RYB, a French company specializing in utility networks, unveiled the first technological solution for detecting and communicating with underground networks at the Gastech conference in Amsterdam (March 21-24, 2011). Developed in collaboration with CEA-Leti, this unique technology revolutionizes the safety, monitoring, and maintenance of gas, energy, and hazardous materials transport networks, significantly reducing industrial risks associated with these activities.

A new mobile network architecture launched by Nokia Siemens Networks at CTIA Wireless 2011 is capable of directing mobile broadband capacity to where it is most needed. Known as Liquid Radio, this architecture enables more cost-effective use of network resources by sharing and redistributing capacity based on user demand. Nokia Siemens Networks also announced its innovative Flexi Multiradio Antenna system as part of the Liquid Radio architecture. The company expects to begin deploying this architecture in 2011.

The first global demonstration of Extreme Networks' standards-based 40 GB Ethernet switching functionality has been successfully completed between the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva and SARA (the Netherlands National Centre for Computing and High-Performance Electronic Science) in Amsterdam.

More than six months after the launch of BreezeMAX Extreme, the first mobile 802.16e WiMAX product for unlicensed bands, Alvarion Ltd. customers are already benefiting from the significant improvements introduced in version 1.5 of the solution, designed to meet the demands of the IT and security markets. BreezeMAX Extreme aims to increase standard performance through advanced radio technologies and adaptable use tailored to each customer's specific needs.

The Anritsu MT8860C WLAN Test Suite has been approved to be part of the complete test system for the CWG (Converged Wireless Group) Wi-Fi Certification Test.

Arteixo Telecom has launched a research and development (R&D) center to promote projects that will allow the company to diversify its business, positioning itself in market niches with great growth potential, such as the application of new technologies to environmental management and energy efficiency.

Altera Corporation has achieved a major milestone in transceiver technology by becoming the first company to successfully demonstrate the performance of a 25 Gbps transceiver over programmable logic.

On November 23, the Swedish Space Corporation launched a stratospheric balloon from the Esrange Space Centre equipped with physical meteorology research tools (a branch of meteorology that studies, among other things, the electrical and optical properties of the atmosphere) which reached an altitude of 35,000 meters.