IT and telecom news of the Øresund Region

September 2006

Øresund based AudioAsics aquired by Analog Devices Inc
ADI to expand its presence in the region, creating a center of excellence for low-power audio implementation.
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Check-in your baggage with a fingerprint
SAS uses biometrics from Øresund based Precise Biometrics in security checks
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Sweden next for NNIT
Danish NNIT is looking across Øresund for new market opportunities within IT-services for the pharmaceutical industry.
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imaging
Polar Rose makes digital images searchable
With a new Swedish search engine, images on the web will be just as searchable as text documents are today.
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MTV launches celeb look-alike service from Softhouse
With interactive celebrity look-alike service Twin Factor, MTV-viewers will be able to send in photos from their mobiles and see themselves, morphed to their celeb look-alike, on screen.
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human-tech
OECD commends Øresund collaboration
Success for Øresund University and Øresund Science Region in demonstrating that collaboration at the regional scale can be effective in an intensely competitive environment. .
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High e-literacy in Denmark and Sweden
Eurostat survey shows Denmark and Sweden forerunners in e-skills in Europe.
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Handwriting for Arabic Users
With the recent addition of Arabic, the “Decuma” handwriting recognition software, developed in the Øresund region, is now available in 32 languages.
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Denmark and Sweden still leaders in e-commerce
Economist Intelligence Unit report 2006 has found that Denmark and Sweden are the first and the fourth best places in the world for e-commerce.
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Voice control systems in warehouses
Øresund based Consafe Logistics delivers its voice control system for warehouse management to Arla Foods’ warehouse.
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wireless
Top notch platform solution on the market
Ericsson is the first vendor to complete WCDMA calls on all nine 3GPP-defined frequency bands, giving its customers the most flexible platform solution on the market.
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Lund to be the world’s first FON-town
Broadband services company Labs2 is building a network based on Fon’s concept of sharing broadband WiFi access in Lund, a university city in the Øresund region.
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software
Strike 4 Hitman
Øresund based IO Interactive strikes again. New Hitman game launched late May became the best selling game on the English market after one week.
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BI view on the World Cup
Business intelligence can be other than dull financial information. Øresund based Qliktech uses its tool to analyze World Cup data.
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e-solutions
Saxo Bank’s e-success continues
Danish Saxo Bank has grown rapidly from being a regional FX provider to a respected peer of the world's largest financial institutions
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photonics
Electro-optic material increases data communication speed
A research team from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in the Øresund region has developed an efficient method to transfer an electric signal to an optical signal.
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micro & nano
Major breakthrough for Mitronics
The Øresund based company’s Mitrion platform has been selected by U.S. Naval Research Laboratory for world’s largest FPGA supercomputer system.
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