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Industry alliance provides SA with instant access to global markets
30 January 2002
Europe *Star, the joint venture between Alcatel Spacecom of France and Loral Space & Communications of the USA, has established a powerful new Ku band antenna in conjunction with Alliance Communications ...

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HomePlug Powerline Alliance showcases first Homeplug products
30 January 2002
The HomePlug Powerline Alliance, an industry consortium established to provide a forum for the development of an open specification of home powerline networking products and services, demonstrated the ...

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Plastic optical fibre (POF) market set to take off
30 January 2002
Conclusions from an IGI Consulting study provides evidence that the market for plastic optical fibre is taking off. After many years of promise, all the pieces required for plastic optical fibre for data ...

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Electronics News Digest
30 January 2002, Electronic News Digest
Southern Africa Dimension Data is rolling out a R1,8 million network infrastructure project to meet the network bandwidth needs of Engen Refinery. Designed as a three-phase approach, it involves the ...

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Telkom deploys RPS solution from Spescom
21 November 2001
An efficient RPS leads to faster installation, faster fault repairing and reduced risk in hiring out services

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Phoenix Contact demonstrates continued confidence in SA
21 November 2001, Phoenix Contact
The company says its strategy in South Africa is one of growth

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Siemens Components and Electrocomp - a partnership that really is working well for the local electronics industry
21 November 2001, Electrocomp
Three years ago, Electrocomp invested in a new custom-designed 3000 m2 warehouse and Head Office in Linbro Business Park, and the decision was taken that Siemens would join them there, providing the opportunity to streamline overall operations and improve customer service and satisfaction

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Is the lowest forward voltage drop of real Schottky diodes always the best choice?
21 November 2001
Deviations in the dynamic behaviour and the corresponding switching loss from the ideal diode with a junction capacitance represent more disadvantageous behaviour than a very high reverse current

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Cover story
21 November 2001, Electrocomp
About 15 years ago Siemens Components, at the time based in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, decided to appoint distributors to take over its 'counter sales'. They felt that smaller distributors could reach ...

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Latest Aibo robotic pet is customisable
21 November 2001
Sony's latest model of Aibo, its robotic 'pet dog' toy, is composed of modules that can be popped on and off to change the unit's appearance. The ERS-220 has a core system that includes a 64 bit MIPS ...

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Electronics News Digest
21 November 2001, Electronic News Digest
Southern Africa Local IT and telecoms research house, BMI-TechKnowledge, believes the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) exhibition held recently in Midrand is integral to the telecommunications ...

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Products of the Year - 2001
21 November 2001
Dataweek's annual roundup - novel, innovative, or simply ... perennial best-selling products! The following spread showcases a number of significant products - selected by either their vendors, manufacturers, ...

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Why are more people not online?
7 November 2001
"To expand the reach of the Web in developing countries, public venues -libraries, schools, offices and Internet cafés - will have to play a more crucial role."

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AAD signs sub-distribution agreement with Components & System Design
7 November 2001, Altron Arrow
"CSD specialises in added value distribution of electronic components by complementing the distribution business with FAE support and design services."

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Gallium arsenide meets silicon at last - 'technology breakthrough'
7 November 2001
On 4 September, Motorola announced the successful growth of thin-film gallium arsenide circuits on silicon substrates, finally bridging the gap between the two families of materials

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All-Italian PCB machines manufacturing company formed
7 November 2001
This industrial merger of world leaders in their field stems from the mutual desire of the shareholders to approach their customers (PCB manufacturers) as a single force to further strengthen their position on an international level

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Radio amateurs seek industry support to take their activity into schools
7 November 2001
"If South Africa is to become technology sufficient, we need to start at school level to give young people opportunities to experience technology."

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A useful role for the ADX1202 dual-axis accelerometer in speedometer-independent car navigation systems
7 November 2001
The ADXL202 dual-axis accelerometer can be used to develop accurate speed estimates for the navigation system

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Prompt Technologies appointed as Gage agent
7 November 2001
Prompt Technologies has been appointed as the exclusive local distributor for Gage's range of PC-based oscilloscopes, high-speed digital input/output systems and PC-based oscilloscope software. These ...

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Electronics News Digest
7 November 2001, Electronic News Digest
Southern Africa Technology group IST has posted a 480% improvement in earnings at the halfway mark as the turnaround process it initiated last year continued to pay dividends. The company said interim ...

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