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China : ZTE Welcomes Rulings by Dsseldorf District Court [TendersInfo (India)]Al Bawaba Ltd.ZTE Corporation welcomes two decisions made by the Dsseldorf district court in Germany on 21 March, 2013 in favor of the company, strengthening the company s defense against claims by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. over some patents related to LTE technology.The court dismissed all of Huawei s claims in the litigation over European patent EP 2 033 335 (EP 335) related to both base stations and mobile terminals. In the litigation over European patent EP 2 090 050 (EP 050), the court decided to stay the case and refer to the European Court of Justice (EJC) several questions concerning the application of the European Union competition law.ZTE regards intellectual property as central to the company s business, and is committed to increasing its competitiveness in patent assets. ZTE was ranked No. 1 in international patent applications by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in each of the past two years. In 2012, ZTE filed 37% more patents under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) than a year earlier, and became the first Chinese company to be among the Top-10 patent applicants at the European Patent Office.As a technology-intensive industry, the number of patents related to telecommunications is measured in the hundreds of thousands. ZTE is committed to an approach based on collaboration, leveraging cross-licensing agreements and bundling. The company opposes the use of non-core patents as a tactic to obstruct others, which creates unnecessary additional costs. ZTE advocates a win-win approach to foster healthy and rational competition, and cooperates with leading industry patent holders including Qualcomm, Siemens and Ericsson.The global telecommunications industry is undergoing a major transition, and the supply chain will become more consolidated. In this environment, ZTE aims to work with telecommunications operators, and partners including Qualcomm and Ericsson to explore paths that will lead to a more healthy ecosystem, and welcomes all competition that won t undermine the development of the industry.

United Kingdom : Increase in PV installations expected as future of Feed in Tariff made clear [TendersInfo (India)]Al Bawaba Ltd.Following an announcement by Ofgem, funding under the Feed in Tariff Scheme for Solar PV technology for schemes of less than 50 KW, is set to remain the same until the end of June 2013.According to Savills Energy, this offers additional time for smaller scale schemes to take advantage of the current rates.Whilst there will be a digression of 3.5% for schemes of over 50kw from the 1st May 2013, the announcement has provided some form of market security.As a result, it is expected that this year will see a significant increase in the level of solar PV installations across the country, with highly competitive installation prices being offered.Giles Hanglin of Savills Energy team in Cambridge comments, With agricultural roof mounted systems of 50 kWh costing anywhere between 52,000 - 62,000 depending on the building structure and roof material, Savills is urging farmers who are considering a solar system to look carefully at the package that is being offered. As always, gaining a number of quotes from different suppliers will enable comparisons to be made which will often show that the cheapest is not always the best."This is particularly the case with Solar PV where there is a great disparity between the quality of the equipment used. Those investing should consider warranties, performance guarantees and insurance, which are key too to providing long term output. It is also important to factor in whether the cost of registering the system, arranging export meters and ongoing monitoring is included in the installation cost.