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New material for 6G flexible printed circuit boards
New material for 6G flexible printed circuit boards
Technology News |
Panasonic has developed a new material for flexible printed circuit boards that can be used to create metasurface designs for…
Three team for battery-free real-time IoT asset tracking
Three team for battery-free real-time IoT asset tracking
Business news |
Energous is teaming up with edge computing supplier Veea and energy harvesting IoT tag maker Wiliot for real-time asset tracking.
First 5G satellite voice call is to Europe
First 5G satellite voice call is to Europe
Business news |
The first 5G voice call on a standard smartphone via a satellite was to Europe. The first 5G voice call…
Component shortages cut smartphone brands by two thirds
Component shortages cut smartphone brands by two thirds
Market news |
The number of active smartphone brands around the world is down to almost 250 in 2023 so far from over…

Single chip NFC for self-storage smart lock
Single chip NFC for self-storage smart lock
News |
Keep It Simple Storage (KISS) in the US has moved from manual locks to fully automated and remote-controlled systems with NFC chips from Infineon Technologies. KISS is using the NFC-powered,…
JLR taps Qualcomm for 5G V2X
JLR taps Qualcomm for 5G V2X
Business news |
Car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is extending its collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies to bring 5G capabilities to select next-generation Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar vehicles. JLR and Qualcomm…
AccelerComm, TTP team for regenerative O-RAN satellite 5G
AccelerComm, TTP team for regenerative O-RAN satellite 5G
Technology News |
AccelerComm has teamed with TTP, RF DSP and Radisys for a reference design of a more complex O-RAN satellite 5G basestation using regenerative protocols. The Regenerative 5G RAN reference platform…
Anritsu teams for 6G AiP antenna test
Anritsu teams for 6G AiP antenna test
Technology News |
Anritsu has teamed up with ATV in Germany and MPI in Taiwan to test Antenna in Package (AiP) technology for next generation 6G applications. The 6G AiP test system uses…
Pan-European NXP teams look to 5nm, 6G R&D
Pan-European NXP teams look to 5nm, 6G R&D
Business news |
The European Union is funding multiple teams from NXP across the continent on the development of 5nm technology for chips made at the ESMC foundry to be built in Dresden.
Space materials, AI in £88m to boost Open RAN bandwidth
Space materials, AI in £88m to boost Open RAN bandwidth
Technology News |
The UK government is backing a series of trials of Open RAN telecoms tech in high capacity sporting venues and tourism hotspots with £88m. The £88m (€100m) Open RAN funding…
Wirepas, Laird team for massive rollout of BLE modules
Wirepas, Laird team for massive rollout of BLE modules
Business news |
Wirepas in Finland is working with Laird Connectivity on combined hardware and software in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) modules for massive IoT implementations. The combination allows the Laird modules to…
W and D band testers for early 6G and sub-THz research
W and D band testers for early 6G and sub-THz research
New Products |
Rohde & Schwarz is launching three test systems for W and D band applications for 6G and sub-terahertz research. The R&S SFI100A wideband IF vector signal generator, the R&S NRP170TWG…
Qualcomm secures Apple’s 5G business through 2026
Qualcomm secures Apple’s 5G business through 2026
Business news |
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. has said it has agreed to supply Apple with Snapdragon 5G RF modems for smartphones to be launched in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Qualcomm said that part…
Qualcomm, Samsung show gigabit broadband on 5G
Qualcomm, Samsung show gigabit broadband on 5G
Technology News |
Samsung has demonstrated gigabit wireless broadband on 5G using a forthcoming chipset from Qualcomm. The Snapdragon X75 chipset achieved the world’s first simultaneous 5G 2x uplink and 4x downlink carrier…
Mediatek tapes out 3nm chip for volume production in 2024
Mediatek tapes out 3nm chip for volume production in 2024
Business news |
Mediatek has taped out its first chip using TSMC’s 3nm technology for a Dimensity system-on-chip (SoC) with volume production expected next year. The 3nm tape out deal is an especially…
Inside the Seeed credit card LoRaWAN IoT GPS tracker
Inside the Seeed credit card LoRaWAN IoT GPS tracker
Technology News |
IoT hardware developer Seeed Studio has launched a card-size GPS tracker that uses the LoRaWAN LPWAN network along with an open source hardware design. The Seeed SenseCAP T1000 tracker is…
Fairphone taps industrial Qualcomm chip for 5G phone tackling e-waste
Fairphone taps industrial Qualcomm chip for 5G phone tackling e-waste
Feature articles |
European phone maker Fairphone has used an industrial chip from Qualcomm to give its latest repairable 5G hardware the same decade of support as the software. The Fairphone 5, released…
CEO interview: Staying independent at Nordic Semiconductor
CEO interview: Staying independent at Nordic Semiconductor
Interviews |
Nick Flaherty talks to the CEO and CTO of leading IoT chip designer Nordic Semiconductor on its fortieth anniversary on its plans for the post-Covid, AI future and staying independent.
