Industry News
Dimmable light wins best new product award
The Megaman Dimmerable Reflector lamp range has received this year’s ‘Best New Product’ award in the lighting category at designEX 2008.
[ + ]Australia to lead in sustainable lighting
Global lighting giant Philips has called on Australians to prepare for the federal government’s plans to phase out the use of inefficient incandescent lighting, which is predicted to begin in late 2008.
[ + ]Market research shows optical networking is booming
The global optical networking (ON) market topped $3 billion for the seventh consecutive quarter, after an exceptionally strong showing in 4Q07, dropping 12% sequentially but gaining 23% year over year.
[ + ]$5.9m project to boost Pilbara iron mining
ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a $5.9 million substation upgrade contract by Hamersley Iron.
[ + ]NICTA now a Registered Research Agency
NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) research institute, is now authorised as a Registered Research Agency (RRA).
[ + ]Leveraging returns on smart meter infrastructure
Melbourne-based smart grid and wireless sensor network provider, Telepathx has announced that it will begin conditional licensing of its RFID, wireless sensor network and communications aggregation products to smart meter and BPL manufacturers.
[ + ]Infrared camera wins international design award
The FLIR T-Series has been awarded the 'red dot design award' in the measurement and testing systems design category.
[ + ]Pipe Networks chooses Opengear consoles for fibre-optic management
Opengear, a provider of out-of-band management solutions, has announced the supply of its CM4008 console servers to telecommunications carrier, Pipe Networks.
[ + ]Telstra wins Asia Awards
Australia’s biggest telco, Telstra, took top honours in the Telecom Asia Awards last week, claiming the trophies for Best Asian Carrier and Best Mobile Carrier.
[ + ]Government criticised for dumbing down smart meters
The federal government has been criticised for bungling a smart meter rollout by refusing to commit to key tools that would ensure greenhouse emissions reductions.
[ + ]Asian demand causes FTTx market boom
Ovum RHK has posted its analysis of fourth-quarter 2007 FTTx shipments, estimating that 1.6 million FTTx subscribers were added globally in 4Q07 - up 11% from the previous quarter.
[ + ]ACT considers large-scale solar power
The ACT government has joined with ActewAGL to fund a feasibility study into a large-scale solar power plant for the ACT.
[ + ]Olex acquires Australmold
Cable manufacturer Olex has acquired Australmold, a major supplier of Elastimold and Euromold cable accessories.
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