The 4th Future of Wireless International Conference: 26th & 27th June 2012

Cambridge Wireless calls it the industry's most dynamic phase ever with traditional players facing many new challenges as the uptake of the mobile internet accelerates, the pressures on voice and SMS revenues from "Over The Top" internet brands increases, and consumer attention and brand value migrates to manufacturers and service providers who offer ecosystems of smart phones, tablets, apps and TV.

Springboard is planning the launch of a new accelerator in 2013 that draws on the skills that have traditionally provided the bedrock for the Cambridge technology cluster: hardware.

With the fat beats of the Chemical Brothers' 'Hey Boy Hey Girl' fading out, veteran startup doyen, Walter Herriot, looked like he'd taken a substance or two himself as he bounced on to the stage with greater animation than normal for the introduction of Anglia Ruskin University's Big Pitch Final.

The government has revealed 20 government buildings standing empty which will be made available for entrepreneurs in the early stages of growing their businesses.

Recently expanded smart energy startup, AlertMe has prevailed against stiff competition to land a strategically important deal with British Gas. The agreement will see it provide the utility’s smart meter customers with a personalised energy efficiency advice service.

A Venture Capital Roundtable taking place at Judge Business School in Cambridge tomorrow evening will examine the effect that the global economic climate is having on VC investment in UK hi-tech.

A social and environmental-focused business incubator is one of 11 projects shortlisted by the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership (LEP) for a slice of the £16.1 million allocated under the Growing Places Funding, though most of the money seems to be heading towards infrastructure projects.

Finance East and Finance South East is looking to expand as the relaunched FSE Group following government approval to be registered as a community interest company (CIC).

Up to £35,000 is being made available to Cambridgeshire-based startups through Anglia Ruskin University following the launch of its Enterprise Fellowship scheme.

Fen, Roundabout or Valley? They've all got a thing or two going for them in the startup stakes, but which one comes out on top (or bottom if that's a more even fight)?

Hong Kong's environment minister is bringing a major trade delegation to Cambridge in the search for partnership and joint venture opportunities with the region's cleantech companies.

Friday evening, for the majority of us mere mortals is an end to a long, hard-working week and a time to wind-down by whatever means that may be. At the Cambridge Judge Business School though, a bunch of (mostly) strangers conglomerated to kick-start the launch of the inaugural Idea Transform weekend, a not-for-profit competition open to all members of the public with the aim to form and support business ideas from inception to, well, as far as teams could stretch themselves.

Imperial Innovations, the university spin-out focused investor targeting Cambridge, reported a fall in pre tax profits and revenue for the six months ended January 31, 2011, but was keen to point out that it had invested over £25m and had more than £100m left to back more companies.

The first winner of the Idea Transform project whose aim is to inspire ideas and then nurture them into fully fledged tech businesses capable of making the world a better place has been chosen – a mobile phone-based biometrics idea using finger-printing to enable healthcare workers to collect and check patient information in the developing world.

Though Cambridge-led innovation may have featured rather weakly in this year's Queen's Awards, the Royal Society gave the UK's top technology centre its dues by electing nine of 44 new Fellows from the city.

Eight Cambridge tech companies have received royal recognition for their outstanding business operations in this year's Queen's Awards for Enterprise.

Fifty-four hours to pitch an idea, find a team, build a product, launch a business, change the world.

The Daily Telegraph last week reported that the value of BNI referrals has skyrocketed between 2008-2011 to £269 million. Cambridge Entrepreneur is quite opinionated on this matter (as usual), and despite disliking the Business Networking International model, we find ourselves agreeing with the core message of its founder.

Two events designed to bolster the startup landscape have come together in their inaugural year as they seek to provide startups and entrepreneurs with an opportunity to build and develop their ventures.

Sagentia has warned that revenues for 2012 will drop below the previous year's levels following suspension of what it called a large project with a North American start-up in the medical sector, wiping nearly 10 per cent off the company's share price in morning trading. However, the company said it would not hold back from seeking merger and acquisition opportunities.