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Tight Capital Complicates Terrestrial TV Set Top Market

The global credit crunch could endanger many large digital terrestrial TV deployment projects, which require large amounts of financed capital, reports In-Stat. This could cause delays in DTT conversion programs worldwide, with consumers purchasing fewer set top boxes (STB) as a result. “Another scenario, however, is more upbeat for...
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Femtocells to Dominate Market for Indoor Cell Coverage

While femtocells were virtually non-existent in 2006, and deployed by one operator in 2007, they will make up 61 percent of small cellular base station revenue by 2013, reports In-Stat. Microcells, picocells and femtocells provide indoor cell phone coverage in a cost-effective manner. “As mobile operators migrate from larger...
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GTEL-Mobile Selects NEC Microwave System for Vietnam

Vietnam’s GTEL-Mobile has contracted NEC Corp. to deploy a mobile backhaul solution based on NEC’s ultra compact PASOLINK microwave communications system. GTEL is the latest mobile operator to enter the Vietnamese market and its mobile services are expected to begin later this year. PASOLINK will be introduced in Ho...
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UK KTPS Get Financial Boost

The Technology Strategy Board, the organisation that has been established to drive the development and exploitation of technology and innovation in the UK, has made a commitment to reduce the cost of its Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) programme to Small and Medium sized companies (SME). The move has the...
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Six European Countries Collaborate on SDR

The industry and departments of defence in six European countries have joined together to develop the next generation of standardised software defined radio (SDR). The organisation behind the order is Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d’Armement (OCCAR) on behalf of the armed forces of Finland, Spain, Poland, Sweden,...
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BAE Systems Partners with Greek Armed Forces Duo

BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies Ltd. has entered into a definitive Memorandum of Understanding with SSMART S.A. and SIGNAAL HELLAS S.A., to establish a long term strategic partnership in support of the Hellenic defence forces acquisition and integration programmes. SSMART specialises in hardware production and services primarily for sensors...
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EADS DS Wins NATO DCIS Contract

NATO has awarded EADS Defence & Security (DS) the contract for the supply of the new NATO Deployable Communication and Information System (DCIS) in accordance with the operational requirements of the NATO Response Force (NRF). The contract is worth around £40 M with an optional Customer Logistic Support contract...
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