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1999 year-end semiconductor sales reach all time high of $149 billion - 20% growth forecast through 2001
1 March 2000
"Today's global sales numbers represent an 18,9% growth rate for the semiconductor industry in 1999," said George Scalise, SIA President. "With year-end global sales reaching $149 billion, 1999 broke ...

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Going Wireless
1 March 2000
In 1999, a slew of wireless carriers introduced wireless data services, and the onslaught is expected to continue in 2000. Meanwhile, the number of wireless device users with access to inbound and outbound ...

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830 million mobile devices will access the internet by 2005 says report
1 March 2000
The new Wireless Internet Newsletter from IGI Consulting, a member of the IGI Group, predicts that 830 million mobile devices will access the Internet by 2005, up from 600 million in 2003 and 76 million ...

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New street-level maps on WAP cellphones using positioning technology demonstated
1 March 2000
A new service that relies on positioning technology to display mobile phone users' location on a map, to provide information on facilities surrounding them and to guide them to their destination using ...

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TI advances RF capability with SiGe technology
1 March 2000
Texas Instruments has announced a new bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS) process incorporating silicon-germanium (SiGe) technology to enhance its radio frequency (RF) offerings for wireless telephony. The company ...

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European export of GSM handsets forecast to top 29million by 2001
1 March 2000
Productronica 99 serves as an orientation aid for circuit manufacturers, their customers and electronics developers, and, as such, shows them what direction production engineering is expected to move ...

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Energy Measurements appoints Director for Latin America
15 March 2000 , Electronic News Digest
Energy Measurements has appointed Marcel L¢pez Uribe, as Director, Latin America. L¢pez Uribe will be based in Mexico city. According to Energy Measurements' Sales and Marketing Manager, Dave Simpson, ...

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Avnet Kopp signs agreement with the 'People in power'
16 Feb 2000
Avnet is a world-leader in the use of e-commerce and part of its integrated materials services (IMS), offers its customers an EDI-based automated point of use replenishment system (POURS). Avnet's worldwide ...

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Interconnection manufacturer and distributor grows with the growth markets-and maintains focus
16 Feb 2000
A truly global company, Molex can design, manufacture and deliver products to any location throughout the world, and services its customers through its own sales engineers and a global network of authorised distributors.

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World's first GSM direct conversion radio chipset wins 'Product of the year Award'
16 Feb 2000
Analog Devices' Othello chipset, the world's first open-market GSM (global system for mobile communications) direct conversion radio chipset, was awarded Electronic Products' magazine's 'Product of the ...

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Crusoe has landed - 'smart' processor to revolutionize mobile Internet computing
16 Feb 2000
Transmeta Corporation has ended four and a half years of secrecy with the introduction of Crusoe, the world's first family of smart microprocessors. Designed to create a new category of mobile Internet ...

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Digital tracking really gets under the skin
16 Feb 2000
US company Applied Digital Solutions (ADS) has acquired the patent rights to a miniature digital transceiver - dubbed 'Digital Angel' - that it claims can be used for a variety of purposes, such as providing ...

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1394 Trade Association creates new automotive work group
16 Feb 2000
The 1394 Trade Association has formed a new Automotive Working Group established to make the IEEE-1394 multimedia standard suitable for use in an automotive environment. The group's work is intended to ...

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Rawandan utility furthers relationship with SA revenue managment supplier
16 Feb 2000
A patented South African revenue management system implemented in Rwanda's capital city Kigali has proven so successful that the system will now be unrolled throughout the country. Joseph Mugenga, Managing ...

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Statcon marshalls group marketing strengths
16 Feb 2000
The Stratcon Group of Companies consists of Stratford Engineering and Measurtronic. The latter offers electrical measurement solutions. A decision was recently made to combine the skills and expertise ...

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ISO 9000 now considered essential in the electronics industry
16 Feb 2000, Analogue, Mixed Signal, LSI
Increased competition and export-led business growth are among the key factors that are causing executives in the electronics industry to acquire the internationally recognised quality standard, ISO 9000, ...

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Worlds first video-over-GSM security system
16 Feb 2000
What is claimed to be the first open-circuit television (OCTV) security system to allow anyone with a mobile telephone and a desktop PC, laptop or handheld palm computer to transmit and receive high quality ...

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SA manufacturers, Designs need to reach international levels
16 Feb 2000
Quality control in manufacturing can be worthless if the design of the product is poor. If the design is faulty, quality control will not prevent the product from breaking down. This is the view of Murton ...

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Electrocomp - your 'Partner in South Africa'
16 Feb 2000, Electrocomp
Electrocomp is a well-respected, recognised market leader in the distribution of electronic components. Electrocomp was specifically origi- nated to serve the needs of the South African customer and the ...

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Specialised component supplier to the local industry
16 Feb 2000
Sivan Electronic Supplies offers specialised components to the electronic industry. True to its motto "Service you can rely on', the company offers local as well as fast-response principal's support, ...

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