Android overtakes Symbian as top smartphone platform
Google’s Android operating system has overtaken Nokia’s Symbian platform to become the world’s leading smartphone platform. According to the latest report by Canalys, shipments of smartphones running...
View ArticleBMW driving research for NFC car
BMW wants to turn your car key into a universal access device using near-field communications (NFC) technology. In a paper entitled Innovation Days Connected Drive meets Efficient Dynamics BMW spelled...
View ArticleUK average broadband speed increases 5% – Ofcom
The average broadband access download speed UK users experienced rose 5% to 6.2Mbps, but this is less than half the average headline speed they pay for, communications regulator Ofcom says. Ofcom’s...
View ArticleUK ‘dangerously reliant’ on GPS sat nav
The UK could be dangerously dependent on satellite radio navigation systems such as GPS, warns the Royal Academy of Engineering. Inadequate independent backup for Global Navigation Satellite Systems...
View ArticleMicro-range wireless adds 375Mbit/s to NFC
A Japanese-led international consortium is developing a 375Mbit/s data transfer standard for ‘touch’ communication with phones and other mobile devices. Dubbed TransferJet, applications are foreseen...
View ArticlePicochip sets sights on enterprise, metro and rural femtocells
Picochip, has launched its next generation of femtocell base station chips: PC3024 for enterprise use and the PC3032 for metro and rural cells. Fabbed by TSMC, the devices are made on a 40nm process...
View ArticleWideband antenna meets need for new mobile frequencies
CommScope claims to have an antenna which can be used by operators to add spectrum and bandwidth to mobile networks. The family of ultra-wideband basestation antennas are designed to address the needs...
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Orange launches Atom-based phone
Finally, an Intel Atom in a mobile from a major phone company, as Orange launches the ‘San Diego’. Inside the phone, codenamed Santa Clara (perhaps there was a clue there) is a Z2460 Atom. According...
View ArticleWhite space transceiver from Cambridge
Neul has announced its first transceiver chip for ‘white space’ communications in 470-790MHz UHF TV bands. Called Iceni, the chip is intended for secure non-line-of-sight machine-to-machine (M2M)...
View ArticleElectronics patent of the month: Anti retail-theft RFID antenna and reader
GPS with an accuracy of 2m has been developed by researchers at Carlos III University in Madrid. The researchers added three gyroscopes and three accelerometers to a conventional GPS system to pinpoint...
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