Articles by Richard Mumford, International Editor

The SANITAS (“Enabling safer systems by a new collaborative verification methodology across the entire value chain”) project, which aims to strengthen German competiveness by developing processes and verification methods for more flexible and secure automated manufacturing, has been launched by leading German companies. Under the project management of Infineon...

Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract valued at approximately €46 M for the sale of its ARTHUR Weapon Locating System (WLS) to the Italian Army. The order was obtained in collaboration with the Italian partner Selex Sistemi Integrati, who will supply the command and communications solution,...

Motorola Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Israel-based Motorola Integrated Radio System (MIRS) to the Altice Group, a European investor in media and telecommunications. Utilizing Motorola’s iDEN technology, MIRS provides telecommunications solutions to a wide range of customers in Israel including health services, fire and rescue,...

After more than ten years of design and construction by scientists and engineers across the globe, the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) has passed a key milestone, known as ‘phase closure’, crucial for the high quality images that will be the trademark of this new tool for astronomy. Engineers...

Chip manufacturers Infineon Technologies AG and NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH and chip card maker Giesecke & Devrient GmbH are among the 11 companies from six European Union countries participating in the European research project BioP@ss to develop a high-security chip card platform. BioP@ss is the biggest chip card research...

The new Europe-China Standards Information Platform (CESIP) designed by the Sustainable Development Association (SDA) with the support of the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) has been launched. Aimed particularly at SMEs, the portal - http://eu-china-standards.eu - is a valuable source of information regarding the relevant...

Following the completion of a phase of feasibility studies, standardization of Reconfigurable Radio Systems (RRS) is underway. The initial phase of the work, carried out by ETSI's RRS Technical Committee, has resulted in a series of ETSI Technical Reports that examine the standardization needs and opportunities. They include architectural...

SK Telecom and Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that provides a framework for research projects in next generation communications networking. In the area of wireless technology, one potential project involves the two companies working toward defining what the shape of wireless...

The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Thales have established a joint international research unit (UnitŽ Mixte Internationale) called the CNRS International - NTU - Thales Research Alliance (CINTRA). Based in Singapore, the new unit will conduct research into nanotechnologies for electronics,...

The GSMA, the body representing the worldwide mobile communications industry, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to secure the deployment of a single, in-vehicle emergency call service, known as eCall, across Europe. eCall is an emergency call generated either manually by vehicle occupants or automatically via in-vehicle sensors...