Anti-dumping duties could be imposed on Chinese solar imports to Europe by the middle of next year. Panel production in Freiburg The European Commission(EC)has launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of solar panels,cells ...
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Beneq,Finnish supplier of thin film coating equipment,has joined R2R-CIGS,a high-profile pho-tovoltaics project financed by the European Commission through its Seventh Framework Pro-gramme(FP7).The primary goal of the ambitious project is ...
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The European Commission today called for providers to share spectrum with one another in order to boost wireless connectivity across the region. In a report entitled Promoting the shared use of radio spectrum resources in the internal ...
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MasterCard will work with mobile operator Everything Everywhere to develop mobile and digital payment solutions. The five-year partnership will see the two firms compete with the likes of O2, US-based Google Wallet, PayPal and Barclays ...
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Mobile operator Three has selected South Korean firm Samsung to provide it with LTE radio access network and 3G/LTE core infrastructure solutions to underpin its forthcoming 4G service. The deal marks Samsung's first mobile network ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency(FSA)is seeking clarification from the European Food Safety Authority(EFSA)seeking clarification over the production of smoked skin-on sheep meat–also known as smokies. While smokies are consumed by some ...
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Everything Everywhere has confirmed a deal with mobile network operator 3 to sell on part of its 1800MHz spectrum,which could enable the smaller operator to launch its own 4G services. The agreement to sell part of the spectrum band is ...
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Norwegian industrial conglomerate Orkla has entered into an agreement to acquire family-controlled food company Rieber&Soen,by committing to buy 90.11%shares held by the Rieber family,in a deal which values the company at ...
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IDG News Service - Google-owned Motorola Mobility has filed yet another claim against Apple with the U.S. International Trade Commission, this time asserting that devices including the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch infringe patents related to ...
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IDG News Service - Competition Commission of India, the country's antitrust agency, is investigating Google for alleged anti-competitive practices following a complaint by a consumer watchdog group, a federal minister told Parliament on ...
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First, it was in the jungles of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Starting from the late 1990s, many Uganda dealers have raided the rich forests of that volatile eastern part of that country and cut down trees in a smuggling campaign that ...
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The last few months have seen a number of developments in the ongoing patent disputes between the major manufacturers in the mobile phone industry. Motorola Mobility has been found to infringe Apple's"slide-to-unlock"patent.Apple ...
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The employment of IT professionals will grow twice as fast as the average across sectors up to 2020 with 129,000 new recruits needed every year to meet demand for IT and telecoms workers. Research from e-Skills UK found that last year ...
The European Commission has approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals' Kalydeco (ivacaftor) to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis in people with a specific genetic mutation (G551D). The approval is based on positive findings from two ...
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Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company have received European Commission marketing authorization for Jentadueto (linagliptin/metformin hydrochloride) tablets. Jentadueto is a new, single-tablet treatment option, taken twice daily, ...
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