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STMicroelectronics aims to drive this change with its new M24SR family of “dynamic NFC tag” memories that allow any device to feature built-in NFC connectivity, allowing it to communicate with a smartphone that almost touches it.

Propelled by the rising availability of products and partial resolution of standards conflicts, the global market for wireless charging hardware used for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets will surge to rise by almost fortyfold during the next five years.

The updates will improve consumer usability with increased co-existence support for LTE, bulk data exchange rates, and aid developer innovation by allowing devices to support multiple roles simultaneously.

The advent of true mobile broadband services has raised the bar for network engineers, especially those whose experience has primarily been within the mobile communications silo.

At a data rate of 100 gigabits per second, it would be possible to transmit the contents of a blu-ray disk or of five DVDs between two devices by radio within two seconds.

The three key areas in MEMS helping to drive the Internet of Things are motion, acoustic and environmental sensors.

Two-thirds of Codan’s Minelab metal detectors is sold in Africa and civil unrest in that region is dampening sales.

WLAN accounted for a 31 percent share of shipments of wireless-enabled industrial automation equipment in 2012 while Bluetooth held 22 percent of the market.

COHDA Wireless, Cisco and NXP are advancing the Australian company’s vehicle-to-vehicle communications to include motorcycles.

RESEARCHERS of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics and the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology have achieved high-speed, long-distance wireless transmission.

SIEMENS has introduced the world’s first ultrasound system with wireless transducers, eliminating cables, which can be an obstruction and infection threat.

STMICROELECTRONICS will now be able to integrate Quantenna’s 802.11ac Wi-Fi technology into its array of systems-on-chips (Soc).

Access to cloud services using personal wireless devices will have the same carbon footprint as adding another 4.9 million cars onto the roads by 2015.

CBO Telecommunications has designed and deployed a solar-powered Cisco wireless mesh network for Barrick Gold’s Cowal mine site.

SINGAPORE-based Hoestar has licensed technology from A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) covering wireless piezoelectric sensors for remote machine health diagnosis.

THE NEW Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone is using the Wireless Power Consortium-backed Qi standard for wireless charging.

Trish Messiter is the owner of Clarinox Technologies, a Victorian wireless embedded systems solutions provider.

TEXAS Instruments is aiming to boost wireless power adoption by developing multi-mode wireless power integrated circuits (ICs) aimed at smartphones and portable electronics.

AUSTRALIA-based wireless communications company Etherstack has reported a 51 percent drop in revenue and a loss of US$1.1 million for the 2012 financial year, but anticipates a stronger year ahead.

NFC Wireless, based in Albury, NSW, is catering to early adopters and developers of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, but believes 2013 will be the year of change.