ISSUE 05 2014
CAMBRIDGE WIRELESS
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Dedicated spectrum for wireless healthcare could be one of the surprise outcomes at the ITU World Radio Congress in 2015
automotive applications (LTE connected cars) or wireless healthcare.
In parallel, we know that Iridium will be launching the first of its new constellation of low earth orbit satellites (the ‘Next’ constellation), while Inmarsat will be continuing to refresh its geostationary satellites and the US are upgrading parts of the GPS constellation, with higher RF power to provide improved coverage. And we will have parallel launches of Galileo and Glonass positioning satellites.
In the UK, the TETRA emergency service provision contracts will be due to expire and the BBC charter renewal will be only two years away.
From gigahertz to graphene We can assume progress will have been made on 60 GHz WiGig systems and other millimetre wavelength point-to- point and point-to-multipoint systems. We can also predict confidently that progress will have been made within the academic community on 5G air interfaces and material innovation, with the graphene team at Cambridge University
presently doing research that could be truly transformational for the industry on a global scale.
So, without significant effort or invention it is relatively easy to raise sufficient technical and commercial discussion points to provide a framework for a useful and timely set of conference ‘hot topics’.
All of this aside, an organisation like CW succeeds or fails on the basis of its ability or to service the needs and interests of its members, which first and foremost comes down to generating more business and added value opportunities.
This cannot be achieved within a bubble but relies on reaching out to other industries – the fast growing biomedical research sector being one obvious example seen from the train window as you approach Cambridge station.
Within the telecoms sector it is important that CW works effectively with other organisations that represent other interests within the industry or the same interests in other ways. On a regional basis this includes clusters such as Silicon South West, Tech City and Silicon Glen.
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