World Region – Europe

German distributors report continued growth during the first quarter of 2018.

Asia and the US are each spending three times more on AI than Europe, says the EC. The EC is to increase its spending on AI by around 70% to €1.5 billion by 2020. The hope is that the increased spend will encourage the investment of a further €2.5 billion from public-private sources. The EC says it wants European private ...

German companies pull together to develop compact and low-profile optical components

If the UK and Europe don’t get their act together on 5G regulation the industrial IoT could stall.

The European Parliament, the EU Council and the European Commission have agreed to set a 20 year time span on the awarding of 5G spectrum licences. The industry had lobbied for 25 years. The agreement frees up the process for getting 5G spectrum auctions underway. It is hoped they will be complete by 2020. EU countries will use the 3.6GHz midband ...

European start-ups are not motivating their employees by giving them sufficient equity, says Index Ventures