The Government is to fund research into LED-based Gbit/s free-space optical networks. The heavyweight academic team includes the Universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford and St Andrews, and is lead by the University of Strathclyde. ...
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PPG Industries' industrial coatings business announced that it has created a dedicated electronic materials group to integrate products and technologies acquired from Spraylat Corporation. PPG now offers a full line of electrically ...
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General Motor's large crossover SUVs were a revelation when they launched back in 2007, proof that GM could compete with the best. We've been big fans, even awarding the Chevrolet Traverse a Top Pick designation a few years back. But ...
Mobile phone operator Three UK has confirmed that it will not charge a premium for its LTE high-speed mobile network. Three's announcement contrasts sharply with the payment plans offered by Everything Everywhere's (EE) Orange and T-Mobile ...
Radio-frequency component and compound semiconductor company RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA says that its board of directors has authorized an extension of RFMD’s 2011 share repurchase program to repurchase up to $200m of ...
With the target of drawing academic and industrial expertise together to address the solid-state lighting/electronics interface and its implications for custom-controlled lighting systems, Scotland’s University of Strathclyde is ...
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For its fiscal third-quarter 2013 (ended 29 December 2012), radio-frequency component and compound semiconductor firm RF Micro Devices, of Greensboro, NC, USA has reported significantly improved financial results.Revenue was $271.2m, up ...
Aeroflex says its E500 LTE test system is the first capacity tester to successfully hand over data services between TDD and FDD networks. According to the test firm, network operators around the world are already commissioning dual ...
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Researchers in the USA have developed radio frequency switches based on nitride semiconductor voltage-controlled capacitors (varactors) [F. Jahan et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 9 January 2013]. The team, consisting of engineers from ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has secured a reference design with Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) for smart energy, industrial and networking ...
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Delta Beverages has announced the installation of a new $12.3m polyethylene terephathlate (PET) plastic bottling line at the Bon Accord Sparkling Beverages plant in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The new plant, which has a capacity of 15000 bottles ...
Avery Dennison Corporation announced preliminary, unaudited fourth quarter and full-year 2012 results. All non-GAAP financial measures referenced in this document are reconciled to GAAP in the attached tables. Unless otherwise indicated, ...
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Flying Toys is celebrating its 35th anniversary at this year's Spring Fair. The company will be introducing 21 new Silverlit products at the show, including two 'Motion Intelligent' helicopters, as well as the latest Parrot AR.Drone ...
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Motorola Solutions believes workplaces will find value in rugged handheld mobile computers that cost several times more than consumer-focused smartphones, but last much longer. The MC45 mobile computer from Motorola. In that vein, ...
Tiny LED light bulbs, currently in development, could deliver Wi-Fi-like internet communications, whilst also displaying information and providing illumination, all at the same time. Indeed, over the next four years with Engineering and ...
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