Business Memo from Belgium articles

Recent articles from Business Memo from Belgium

Belgian technologies for an interconnected world. (Belgian telecommunications industry) (Special issue: Telecommunications in Belgium) (Industry Overview)
January 1, 1992... Telecom plays an extremely important role in the Belgian economy. It is an integral part of Belgium's industrial history. Since the telephone was first introduced in the late nineteenth century, Belgium has established strong research facilities and expertise in this constantly-changing...

European research & development programs for telecom: ESPRIT II and RACE. (European Strategic Program for Research and Development in Information Technologies; Research and Development in Advanced Communications technologies) (Special issue: Telecommunications in Belgium)
January 1, 1992... ESPRIT II, the European Strategic Program for Research and Development in information Technologies, aims to develop basic technologies for the Information Technology industry. in addition, the group strives to promote European industrial cooperation and to define internationally-accepted...

Combellga, the direct link to Russia. (joint venture of RTT-Belgacom, Alcatel Bell and Comincom providing international communications services) (Special issue: Telecommunications in Belgium)
January 1, 1992... In 1991, RTT-Belgacom joined Alcatel Bell and Comincom (a Russian Telecom service provider) to launch COM-BELLGA. Combellga established a digital overlay network in Moscow which provides subscribers with high quality international communications from Moscow to other parts of the world, all...

Whittaker Corporation. (joint venture with Boehringer Ingelheim Group to produce cell cultures and sera) (Special Issue: Telecommunications in Belgium)
January 1, 1992... The aerospace concern WHITTAKER CORPORATION formed a joint-venture with BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM, a German pharmaceutical and chemical company, to produce cell cultures and sera using the Whittaker-technology, and to build a manufacturing facility in Belgium.

Centocor Inc. (joint venture with Corvas International Inc. to develop monoclonal antibody products) (Special Issue: Telecommunications in Belgium)
January 1, 1992... CENTOCOR INC. announced an agreement with CORVAS INTERNATIONAL INC. to jointly develop and commercialize monoclonal antibody products. Corvas, based in San Diego and Ghent, Belgium, designs and develops pharmaceuticals to prevent and treat thrombosis and related vascular diseases. Corvas was...