Reliance Communications (RCom), one of India’s smallest mobile operators, suffered a huge net loss for its fiscal Q1 ending 30 June as turnover plunged by a third due to what the operator called “the impact of disruptive pricing and unprecedented competitive intensity”.

A surge in revenue from its gaming division, maker of the widely popular Honour of Kings mobile game, is expected to drive nearly a 50 per cent increase in Chinese internet giant Tencent’s Q2 turnover, Reuters reported

The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits has developed an antenna with four elements and nine different beams fed to those elements that can detect the precise location and direction of tags in challenging environments.

Qualcomm Technologies has built Near Field Communication (NFC) 13.56 MHz technology into its latest audio chip, along with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) functionality, in order to make it easier for consumers to pair wireless devices. The CSRA68100 is the latest audio chip released by Qualcomm with BLE functionality, the company reports, and the first to include an integrated NFC radio.

Fang Li, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the New York Institute of Technology, is partnering with the firm to develop an embedded sensor system capable of measuring temperature, pressure and strain levels on various rocket propulsion engine components.