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Government encourages more 5.8GHz fixed wireless servicesRichard WilsonThe Department of Trade and Industry is opening the 5.8GHz Band C spectrum to a wide user base ranging from existing telecoms and Internet service providers to community, health and educational users.Authorisation to use this band will be under the management of the new OFCOM regime from February 2 next year. The aim, ...

Distributor starts RoHS/WEEE information serviceRichard WilsonFarnell InOne has started sending customers email updates on issues relating to the upcoming European directives on the use of hazardous materials (RoHS) and electrical waste (WEEE).“To date, there has been little in the way of a common approach to dealing with the issues that customers and suppliers face as a result of the RoHS ...

Scottish microdisplay firm fails Richard WilsonScottish microdisplay firm MicroVue Ltd has not been able to raise further investment and the management board has decided to cease trading and commence placing the company into voluntary liquidation.MicroVue builds displays based on FLCOS (ferroelectric liquid crystal on silicon) technology in which the surface of silicon chips, made by standard processes, is coated by ...

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Matsushita takes control of 70 year old spin-out Richard WilsonMatsushita Electric Industrial has increased its interest in Matsushita Electric Works, a separate company since 1935, to a controlling 51 per cent as part of a move to bring the two companies closer together.Next year MEI, owner of the Panasonic consumer electronics brand , and MEW, which sells lighting systems and ...