Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange won 5G frequency bands in Spain
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Spain awarded 5G frequencies to three companies Telefonica (operates in the mobile segment through Movistar), Vodafone and Orange through a four days bidding process. The auction raised more than €437 million ($509.5 million). The total bid was for 200 MHz of 5G spectrum in which the maximum band limit to a single operator was set
- Published in Telecom
Apple still likely to be building its autonomous vehicle
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Apple is alleged to be secretly building its autonomous car. However, the company has never officially confirmed its ambition of developing the autonomous vehicle. Apple’s work on developing driverless technology is publicly well known as the company signed partnership deals with various automakers for launching its autonomous vehicle technology. Back in 2015, it was expected
- Published in Automotive
Fluorine-based electrolyte can improve capacity and stability of rechargeable batteries
Monday, 23 July 2018
Rechargeable batteries are pivotal to the success of many disruptive technologies, particularly for electric vehicles and energy storage system. However, capacity, stability and range anxiety remained some critical issues. In rechargeable batteries, materials like lithium-ion anode, nickel and high voltage cathode materials can cause instability. A group of researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD),
- Published in Energy
Blockchain to increase efficiency and transparency in the energy sector
Friday, 20 July 2018
Blockchain is helping to shift transactions and data management towards a decentralised ledger system to improve efficiency and transparency. The blockchain technology is expected to support the energy sector in the wake of revolutionising change from conventional energy towards renewable sources. According to the Governor of the Bank of Thailand, Veerathai Santiprabhob, the use of
- Published in Energy
EU takes further initiatives to curb steel imports with implications for intra company trade
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
European Commission has imposed provisional safeguard measures on imports of 23 steel products categories for a maximum of 200 days. Tariffs of 25% will come into force once the steel imports exceed the average of imports over the last three years. The EU safeguard measures have been taken in response to the 25% import duties
- Published in Steel
Amazon, Facebook, and CMI to connect Hong Kong, Singapore and US with 16,000 km long optical submarine cable
Monday, 16 July 2018
The Bay to Bay Express Cable System (BtoBE) consortium which is composed of China Mobile International (CMI), Facebook and Amazon Web Service (AWS) signed an agreement with the NEC (Nippon Electric Company) corporation to build the undersea cable that connects Singapore, Hong Kong and the US. The fibre optic cable will extend about 16,000 kilometres
- Published in Telecom
Iran has emerged as a significant steel exporter but is threatened by impending sanctions
Friday, 13 July 2018
Iran is the largest producer in the Middle East and North Africa and is the 13th world largest steel producer with 21.2 million tonnes of crude steel production in 2017. Some of its major steel producers include Mobarakeh Steel, Khouzestan Steel and Esfahan Steel. The country has planned to raise its output to 55 million
- Published in Steel
Daimler and Bosch to launch autonomous taxis service in 2019
Thursday, 12 July 2018
Daimler and Bosch are to launch a fully autonomous and driverless (SAE level 4/5) pilot shuttles service in California in the second half of 2019. The robo-taxis service will be launched on selected routes in the city. Both companies partnered in April 2017 to develop self-driving cars. They also work together in the greater Stuttgart
- Published in Automotive
Corrugated packaging market developments in the home care sector
Tuesday, 10 July 2018
The global corrugated packaging demand in the homecare sector is expected to see stable growth in developed markets while a significant potential for growth in emerging and developing markets. Recently, the homecare care sector remained quite stable in the developed countries. We expect some additional growth due to micorflute advancements in few product categories substituting
Blockchain technology is to bring efficiency and reduce costs in the energy sector
Monday, 09 July 2018
The blockchain technology has recently shown quite a robust growing trend, particularly in the financial sector. One of the key attributes of the technology is its drift towards a decentralised system which can save time and money. Amongst other sectors, there is also an enormous potential for the technology to be used in the energy
- Published in Energy