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href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49215.php">Which Technologies Get Better Faster?</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">May 17th 2011 - 16:34 GMT</i></font><br>Researchers at MIT and other institutions have shown that it may be possible to predict which technologies are likeliest to advance rapidly, and therefore may be worth more investment in research and resources....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49215.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49211.php">Sequans and Ericsson Collaborate on TD-LTE Development</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">May 17th 2011 - 14:57 GMT</i></font><br>Chipmaker Sequans Communications has announced that it is working with Ericsson to develop unspecified TD-LTE based products....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49211.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49159.php">Reducing "Listener Fatigue" From Wearing Personal Stereo Headphones</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">May 13th 2011 - 07:10 GMT</i></font><br>Novel device with rock 'n' roll roots may protect listeners from potential dangers of personal listening devices and hearing aids....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49159.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49133.php">The Touch Sensor That Delivers Electric Shocks</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">May 11th 2011 - 18:25 GMT</i></font><br>A prototype sensor for future laptops and mobile phones uses tiny electrical shocks to simulate the effect of a finger moving over a surface - even though the finger is actually stationary....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49133.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49129.php">Evolved Intelligence Offers Health Check for Roaming Steering</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">May 11th 2011 - 15:46 GMT</i></font><br>Evolved Intelligence has launched a health check for roaming steering systems in mobile operators. This reports on whether an operator's steering system is causing a loss of customer service and revenue....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49129.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49122.php">Spirent Advances Testing for Ethernet in the Mobile Backhaul</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">May 11th 2011 - 11:12 GMT</i></font><br>Spirent Communications and Anue Systems gave jointly introduced a mobile backhaul testing solution designed to validate timing and synchronization as well as carrier Ethernet protocols...<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49122.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49088.php">Using Smartphones for Medical Diagnosis</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">May 9th 2011 - 14:18 GMT</i></font><br>New research from the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine shows that doctors can make a stroke diagnosis using an iPhone application with the same accuracy as a diagnosis at a medical computer workstation....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49088.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49085.php">Universal Phone Charger Standards Widened to Other Portable Devices</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">May 9th 2011 - 12:34 GMT</i></font><br>The technical standards for the universal phone charger have been updated to widen the range from mobile phones to other portable electronics....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49085.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49074.php">Graphene Optical Modulators Could Lead to Ultrafast Communications</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">May 9th 2011 - 07:52 GMT</i></font><br>Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated a new technology for graphene that could break the current speed limits in digital communications....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49074.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49073.php">Mobile Phones Could Be Recharged by the Power of Voice Alone</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">May 8th 2011 - 14:34 GMT</i></font><br>A new technology could scavenge energy from ambient sound and use that to recharge batteries in portable devices such as mobile phones....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49073.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49029.php">Intel Shows Off New Low-Power Chips for Future Mobile Devices</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">May 4th 2011 - 18:19 GMT</i></font><br>Intel has shown off the first commercial deployment of a new chip technology it initially announced nearly ten years ago and is said to significantly reduce the power consumption of computer chips....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49029.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49024.php">Nokia Siemens Networks Starts Offering Migration Path for Motorola Customers</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">May 4th 2011 - 16:27 GMT</i></font><br>Nokia Siemens Networks has launched a product that connects existing Motorola Solutions' GSM base stations to its Flexi Base Station Controller and also provides a path to 3G and LTE technologies....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/49024.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48914.php">Qualcomm Announces Commercial Release of Its Augmented Reality Platform</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">April 27th 2011 - 14:58 GMT</i></font><br>Qualcomm has announced the immediate commercial availability of its Augmented Reality (AR) Platform for Android smartphones. ...<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48914.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48911.php">Ericsson to Boost Russian R&D; Efforts</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">April 27th 2011 - 11:40 GMT</i></font><br>Ericsson has announced that it will play a key partner role with Russia's non-profit Skolkovo Foundation in the development of the Skolkovo Innovation Center, a high-technology business park aimed at promoting the development of science and technology companies....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48911.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48886.php">Conducting Ferroelectrics May Be Key to New Electronic Memory</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">April 26th 2011 - 07:56 GMT</i></font><br>Novel properties of ferroelectric materials discovered at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are moving scientists one step closer to realizing a new paradigm of electronic memory storage....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48886.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48872.php">US Army Testing Android Smartphones for Use in Combat</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">April 25th 2011 - 08:25 GMT</i></font><br>The US Army is reported to have opted for the Android OS to power its future smartphone based communications system. ...<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48872.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48841.php">Self-Healing Plastics Could Mean an End to Scratches on Cell Phones</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">April 21st 2011 - 10:17 GMT</i></font><br>Researchers have developed a novel plastic that can repair itself if scratched - heralding a possible future where cellphone screens and cases can self-heal any scratches they receive in daily use....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48841.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48810.php">Alcatel-Lucent and China Mobile to Co-Develop Future Mobile Technologies </a></b><br><i><font size="-1">April 20th 2011 - 08:36 GMT</i></font><br>Alcatel-Lucent and China Mobile have announced a joint memorandum of understanding to develop Alcatel-Lucent's lightRadio technology....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48810.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48748.php">OmniVision Launches 12.6-Megapixel Cameraphone Sensor</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">April 15th 2011 - 08:31 GMT</i></font><br>OmniVision Technologies has developed a 12.6-megapixel RAW CMOS image sensor for use in smartphones....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48748.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48734.php">Huawei Opens Technology Training Center in Indonesia</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">April 14th 2011 - 10:14 GMT</i></font><br>China's Huawei has opened a brand new technology training center in Indonesia's Bandung. The center is part of Huawei's ongoing partnership programs with the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48734.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48723.php">ZTE Invests in Brazilian Industrial Park</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">April 13th 2011 - 14:43 GMT</i></font><br>China's ZTE has announced plans to build a new industrial park in the Brazilian city of Hortolandia....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48723.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48718.php">Intel Working with Tencent on MeeGo Smartphone OS</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">April 13th 2011 - 09:58 GMT</i></font><br>Intel has set up a joint venture with China based Tencent to develop new products based on the Intel/Nokia developed MeeGo smartphone OS....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48718.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48690.php">Better Lasers for Optical Communications</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">April 12th 2011 - 07:45 GMT</i></font><br>A new laser procedure could boost optical fiber communications; this technique could become essential for the future expansion of the Internet. It also opens up new frontiers in basic research...<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48690.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48638.php">UCF Student Turns Cell Phone Into Malaria Detecting Microscope</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">April 6th 2011 - 17:11 GMT</i></font><br>A group of US college students say they have figured out how to turn smart phones into virtual microscopes that can detect malaria from a digital snapshot of a patient's blood sample....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48638.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48636.php">WiMAX Forum Opens Certification Lab in Malaysia</a></b><br><i><font size="-1">April 6th 2011 - 15:02 GMT</i></font><br>The WiMAX Forum has selected SIRIM QAS International to manage a WiMAX Forum Designated Certification Laboratory (WFDCL) in Malaysia....<a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48636.php">more</a></p> <p><b><a href="/web/20110519092803/http://www.cellular-news.com/story/48602.php">Introducing Aruba AirMesh - 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