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Huawei today announced the signing of a five-year managed services agreement with Telefónica UK. Under the agreement, Huawei will be responsible for planning and managing Telefónica UK's core transmission, mobile access and network construction in the multivendor core network.

Cambridge Consultants has launched DUEL, a breakthrough technology that significantly improves LTE uplink performance when compared to MMSE, the “text-book” receiver design. DUEL, designed as an algorithmic and DSP extension to LTE base station receiver designs, requires no changes to handsets.

At this weeks International Electron Devices Conference, the nanoelectronics research center imec presents an innovative, simple and robust GaN-on-Si double heterostructure FET (field effect transistor) architecture for GaN-on-Si power switching devices. The architecture meets the normally-off requirements of power switching circuits and is characterized by low leakage and high breakdown voltage, both essential parameters to reduce the power los...

Rigel Medical has donated five of its 266 Plus electrical safety testers to a UK-based charity which supplies and maintains medical equipment to developing countries in Africa. The lightweight and compact instruments have been provided to the Amalthea Trust, which will be giving them to a medical engineering workshop currently being brought up to standard at the Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.

Amaechi Oduah has joined Mitsubishi Electric Automation Systems Division to head up its marketing and communications activities. He has over a decade’s experience in the telecommunications, electrical and electronic manufacturing sector and gained his education at the University of Greenwich. He explains that moving into automation was a strategic decision, as manufacturing is set to be one of the best growth sectors in the medium and long ...

Ann Watson, managing director of specialist awarding organisation, EAL (EMTA Awards Limited), cites the lack of unbiased careers advice in many schools as the stumbling block for Britain’s lost generation. The Government’s head of curriculum review, Tom Oates, called for half of all young people to complete an apprenticeship (03/06) and would like to see equal numbers choosing the apprenticeship route as studying for A-Levels. Watson com...

Ann Watson, managing director of specialist awarding organisation, EAL (EMTA Awards Limited), welcomes research ahead of VQ Day that shows a change of heart in the way parents view vocational training. As the UK’s economy continues on its fragile journey to recovery, Ann Watson says the statistics are encouraging and show a “much needed vote of confidence” for vocational training.

Ann Watson, managing director of specialist awarding organisation, EAL (EMTA Awards Limited), responds to the Government’s challenge to cut the red tape hindering UK manufacturing.

Olmec-UK, has designed and installed a machine vision system to determine the integrity of droppers for products such as ear drops at the final packaging stage. The system, built for a leading UK-based manufacturer of over the counter healthcare products, checks that the droppers are correct prior to them being placed in the carton with the product.

Motivated by significant changes to the Machinery Directive Safety Systems Technology has set up a bespoke service to design, manufacture and install machinery guarding, ensuring that machine manufacturers and users are compliant with the changes that have recently come into force.