Samsung begins UK mass rollout of Open RAN
Samsung begins UK mass rollout of Open RAN
Business news |
Vodafone has started rolling out Open RAN telecoms equipment from Samsung across the UK. The equipment is being installed across 2,500 mobile sites in Wales and the South-West of England.
Top ten most read articles in August
Top ten most read articles in August
Feature articles |
August may traditionally be a holiday month, but the electronics industry is busy picking up on the recovery as the most read articles on eeNews Europe show. The latest data…
 PXI/PXIe microwave switch family for test optimization
 PXI/PXIe microwave switch family for test optimization
New Products |
Pickering Interfaces has launched a 110GHz PXI switch for testing microwave systems. The 40/42-890 modular, flexible PXI/PXIe microwave switch family supports the latest RF and communications test requirements up to110GHz as operating…
RFSOI boost for mobile and 5G on 300mm wafers
RFSOI boost for mobile and 5G on 300mm wafers
News |
GlobalFoundries has enhanced its RFSOI foundry process that uses 300mm wafers to improve the cost effectiveness. The 9SW RFSOI (radio frequency silicon on insulator) process is the most advanced at…
Autotalks, Hyundai Mobis team on V2X modules
Autotalks, Hyundai Mobis team on V2X modules
Business news |
Israeli chip designer Autotalks is working with Hyundai Mobis to develop MTCU (Multi-functional Telematics Control Unit) connectivity modules. The first generation MTCU from Hyundai Mobis, the sixth largest global…
TTP spins out satellite connectivity company for drones
TTP spins out satellite connectivity company for drones
Business news |
UK consultancy TTP has launched a spin off company to commercialise lightweight technology to connect drones to satellites. Gotonomi has used TTP technology to develop a range of small, lightweight…
Qualcomm and BT set up UK 5G R&D lab
Qualcomm and BT set up UK 5G R&D lab
Technology News |
Qualcomm Technologies International is to set up a UK research lab for 5G technologies. The lab, in collaboration with BT, will see 5G test equipment installed in the Qualcomm Technologies…
Nokia to boost better broadband with app store
Nokia to boost better broadband with app store
Technology News |
Nokia has launched end-to-end open source, containerised home connectivity software for broadband devices that will enable service providers to add apps to generate new revenues and reduce operational costs. The Corteca combines intelligent software running…
Korea sees 6G in 2028 as it learns the lesson of 5G
Korea sees 6G in 2028 as it learns the lesson of 5G
Technology News |
Korean operator SK Telecom has published a paper on the lessons learned from 5G for the development and rollout of the next generation 6G two years earlier than predicted. The…
R&S, MediaTek verify 5G RedCap Rel. 17 test platform
R&S, MediaTek verify 5G RedCap Rel. 17 test platform
Business news |
Rohde & Schwarz and MediaTek have successfully verified MediaTek’s 5G RedCap (reduced capability) test platform, as defined in 3GPP Release 17. The RedCap specification in release 17 opens up a…


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