29 November 2006: Feature Articles

• World expert highlights SA's 'highs and lows'
• Ignorance of e-waste puts corporates at high risk
• SA electronics companies profile: CSIR, Defencetek - the ACL-20 perimeter surveillance system
• Tejas Networks now represented in SA
• Telecommunications infrastructure development in the second economy is key to bridging the 'digital divide'

15 November 2006: Feature Articles

• Subscriptions to GPS-enabled location-based services to rocket
• 3G to drive telecoms industry
• Nordic joins new industry initiative that will allow ultra-low power wireless connectivity of small devices
• Products of the Year: 2006
• RS Components - SA's rapid electronic component response unit
• SA electronics companies profile: Thales Advanced Engineering (Thales)

1 November 2006: Feature Articles

• SA's television industry moving into the digital age
• Intel/Nokia partnership ups the ante for wireless laptops

18 October 2006: Feature Articles

• Infineon ranked as world's largest supplier of power semiconductors
• MGE UPS Systems named 'UPS Company of the Year'

4 October 2006: Feature Articles

• Photonic 'firewall on a chip' to provide high-speed data security for optical networks
• WiMAX the broadband answer says Saab Grintek
• One communications handset will be all we need in future reckons presenter at SATNAC
• SA electronics companies profile: Cathexis
• Short-range wireless finding complementary role in key cellular M2M applications
• Stellenbosch student presents paper on SA satellite at conference

20 September 2006: Feature Articles

• WiMAX said to be ready for SA roll-out
• Lead-free solder licensed worldwide as EU lead-free rules take effect
• Awareness of mobile number portability varies widely
• SNO launches services as Neotel

6 September 2006: Feature Articles

• Upcoming seminar on RoHS and lead-free manufacturing
• austriamicrosystems opens an office in South Afria
• Brazilian electronics industry sets sights on South Africa
• Sentech on major skills development drive
• World Cup 2010 opens up new technology opportunities
• Smartcard IC market on course for steady growth

23 August 2006: Feature Articles

• SA start-up develops first .NET compact framework for non-Windows smartphones
• Siemens awards partnership excellence
• AMD buys ATI

9 August 2006: Feature Articles

• SAT3: What happens when national monopolies end, and what does this mean for regulators?
• 16 products receive design awards
• RFID - and its increasingly widespread application - a key focus at Wireless Congress 2006
• First commercial MRAM memory product now in volume production
• Tera 10 is No. 1 in Europe

26 July 2006: Feature Articles

• SNO looks to early 2007 for first consumer telecom services
• Analog IC markets prosper in 2006
• Energy solutions provider expands in South Africa
• International science show returns to Johannesburg
• Siemens is a leader in European patent applications

12 July 2006: Feature Articles

• Dataweek Reader Survey
• 2G wireless is alive and well in developing countries
• South Africa in danger of becoming a 'technology outpost'?
• Polymer-based 'muscle-actuator' technology lauded

28 June 2006: Feature Articles

• Intense debate aims at future shape of digital broadcast services
• 8-bit microcontrollers nowhere near end-of-life
• Applications' orientation for electronica 2006 being well received
• Contactless payment will migrate from cards to phones
• NFC Forum unveils initial specifications

14 June 2006: Feature Articles

• Concerns raised over 'lead-free' solder health
• Calls for an SA minister of ICT
• New generation AMR system to help increase utilities' revenue
• Despite apparent barriers, UWB market relatively unrestrained
• RF power amp vendors looking to new markets and technology

31 May 2006: Feature Articles

• Securex: opens doors to SA public

17 May 2006: Feature Articles

• New graduate programme from Vodacom supports females in technology
• Actum appointed as KVG crystal representative
• Cybersecurity Trust and Awareness Survey launched
• Data & Systems Technology now offers Endace network monitoring technology
• Four factors critical to near field communications markets
• New low-cost device opens communication for the severely paralysed
• Commercialisation of malware drives spending on anti-virus products
• Fusion PSC wins 'Innovation of The Year'
• Growth expected for data converters in 2006
• Next-generation Wi-Fi is coming soon, but 'let the buyer beware'
• RFID technology requires a combination of IT and telecoms know-how
• Telecoms and IT: choices and convergence take market to a better place

3 May 2006: Feature Articles

• In2TV sets the scene for future content distribution
• ST leads in application-specific analog
• The future of realtime traffic data collection

19 April 2006: Feature Articles

• Team wins international recognition for PC/104-based test invention
• New process builds electronic function into optical fibre
• Bluetooth adopts faster radio technology
• New era of cellular competion expected with MNP
• World's first transparent integrated circuit created

6 April 2006: Feature Articles

• Avnet Kopp optimistic about the future of electronic component distribution
• EBV expands its line card: soft spot for global market leader
• Trolley Scan delivers first RFID-radar system to clients in Europe
• 'Motobus' takes technology education direct to the people
• Active RFID is showing innovation and very rapid growth
• Electronics industry focuses on Munich for electronica 2006
• SA Technology impresses visitors at CeBIT 2006
• Industrial semiconductors used in process control reach $6,9 bn
• SANAS accredits 1000 facilities

22 March 2006: Feature Articles

• 3rd Eastern Cape Industrial Technology Exhibition a resounding success
• First specification of standard formalises powerline communications
• Huge opportunities for wireless suppliers at Beijing Olympics
• 3D face recognition biometric solution ensures accurate authentication
• Comtest celebrates double success

8 March 2006: Feature Articles

• Mobile operators to spend billions on network expansion this year
• Laser-based projector for mobile use is size of a matchbox
• Saab Logtronics pioneers GenTest system
• The 'Internet of things' said to be the next technological revolution
• UEC partner Irdeto acquires Philips' content protection activities

22 February 2006: Feature Articles

• Semiconductors in military and aerospace electronics
• The cameraphone as scanner: a new information market
• Spescom partners with satellite communications company Gilat
• Yamaha Distributors now offers full product range

8 February 2006: Feature Articles

• Actum Electronics expands into ESD products
• After a flat year, semiconductor market expected to rebound
• UWB standardisation collapses - conflict moves to the market, says ABI
• Numerical Mathematics Consortium outlines specification for algorithm development
• Siemens introduces first GSM/GPRS radio module featuring EDGE technology

25 January 2006: Feature Articles

• Saab Grintek acquires avionics company AMS
• M2M smart communications solution helps award winner
• Valor expands SA business
• Analog revenue ranking unchanged for 2005
• Philips helps South Africa to embrace smartcard solutions
• Semiconductors in test and measurement equipment