SAP is aware of widespread user discontent over the complexity involved with licensing rules and pricing for its software,and is working to remedy the situation,co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe said in an interview Wednesday. Earlier this ...
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Boston Scientific has launched Victory guidewire, designed to provide access to cross and treat resistant lesions in the US and Europe. The company said resistant lesions are characterized by blockage or narrowing of blood vessels in the ...
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The color rendering index (CRI) has been used to compare fluorescent and HID lamps for over 40 years, but the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) does not recommend its use with white light LEDs. A new metric is under ...
Mobile operators in the UK are not known for being the best of friends. Be it fighting for the latest exclusive handset or threatening court action over 4G rollouts, the big guns have never been at the top of each other's Christmas lists. ...
An executive order issued by the White House last Friday seeks to bolster the government's ability to keep its emergency communications capabilities intact during national emergencies. But one privacy advocacy group expressed concern that ...
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The European Commission yesterday passed a new rule that will force European Union member states to open up the 2GHz band for 4G technologies. The decision will add another 120MHz to the radio spectrum available for 4G technologies, ...
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Emerging chip technologies that Arm Holdings announced this week, could help to power mobile networks that are being asked to handle more traffic with more fine-tuned controls. The provider of the dominant architecture for mobile devices ...
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Ofcom has announced plans to make more spectrum available in the next five years to pave the way for growth in the mobile industry. The telecoms operator said it would free up the 700MHz frequency, currently used for digital television ...
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Sprint Nextel has offered US $2.1 billion, or $2.90 a share, for the nearly one-half interest in mobile broadband firm Clearwire that the company doesn’t already own. Sprint, in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...
Saint-Gobain Sekurit has secured a brand-new deal with the French auto major Renault as it gets set to roll out the off-roader 'Duster' on the Indian roads. Sekurit will stand to gain as the single biggest glass supplier for this programme, ...
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Telefonica and Vodafone are partnering in the UK to extend network infrastructure to reach 98% of the UK population. The partnership will rival Everything Everywhere, which formed in March 2010 following the merger of Orange and T-Mobile ...
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Ofcom has released details of its long-awaited spectrum auction, which will enable mobile operators to roll-out 4G services across the UK. The regulator confirmed the process would begin before the end of 2012 and offer the equivalent of ...
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This year’s Olympic Games in London have been touted as the most connected in history. With an estimated one billion people set to watch the events and millions more expected to log on to keep track of all the action, all aspects ...
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Mobile operator Vodafone has said it fears that Ofcom's decision to allow Everything Everywhere(EE)to repurpose its 1800MHz spectrum could lead to the 4G auction,which is set to begin at the end of the year,being delayed. The mobile ...
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Helix Medical, a division of the Freudenberg Group, has completed the acquisition of MedVenture Technology for an undisclosed sum. MedVenture's commercial products include minimally invasive surgical and catheter-based devices used in ...