$231 bn in worldwide contract manufacturing forecast for 2005 1 August 2001 The computer and telecommunications sectors of the IT industry represented the largest opportunity for contract manufacturing services in 2000, which together accounted for 46% of industry revenue
Gartner presents African telecommunications findings 1 August 2001 'Could-do-betters', which include South Africa, are those African countries where the ownership of the incumbent has shifted from the public to the private sector, however the sector is still a monopoly and the government has introduced a lengthy exclusivity period
Model Technology and Actel enter OEM agreement 1 August 2001, ASIC Design Services Model Technology and Actel have announced an OEM agreement to provide Actel customers with easy access to ModelSim, a leading language-neutral simulation tool. Actel will integrate ModelSim into Libero, ...
Fluke enhances portfolio with acquisition of Hart Scientific 1 August 2001 Fluke Corporation has again proved its commitment to be a worldwide leader in portable, professional electronic test tools with the recent acquisition of Hart Scientific, designer and supplier of scientific ...
Tektronix earns Gold Medal at International telecom show 1 August 2001 Receiving praise and recognition from Poland's Ministry of Communications and industry peers, Tektronix was awarded a Gold Medal for its advanced network monitoring system at the 2001 International Telecommunication ...
'Vampire' demonstration given to President Bush 1 August 2001 Power Integrations' President and CEO Balu Balakrishnan recently gave a demonstration to President Bush and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham on the significant amount of energy wasted by standby power ...
Electronics News Digest 1 August 2001, Electronic News Digest Southern Africa
Eskom has announced its sponsorship of the Expo for Young Scientists which will in future be known as the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists. The sponsorship amounts to over R1m over a period ...
Appointments 1 August 2001 Webb Industries has appointed Ockert Britz as Project Manager, Masts and Towers and Mark Colling, Manager, Kitting Division.
Energy Measurements has appointed Danny Mabuse, Customer Relations Manager; ...
'Patent to product' initiative 18 July 2001 Seminar content can help product designers at all levels in areas such as protection of intellectual property, how to access technical assistance and financial incentives, business development and export assistance
Adding security to mobile communications 18 July 2001 Nanoteq has developed the CodeVoice Mobile, a voice encryption unit for mobile communications which can be used to encrypt voice for transmission via Inmarsat satellite networks, GSM (and other cellular) networks and the fixed line public switched telephone network (PSTN)
Semiconductor markings - real or not? 18 July 2001 A word of caution to anyone purchasing semiconductor products would be to check on what the original distinguishing manufacturer markings are, and in turn check that the specific product being purchased corresponds to this
Innoveda unbundles ePlanner tool suite 18 July 2001, ASIC Design Services Innoveda has announced it will unbundle the component applications of its ePlanner PCB signal integrity planning tool suite. Starting with Version 2, the CMS Planview and Scratchpad applications will ...
Columbus ensures staff safety with two-way radios 18 July 2001 Columbus Stainless, one of the world's largest single site stainless steel manufacturing plants, has purchased GP340 and GP360 Motorola professional two-way radios as well as a GM380 basestation in a ...
Electronics News Digest 18 July 2001, Electronic News Digest Southern Africa
Dimension Data and software partner Software AG are setting up South Africa's first centre of excellence dedicated to XML (eXtensible Markup Language). According to the group the establishment ...
