudi Telecom Co. (STC), the main telecommunications carrier in Saudi Arabia, has tasked Alcatel-Lucent to conduct an end-to-end Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial, to begin in the second half of 2010. This trial will enable STC to test the performance of LTE-based services and assess the related business...

The scale of the take-up of smartphones has increased traffic and put unprecedented pressure on networks. Consequently, European carriers, in particular, are facing significant capacity crunch and spectral efficiency challenges. Explaining that limited spectrum and spectral congestion were key issues, Alan Solheim, VP of Product Management at DragonWave, told...

State Security Networks Ltd., operator of the Finnish VIRVE network, and EADS Defence & Security (DS) have joined forces to start testing the TETRA Enhanced Data Service (TEDS) as of May 2010. The work will be conducted on a test network with the same characteristics as the live VIRVE...

Leading M2M analyst and consulting firm Beecham Research Ltd. has been awarded a €200,000 contract by the European Space Agency to conduct an intensive study of the worldwide market for Satellite M2M. The company will act as prime contractor for the study and will be aided by its subcontract...

The Board of the NGMN Alliance has endorsed the proposal to seek establishment of an ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG)—Open Radio Equipment Interface (ORI)—to further develop and maintain the specifications for open interfaces between Remote Equipment Control (REC) and Radio Equipment (RE). The objective of the open interface specifications...

Alcatel-Lucent will expand Bell Labs, the company’s research arm, in Ireland, with the backing of the Irish Government, which is offering support through the Industrial Development Agency (IDA) Ireland. The expansion aims to create more than 70 new high-calibre technology positions over the next five years. Since its establishment...

In partnership with certification specialist Sulis Consultants, Roke Manor Research Ltd. has launched its Regulatory Compliance and Performance Optimisation Service to minimise re-design costs and accelerate product development time. The aim is to deliver accelerated product development by minimising the requirement for re-designs and multiple test cycles. The service...

Operation has begun at Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) China’s first open-lab, in Beijing. The lab will be free-of-charge to existing or potential customers and partners who can apply to the company. After confirmation they can use the R&S open-lab to do experiments or validate their test solutions. The purpose...

Plessey Semiconductors' facility in Plymouth. A famous name has been resurrected following the bold decision taken by the management teams from Plus Semi in Swindon, UK, and the former X-FAB facility in Roborough, Plymouth, UK, to re-launch Plessey Semiconductors Ltd. The company has been created from the acquisition of...