Electronics & Telecommunications Standards News

December 31, 2007

NEMA Reaffirms ICS 61800 - Adjustable Speed Electrical Power Drive Systems Part 1
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) reaffirmed NEMA ICS 61800 - Adjustable Speed Electrical Power Drive Systems Part 1: ... more

December 31, 2007

NEMA Reaffirms FU 1-2002 - Low Voltage Cartridge Fuses
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) reaffirmed NEMA FU 1 - Low Voltage Cartridge Fuses. ... more

December 29, 2007

ABI: Service Provider Specialization Helps Advance M2M Market
A key challenge to growth in the cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) market has been the complexity of application development. ... more

December 29, 2007

ABI: 700 MHz Spectrum Auction Could Transform U.S. Mobile Landscape
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) auction of the 700 MHz frequency band scheduled for January 2008 could have a profound effect ... more

December 29, 2007

ABI: Set-Top Box Manufacturers Respond to Increasing Risks
The status of the set-top box (STB) within pay-TV households faces significant risk from the development of two-way, digital cable-ready TVs, ... more

December 24, 2007

Gartner Outlines Three Steps to Reduce Network Environmental Footprint
The business network can be a significant contributor to an organisation's total environmental footprint, according to Gartner. ... more

December 24, 2007

ITU: ICT Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Information and communication technologies (ICT) can be a cause and a potential cure for climate change, according to the International Telecommunication ... more

December 19, 2007

Frost: African Investment Climate Presents Business Telephony Market Opportunitie
Investments by government and government-aided organizations, contact center service providers and the primary sector are stimulating growth ... more

December 19, 2007

ANSI/NAM Network to Tackle REACH Implementation Challenges
Implementing the new European Union (EU) legislation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) poses ... more

December 19, 2007

France Adopts DRM for Frequencies up to 30 MHz
France adopted Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) and terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (T-DMB) in band III and in the L-band as digital ... more

December 19, 2007

ABI: Net Neutrality Debate Heats Up for Cable Operators
According to ABI Research, the festering debate over net neutrality will become heated as cable operators realize that many of the new, customer-demanded, ... more

December 19, 2007

Frost: WiMAX, IMS, LTE Fuel Growth of Wireless Protocol Analyzers Market
Important mergers and acquisitions (M&As) among equipment manufacturers continue to impact the growth of the wireless protocol analyzer (WPA) ... more

December 16, 2007

ATIS Releases Standard for Outage Reporting Process - ATIS 0100012.2007
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) released ATIS 0100012.2007 - Standard Outage Classification, which identifies a ... more

December 16, 2007

CDG: CDMA Continues Expansion in Asia Pacific Region
The Asia Pacific (APAC) region continued code division multiple access (CDMA) subscriber growth and network deployments, according to the CDMA ... more

December 16, 2007

SCTE to Develop Three Addressable Advertising Standards
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) initiated work on three technical standards to help facilitate delivery of more cost-effective ... more

December 16, 2007

ODVA Publishes Revised Editions of Specifications for CIP Networks
The OpenDeviceNet Vendors Association (ODVA) published revised editions of the specifications for the family of Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) ... more

December 16, 2007

ODVA Publishes Specs for Integration of Modbus Devices into CIP Architecture
The OpenDeviceNet Vendors Association (ODVA) published the specifications for the integration of Modbus devices into the Common Industrial Protocol ... more

December 16, 2007

ODVA Establishes Conformance Test Service Provider for EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet in China
A conformance test service provider for DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP will be established in mainland China at TÜV Rheinland operations in Shanghai. ... more

December 16, 2007

HP, LG Electronics, Motorola Form RFID Consortium
Seven companies organized the radio frequency identification (RFID) Consortium LLC to jointly license ultra high frequency (UHF) RFID patents. ... more

December 16, 2007

GSMA: Mobile Broadband Momentum Grows in Latin America
Action by governments in Latin America to make more spectrum available for High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA)-based mobile broadband services will ... more