Articles by Richard Mumford, International Editor

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and Qualcomm Inc. have reached an agreement to improve emergency communications for disaster preparedness and to coordinate relief activities in the aftermath of a disaster. Under the agreement, Qualcomm will donatea Qualcomm Deployable Base Station (QDBS), which will enhance the ITU’s capacity in deploying...

BAE Systems and Kongsberg Protech Systems have signed a teaming agreement to sell and support Kongsberg’s Remote Weapon Stations (RWS) in Australia. Kongsberg is a market leader in Remote Weapon Stations development and production with more than 10,000 systems sold with deployment in 16 countries, including on the Australian...

The UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has taken the next step in setting up the UK Innovation Investment Fund (UK IIF), a venture capital fund of funds to support the UK’s technology companies. Capital for Enterprise Ltd. will release the Request for Proposals (RFP) for prospective Fund...

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has established a new Technical Committee (TC AERO), whose work will focus primarily on supporting European initiatives in the Air Traffic Management sector. This committee will deal with interoperability aspects of the European Air Traffic Management Network (EATMN) under the Single European Sky...

The Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) Joint Undertaking, a public-private partnership in air traffic management (ATM) research and development founded by the European Commission and EUROCONTROL, has signed 16 contracts, totalling €1.9 B for the creation of Europe’s future ATM system. These contracts mark the beginning of the...

A programme of shorter Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP), which enable collaboration between business, third sector organisations and academia, has been launched by the Technology Strategy Board, the government body responsible for promoting business innovation in the UK. Building on shorter KTP schemes already being offered by Regional Development Agencies...

The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (ESPRC) and the National Science Foundation of China have jointly awarded a team of researchers from the University of Surrey, UK, and two other institutions a grant of around £430,000 to develop ultra-small-scale silicon structures for ‘spintronic’ semiconductors. It is hoped...

With effect from 1 August, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. and Eudyna Devices Inc. have reorganised their optical and electronic devices business by way of an absorption-type corporate split. On that date Eudyna also changed its corporate name to Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations Inc., while Excelight Communications Inc., the overseas...

Infineon Technologies AG, Robert Bosch GmbH, BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH, Continental AG and Daimler AG have formed the Radar on Chip for Cars (RoCC) technology cooperation project. The companies are engaged in joint research with the aim to significantly increase driving safety by making highly reliable radar systems...

The TD Industry Association (TDIA) and the NGMN Alliance, the group focussing on the evolution of next generation mobile networks, have established a cooperation agreement to support the globally harmonized development of next generation mobile broadband technologies and services. The TDIA and NGMN will work together to promote TD-LTE...