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MOBILE BROADBAND TRAFFIC JAM PROMPTS NEED FOR SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORKS



BY MJ DESCHAMPS

THE INCREASING use of broadband-connected devices has led to exponential growth in mobile subscriptions and data traffic, and has also challenged operators, especially in providing improved customer experience regarding speed, coverage and availability.

So, with operators now moving beyond 2G and 3G networks, and towards 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems -to keep up with the scale of capacity and coverage – the trend towards implementing self-organising networks (SON) is also growing, with promises to speed up network deployment dramatically, while reducing operational efforts.…

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INNOVATIVE RESEARCH FUNDING ALLIANCE SPEND MONEY ON PHARMA PROJECT



BY KEITH NUTHALL

A CONSORTIUM involving two European biotech companies has secured a Euro EUR4.55 million grant from the EU’s Eurostars funding programme to develop ground-breaking anti-infection medicine. Eurostars is a joint programme between EU research network EUREKA and the European Commission, and the first European research funding programme dedicated to small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).…

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EU ROUND UP - EUROPEAN COMMISSION LAUNCHES GAZPROM PROBE



BY ROB STOKES

THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched an anti-trust investigation into Russia’s Gazprom, suspecting it of stifling gas market competition in central and eastern European (CEE). The Commission is investigating whether the energy giant may have: divided gas markets by hindering free flow of gas across member states; prevented diversification of gas supply; and imposed unfair prices on customers by linking gas to oil prices.…

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INTERNATIONAL REGLATORY ROUND UP - NESTLÉ BOSS HAILS VALUE OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE CEO of Nestlé has praised the role of international standards in managing his multi-national company, giving it a health-based legal framework within which its specialists can creatively develop new confectionery and other food products.

Speaking within an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) briefing, Paul Bulcke said: “Tastes may differ, but health requirements and minimum standards are the same the world over.…

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EUROPE’S COGENERATION MARKET NEEDS A BIG PUSH FROM GOVERNMENTS TO PROSPER IN THE LONG TERM



IT is a curious irony that for an industry as technical as cogeneration that maybe the biggest handicap to its sustained growth in Europe is actually emotional. Both commercial markets and governments are swayed by sentiment as well as hard cash – and currently both influences are failing to pull in co-gen’s favour.…

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EUROPE'S COGENERATION MARKET NEEDS A BIG PUSH FROM GOVERNMENTS TO PROSPER IN THE LONG TERM



BY MONIKA HANLEY, IN RIGA; ALICE TRUDELLE, IN WARSAW; CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS; EUGENE VOROTNIKOV, IN ST PETERSBURG; ROBERT STOKES, IN MALAGA; GERARD O’DWYER, IN HELSINKI; LEE ADENDOORF, IN LUCCA; ALAN OSBORN; MJ DESCHAMPS; AND KEITH NUTHALL

IT is a curious irony that for an industry as technical as cogeneration that maybe the biggest handicap to its sustained growth in Europe is actually emotional.…

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EASTERN EUROPE STILL A BASTION OF CHP



BY MONIKA HANLEY, IN RIGA; ALICE TRUDELLE, IN WARSAW; CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS; EUGENE VOROTNIKOV, IN ST PETERSBURG; ROBERT STOKES, IN MALAGA; GERARD O’DWYER, IN HELSINKI; LEE ADENDOORF, IN LUCCA; ALAN OSBORN; MJ DESCHAMPS; AND KEITH NUTHALL

In eastern Europe, with its Soviet-era reliance on communal heating systems, co-generation continues to have strength.…

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EUROPE'S COGENERATION MARKET NEEDS A BIG PUSH FROM GOVERNMENTS TO PROSPER IN THE LONG TERM



BY MONIKA HANLEY, IN RIGA; ALICE TRUDELLE, IN WARSAW; CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS; EUGENE VOROTNIKOV, IN ST PETERSBURG; ROBERT STOKES, IN MALAGA; GERARD O’DWYER, IN HELSINKI; LEE ADENDOORF, IN LUCCA; ALAN OSBORN; MJ DESCHAMPS; AND KEITH NUTHALL

IT is a curious irony that for an industry as technical as cogeneration that maybe the biggest handicap to its sustained growth in Europe is actually emotional.…

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EUROPEAN CONFECTIONERY INDUSTRY PONDERS DEVELOPING GREENER PACKAGING



BY MARK ROWE

THERE is consumer demand in Europe for making confectionery packaging more sustainable, but in the European Union (EU) manufacturers are motivated more in going green by EU legislation.

They are developing ways of reducing, reusing and recycling packaging, and changing its composition to help.…

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EU REGULATORY ROUND UP - BRUSSELS MAKES BROADBAND ROLL OUT PRIORITY TARGET



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has been flexing its regulatory muscles to push the roll-out of high-speed broadband networks – trying to fine-tune European Union (EU) competition rules to encourage this development. Brussels is using its current legal powers and consulting on creating new rules and policies, with action being driven by pro-free market Dutch digital agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes.…

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