With more electronic equipment is being designed for outdoor use, so the requirements for waterproof connectors are increasing

Industry body Intellect has called for the UK to adopt the highest cost option for digital TV technology

RF Micro Devices has two gallium arsenide heterojunction bipolar transistor (GaAs HBT) pre-driver power amplifiers

Welsh epitaxial wafer maker IQE says it has seen a substantial increase in business from the optical communications sector. The firm, which was forced to find other markets after the downturn of 2000, is seeing demand from Japan as the opening up of the local loop increases component demand, said Drew Nelson, president and CEO of IQE. There was also ...

UK mobile phone company Sendo has hit back at Ericsson’s legal action against it for patent infringement by making public its complaint to the European Commission regarding what it claims is “anti-competitive” behaviour. “We filed a complaint regarding Ericsson with the EC some time ago which is currently being investigated,” Hugh Brogan, Sendo’s CEO, told EW. “The reason is we ...

ThruVision, which uses the body’s natural radiation to detect items concealed beneath clothing, is raising more venture capital to expand manufacturing facilities as it moves towards volume production. “We have substantial orders from our first customers and are raising further venture capital to accelerate the roll-out of production units,” Dr Jonathan James, the founder of ThruVision, told EW. “We’ll be ...

A legal ruling with implications for the entire NAND flash industry has been given in the US

The introduction of a road-user charge for lorries will mean a boost for machine-to-machine (M2M) technology, according to Vodafone. “Some applications are triggered by legislation,” said Jeremy Flynn, executive, commercial partnership segment, Vodafone. “Lorry road-use charging will put sims in trucks. If you get a big government programme it will change things.” The scheme, which was announced by the Government ...

The UK Resource Centre for Women in science and engineering has been allocated an extra £2.8m

Technology developed for safety-critical applications in cars is being developed that could save thousands of lives across Europe...