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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9371
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Commission defines conditions for using UWB technology in new generation wireless devices

Brussels, 21/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - On 21 February 2007, a Commission decision adopted mandatory conditions for using ultra-wideband (UWB) technology in next generation wireless devices such as laptops, mobile phones, digital cameras, TVs.

UWB devices can transmit data at very high rates by "spreading" the signal over very broad ranges of the radio spectrum. With rates comparable to devices connected by cable, UWB is an attractive technology for the increasingly bandwidth-hungry consumer...

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