Accelerate Your Telecom Application Development

You're invited to a valuable, hands on conference designed to help you accelerate your development. Sponsored by DCL, Enea, Intel, Kontron, MontaVista and S3. This conference will be visiting Ottawa, San Jose, Boston, Chicago, Stockholm, Munich, and Tokyo. You will learn everything you need to know about how to accelerate the telecom application development process. This will include operating systems, middleware, tools, and pre-integrated open standard, AdvancedTCA and AdvancedMC building blocks. Seating is limited, register today!

The miracle of the mobile phone depends on so many variables - the backend telecommunications servers, the network, the handset, the variations in local geography... Much work and much buzz focuses on handset design, but a few companies have ventured new products that focus on testing the mobile experience from end to end. TestQuest, for example, has just introduced TestQuest CountDown. The product targets three basic groups involved in mobile design - device manufacturers, network operators and/or application developers - and allows them to test devices across geographically disperse environments and teams. This is critical since mobile devices are, well, mobile. (Release here).

Another example of new mobile/wireless test comes from Ixia, a provider of IP performance test systems. It announced new capabilities for its Optixia hardware platform, which can emulate virtual 'countries' of web users, more than 40 million, connecting at the rate of over 1.5 million users per second; virtual 'cities' of voice callers, making more than 60,000 simultaneous calls; and virtual 'towns' of video subscribers, receiving more than 30,000 standard definition video streams - all from a single Optixia chassis. Release here.

On the application development front, more and more companies are trying to make it easier for application development:

• Sybase iAnywhere Furthers Mobile Web Application Development with New Version of M-Business Anywhere; and
• Trolltech Announces Qtopia Greenphone - the First Linux Mobile Development Device Open for Unlimited Software Innovation

A critical part of the so-called 'triple play,' is TV, whether digital or IPTV, or both. eg3.com tracks IPTV - white papers, demo's, and more. While you might not be involved in direct IPTV deployment, it is part of the larger world of 'digital video' which may ultimately land in more embedded designs than one would think.

Infonetics Research which tracks IPTV issued a survey in late August indicating that revenue generated from mobile video services around the world is set to skyrocket from $46.2 million in 2005 to $5.6 billion in 2009, a staggering 11,997% jump in 5 years. (Release here) So IPTV is hot - witness the explosion of news, new products, shows, and research reports on the topic.

As in the whole mobile/wireless experience, device and deployment testing are critical. Hence, Tektronix, a leader in the test space, announced the availability of Spectra2|VQM (Video Quality Measurement) version 2.0 for the diagnosis and analysis of Internet Protocol TV (IPTV). "Network operators and NEMs need the right expertise and tools to test their IP video service offerings and equipment under real-world conditions, where timeliness and quality are the keys to winning over customers," said Richard Kenedi, Senior Director, Diagnostics, Communications Business, Tektronix. (Release here.)

Similarly, Telchemy released their DVQattest/RE active test system, giving service providers essential visibility into service quality problems for the fast growing residential VoIP and IPTV market. (Release here.) Similarly, Ixia released Aptixia™ IxLoad™ 3.10, capable of assessing all aspects of IPTV service infrastructure to ensure subscribers' Quality of Experience (QoE). (Release here.)

(conference, 5 stars) - 10/3/2006, Santa Clara

ARM Developers' Conference
Providing in-depth knowledge on optimizing the benefits of the ARM architecture. 180 classes, labs and hands-on workshops. Exhibitors throughout the semiconductor design chain: silicon, design tools and services, dev tools, operating environments, software, training and support, and systems.

(conference, 4 stars) - 10/3/2006, San Diego

Society for Information Displays - Hot Topics 2006
Mobile displays 2006 - a conference for designers and developers of mobile displays, as on cell phones, PDAs, etc.

(conference, 4 stars) - 10/9/2006, San Jose

Fall Processor Forum
In-Stat will celebrate its 25th year of operations in 2006 by hosting a unique and exciting presentation of our Microprocessor Forum. We want to ensure that this event is a memorable one for all as we mark not only 25 years of In-Stat following the development of the semiconductor industry, but the huge advancements that chip design has had on the global economy over the same period. To commemorate the event, we are bringing back, on a...

(seminar, 4 stars) - 10/9/2006, Santa Clara

EDA Tech Forum
Don't miss this opportunity to meet with industry leaders and peers in the EE Design community. In this one-day event, you'll learn about the latest EDA tools and methodologies through technology sessions, hands-on workshops and vendor fairs. Then network with fellow designers at the complimentary food and cocktail reception.

(conference, 4 stars) - 10/10/2006, Boston

WiMAX World
WiMAX is the mostly highly touted wireless technology today. The first commercial WiMAX platforms are now being launched and will shortly begin to be deployed globally. WiMAX is the next step on the path to a wireless world, extending broadband wireless access to new areas and over farther distances, and considerably reducing the expenditure of deploying broadband to new locations.

(conference, 4 stars) - 10/11/2006, Birmingham

Embedded Systems Show (United Kingdom)
The UK's premier event for electronic system design and embedded software development. ESS, now in its 8th year, continues to offer design management and engineers the opportunity to see first hand the newest products and meet with the technical support behind them.

(conference, 5 stars) - 10/17/2006, Houston

ISA 2006
ISA 2006 is the premier conference and exhibition for instrumentation, systems, and automation professionals in North America. More than 25,000 visitors seeking the latest technologies, products, and practices will participate in ISA 2005. Share your vision and industry expertise with colleagues from all over the world.

(conference, 4 stars) - 10/17/2006, London

Symbian Expo - The Smart Phone Show
Symbian's clear vision for the smartphone market is based on an inclusive and shared strategy across the mobile industry. Mobile phone manufacturers are now shipping Symbian OS phones in increasing volumes, and from its standard-setting position at the center of the smartphone market, Symbian OS has taken a worldwide lead in mobile operating systems. This year's

(conference, 4 stars) - 10/17/2006, Santa Clara

AdvancedTCA Summit
With the cooperation of CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems Magazine and RTC Magazine, and the endorsement of PICMG, leading are sponsoring a three-day summit on AdvancedTCA. Join them to learn more.

(conference, 4 stars) - 10/23/2006, Washington

MILCOM - IEEE Military Communications Conference
The IEEE Military Communications Conference meets annually and is jointly sponsored by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) and the IEEE Communications Society. It offers a full program of technical sessions, tutorials, keynote speakers, and panel discussions focusing on the technology, systems and operations for military and tactical communications networks.

(conference, 5 stars) - 10/24/2006, Santa Clara

International Test Conference
The world's premier conference dedicated to electronic test technology, covering the complete cycle from design verification, test, diagnosis, failure analysis back to process and design improvement.

(conference, 5 stars) - 10/30/2006, Santa Clara

GSPx
GSPx Santa Clara, the International Signal Processing Conference, is built on the idea that Embedded Signal Processing is the most significant enabler in real-world applications. From system-level EDA to the selection of embedded software, from next-generation wireless applications to SoC designs and DSP algorithms and IP, these are just a small example of what makes all of these innovations possible. Decision-making engineers, managers, and...