Daily Archives: 19, February 2016

International team of scientists: New findings on sauropod dinosaurs

An international team of scientists, led by the China University of Geosciences in Beijing and including palaeontologists from the University of Bristol, has shed new light on some unusual dinosaur tracks from northern China. The tracks appear to have been … Read the full press release

The University of Bristol awards honorary degrees to Simon King OBE and Professor Dame Teresa Rees DBE

The University of Bristol is awarding honorary degrees to Simon King OBE and Professor Dame Teresa Rees DBE at degree ceremonies taking place today [18 February] in the Wills Memorial Building. BRISTOL, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Award-winning broadcaster Simon King will … Read the full press release

ABB to power Metsä Group’s new bioproduct mill in Äänekoski, Finland

The first mill to operate fully free from fossil fuels will increase the share of renewable energy in Finland by more than two percent ZURICH, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB will supply the complete power and process electrical systems for Metsä … Read the full press release

RoboCup European Open from 30 March till 3 April at the Evoluon in Eindhoven

Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The venue for this year’s RoboCup European Open, a tournament for autonomous robots, is the Evoluon in Eindhoven from 30 March till 3 April. Eye-catchers include the soccer-playing robots, service and music robots along … Read the full press release

The Kudelski Group reports 32.7% operating income increase in 2015

2015 Annual Results +11.1% constant currency revenue growth and +32.7% operating income increase Successful large-scale deployment of innovations in the TV space and solid growth in emerging TV markets Kudelski Security going global by entering the US market Continued patent … Read the full press release

University of Birmingham study links periodontitis to higher mortality rate in patients with chronic kidney disease

BIRMINGHAM, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — New findings from the University of Birmingham show that patients with chronic kidney disease patients and periodontitis (severe gum disease) have a higher mortality rate than those with chronic kidney disease alone. The research, published in … Read the full press release

LUKOIL starts first phase of gas processing unit at the Stavrolen plant in Budennovsk

MOSCOW, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich, President of PJSC LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov and Stavropol Region Governor Vladimir Vladimirov took part in the official startup of the first phase of the gas processing … Read the full press release

Umeå University Medals of Honour 2016 to be presented to Lena Gustafsson and Britta Lundgren

Umeå, Sweden, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor and Vice-Chancellor Lena Gustafsson and Professor Britta Lundgren will be honoured with the Umeå University Medals of Honour 2016 for their outstanding contributions to the university. The medals will be presented at the Annual … Read the full press release

POST Luxembourg awarded the “FTTH Council Europe Award” for the expansion of FTTH

LUXEMBOURG, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — At this year’s annual multinational conference of the “FTTH Council Europe”, which takes place from 16th to 18th February in the halls of LuxExpo at Luxembourg-Kirchberg, POST Luxembourg was awarded the “FTTH Council Europe Award” for … Read the full press release

Ericsson deploys its virtual Mobility Management Entity and Cloud Execution Environment on Japan’s mobile operator SoftBank

Deployment represents a complete Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) solution By adding a virtualized environment to its native network, SoftBank can scale network capability, flexibility and manageability Transformation supports SoftBank in the deployment of future applications and meets the requirements of … Read the full press release

Singtel and Ericsson to trial License Assisted Access on Singtel’s network as part of 5G networks study

STOCKHOLM, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Singtel and Ericsson will trial License Assisted Access (LAA), on Singtel’s network starting March 2016. The trial is part of the partners’ memorandum of understanding to study the future of 5G networks and its applications for … Read the full press release

Ericsson, Tencent and SmarTone to optimize Hong Kong’s mobile network for performance of WeChat

Ericsson collaborates with Tencent and SmarTone to optimize the performance of WeChat, a social networking app with 650 million monthly active users worldwide Ericsson facilitates increased app performance with its App Experience Optimization service, enabling operators to meet user expectations … Read the full press release

Ericsson autonomous car connectivity capabilities to be integrated in Volvo cars

Ericsson software enhances driver entertainment and productivity while in self-drive mode, offering seamless highway media viewing supported by network awareness data and analytics Volvo Cars is a partner of the initiative investigating different new technologies  for future, fully autonomous cars … Read the full press release

Ericsson to manage optical fiber cable network of Vodafone India

Three-year managed services contract covers operation and maintenance of the optical fiber cable network Ericsson to manage 10 telecom circles in East and West India, spanning a distance of approximately 45,000 kilometers The agreement in India strengthens partnership between Vodafone … Read the full press release

Ericsson 5G Radio Prototypes now deliver 12 Gbps mobile experience per user in live networking environments with downlink throughput of more than 25 Gbps using MU-MIMO

Ericsson 5G Radio Prototypes use MU-MIMO and beam tracking to deliver more than 25 Gbps throughput while ensuring reach and continuity of high-speed, high frequency, fully mobile connections NTT DOCOMO and Korea Telecom executives witness powerful and commercially viable performance … Read the full press release

Ericsson and NTT to collaborate on the next generation of cloud servers

Ericsson and NTT  to jointly study benefits of hardware disaggregation Study focuses on increased hardware utilization, efficiency and simplification Ericsson’s Hyperscale Datacenter System 8000 and cloud system software to support NTT’s NetroSphere vision STOCKHOLM, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) … Read the full press release

Singtel and Ericsson to achieve nationwide deployment of 4G LTE network on 900MHz spectrum band in Singapore by March 2016

STOCKHOLM, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Singtel and Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) will achieve nationwide deployment in Singapore of a 4G LTE network on 900MHz spectrum band by end March 2016. This enhancement means that Singtel customers will experience even deeper 4G indoor coverage … Read the full press release

Vodafone Group teams up with Ericsson on 5G technologies research

STOCKHOLM, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Vodafone Group is partnering with Ericsson and a number of other partners to research 5G technologies and prepare its networks for a transition towards the new mobile standard. 5G will be the next generation of mobile … Read the full press release