Communications

The sun has started to shine through the clouds in the telecoms sector, according to PMC-Sierra, which reported higher revenues and net income for Q1 2004 – the fifth consecutive quarter of gains. The maker of chips for telecommunications and enterprise applications saw revenues climb to $78.7m compared to $70.6m in Q4 and $55.4m for the same period a year ...

CSR has announced that China-based Bluetooth software specialist IVT has been appointed as an official CSR design support centre for embedded Bluetooth short-range radio comms designs. IVT has its own Bluetooth core protocol stack code called Bluelet, which is already qualified as a fully compliant v1.2 Bluetooth protocol stack. Along with CSR, IVT has been instrumental in qualifying the first ...

Despite saying that the UK is the envy of the world over its progress on digital TV rollout, the BBC has warned there is work to do if the Government’s 2010 total switchover target is to be met. A BBC report has said the government must act to support the industry in converting the public to digital TV. If left ...

A Norwegian mobile phone software firm is to open an office in Cambridge to support its development of smartphone technology based on the Symbian operating system. Birdstep Technology of Oslo aims to tap into the local skills base in wireless design and in particular knowledge of the Symbian OS, which was largely developed in the UK by Psion. The company ...

Communications regulator Ofcom has reopened an old debate about whether BT should be split up by asking the question in a consultation document. The consultation is the first of two being undertaken as part of Ofcom’s strategic review of the UK telecoms sector. The review, which is due to be completed by the end of this year, is being carried ...

The BBC has reported that the progress of switching the nation to digital television has been “astonishing” and that “it puts the UK in an enviable position”. The BBC report also said the UK could switch over by 2010, but only if Government and industry worked together. If left to the market it will take until 2013 for 95 per ...

The UK must not be allowed to lose its leading position in digital radio technology as the industry looks for additional bandwidth for the introduction of new types of non-audio multimedia services, according to Radioscape. Nigel Oakley, v-p of marketing at Radioscape, said the industry is looking at ways to use digital audio broadcast (DAB) transmitters and receivers to broadcast ...