Ericsson and Apple Sign Patent License Agreeement, Settle Litigation
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Ericsson and Apple Sign Patent License Agreeement, Settle Litigation

In a recent statement released by Ericsson, the Swedish telecom equipment maker on Monday said it has signed a patent license agreement with Apple Inc but did not specify how much it would earn from the deal. Ericsson estimated however that its overall revenues from intellectual property rights in 2015 would hit 13-14 billion Swedish crowns ($1.52-$1.64 billion), including positive effects from the settlement with Apple, up from 9.9 billion in 2014. Last January, Ericsson filed a complaint against Apple over mobile technology licence payments, responding to a lawsuit from the iPhone maker ear

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ISRO Trains Bhutanese Officials in Satellite-Based Forest Fire Monitoring
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ISRO Trains Bhutanese Officials in Satellite-Based Forest Fire Monitoring

The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of ISRO conducted a four-day capacity-building programme for Bhutanese officials on forest fire detection and mapping burn areas using satellite datasets, strengthening space cooperation between the two countries. Held from June 9 to June 12 at NRSC’s Jeedimetla campus in Hyderabad, the programme brought 11 officials representing the Department of Forests and Park Services, College of Natural Resources, National Land Commission Secretariat and GovTech Agency from Bhutan. Organised under the India-Bhutan Space Cooperation Programme, the trainin

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Indonesia Advances Renewable Energy Research with Purple Bacteria-Based Solar Technology
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Indonesia Advances Renewable Energy Research with Purple Bacteria-Based Solar Technology

Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is advancing renewable energy research through bio-photovoltaic solar cell technology that uses photosynthetic pigments from purple bacteria to generate electricity. The project is being led by researchers at BRIN’s Research Centre for Nanotechnology Systems to harness the photosynthetic capabilities of Rhodobacter sphaeroides, bacteria known for their efficient light-harvesting properties. Researchers are using the reaction centre-light-harvesting 1 (RC-LH1) protein complex from bacteria as a light-absorbing layer in solar

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