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The European Centre for Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) technologies, in Halifax, UK, is expected to become operational later this year, and is due for completion in Spring 2007. Yorkshire Forward is investing more than £5 M in the centre, with additional funding from the UK Department of...

On June 18, 2006, the IEEE-SA Standards Board directed that all activities of the 802.20 (mobile broadband) Working Group be temporarily suspended with immediate effect, citing “irregularities” in its activities. What effect will this action have on the major stockholders in the mobile broadband market and on its vendors...

Bluetooth will feature in a third of new vehicles in 2012, increasing from just three percent in 2005, according to a new report from technology and consulting firm Strategy Analytics. This report, “Automotive Communications Market: Bluetooth in 30 Percent of New Vehicles by 2012,” predicts that five key influencing...

According to ABI Research, one of the faster-growing areas in the commercial telematics market is the use of GPS-enabled mobile handsets for mobile resource management. Basic driver and load status information is actively sent via mobile phone to a centralized server, so fleet managers may better organize their field...

Fueled by the rapid uptake of Bluetooth in mobile phones, Bluetooth chip shipments have been on the rise, reports In-Stat. The rising Bluetooth chip shipments have had a cascading effect, leading to falling chip prices. This has led, in turn, to greater Bluetooth penetration of mobile phones and the...

Industry News Agilent Technologies Inc. and Xpedion Design Systems Inc. announced they have signed a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire Xpedion, a privately held company that provides software for wireless and high speed digital circuit and systems design in the communications industry. The transaction is subject to standard...

********************************************************************************************* IMPORTANT DATE CHANGE The EuMW Gala Dinner will now be held on Tuesday, 12 September, with the EuMW2006 Welcome Reception now being held on Wednesday, 13 September. Due to a football fixture just being announced, the Gala Dinner (being held at Old Trafford Football Ground) has moved to...

Agilent Technologies Inc. is using EuMW as a platform for launching brand new products to the industry. The first is its next-generation wireless communications test set platform, an ideal solution for calibrating mobile phones in high-volume manufacturing. It provides industry-leading measurement speed and integrity, as well as unique scalability,...

A range of new products and services offered by specialist high technology company Labtech will be showcased at this year's European Microwave Show. The UK-based company, which has centres of manufacturing excellence in Presteigne and Milton Keynes, recognises the show as key to its development of its customer base...

M/A-COM , a business unit of Tyco Electronics and a provider of wireless radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeter-wave components, announced the MASW-007107, a new DC to 8 GHz SPDT RoHS compliant switch for applications that require low insertion loss and fast settling times over a wide frequency range...