Communications

The first HDMI Alternate Mode cable, which allows phones, cameras and set-top boxes with USB-C video outputs to connect with HDMI port-equipped displays, including HD and 4K TVs

Microchip claims an industry first combining Zigbee PRO and Green Power features in a platform, and getting it certified by the Zigbee Alliance.

Qualcomm and TDK complete their Singapore-based joint venture developing and manufacturing RF components for mobile devices.

A novel slot waveguide with tunable, two-dimensional electron gas could form the basis of a room temperature THz modulator

The vast amount of data created by a smart city data risks being of limited use unless it is supported by context, according to European standards body ETSI, which is attempting to formalise contextual information. ETSI said: Data without context are meaningless. The context seems obvious to humans: the temperature sensor is attached to an air-conditioner in the house, the ...

5G mobile technology groups – Small Cell Forum (SCF) and 5G Americas – have worked together on tech papers to support the deployment of small cells. The reports, Small Cell Siting: Regulatory and Deployment Considerations and Multi-Operator and Neutral Host Small Cells: Drivers, Architectures, Planning and Regulation, are hoped to simplify the planning and regulatory issues associated with the dense Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) deployments that will ...

5G mobile technologies and the impact they are expected to have on the connected world of billions of IoT devices will be a big theme at CES 2017, which takes place in Las Vegas next month. Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, CTA, which organises the exhibition, writes: “From the Internet of Things, to virtual reality to self-driving cars and beyond, connectivity is ...

A group of MPs in the the British Infrastructure Group (BIG) have proposed compulsory roaming on mobile operators, as a means of improving rural coverage.

Today sees the formal adoption of the latest Bluetooth wireless comms standard - Bluetooth 5 - incorporating all the low energy features previously seen in Bluetooth Smart

With the immminent ratification of the Bluetooth 5 standard, Nordic Semiconductor has announced its Bluetooth 5 ready nRF52840 SoC.