Articles by Richard Mumford, International Editor

The number of LTE connections in Asia Pacific will exceed 120 million by 2015, according to the latest data released by Wireless Intelligence. This aggressive growth will be spearheaded by China with the country expected to account for nearly half (57.9 million) of the total number of LTE connections...

The Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Association and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) have signed a letter of intent to cooperate in the area of Digital Mobile Radio and to work together for their mutual benefit. The letter of intent—signed by Dr. Walter Weigel, ETSI’s Director General, and by...

The UK’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) have launched a £2 M funding competition to stimulate innovation across the space industry. The Feasibility Studies for Innovation in Space funding competition aims to accelerate the development of new innovative commercial opportunities in the...

ITU’s Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) has completed the assessment of six candidate submissions for the global 4G mobile wireless broadband technology, otherwise known as IMT-Advanced. Harmonization among these proposals has resulted in two technologies, LTE-Advanced and WirelessMAN-Advanced, being accorded the official designation of IMT-Advanced, qualifying them as true 4G technologies....

Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications need standards—and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is taking the lead to make sure that the standards are in place—was the main conclusion from the recent ETSI M2M workshop. Reflecting the enormous potential that is foreseen for M2M applications and technologies, it was the most...

Five partners from industry and academia have joined forces in the Secure Embedded Platform with advanced Process Isolation and Anonymity capabilities (SEPIA) European research project, to define security standards for next generation mobile devices, including high-end cell phones and tablet devices. SEPIA brings together ARM, Brightsight, Giesecke & Devrient...

The Engineering Technology Centre (ETC), specialising in pioneering technology to address global challenges such as health and security, has opened. The ETC, part of the STFC, helps businesses, industry and academia find cost-effective solutions to complex and often unique technical challenges, from accelerator technology for medical applications to custom...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Indra three contracts worth a total of €5.4 M to design a future radar system for the surveillance of objects close to the Earth as well as the development of its working prototype. The company will also determine its location and develop...

The global significance of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications was demonstrated by the first meeting outside Europe of the M2M technical committee of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). The meeting of the committee, which defines the operation of future M2M communications and the efficient integration onto wireless networks, was held...

Thales Australia has begun the construction of a new research and development centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, aimed at shaping the future of Air Traffic Management (ATM). The Centre for Advanced Studies in ATM (CASIA) will be at the forefront of the company’s work on new ATM offerings for...