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'Pay to receive' calls won't happen, say UK operators
News Following suggestions by Europe's telecommunications chief that she would not oppose mobile operators that wanted to charge their customers for receiving calls, all the UK's operators have denied wanting to do any such thing. [19 Jun 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study As many of the homes involved in the project don't have landlines installed - instead relying on mobile phones only - Aimes decided to use wireless mesh network technology for last mile connectivity. You had to buy some hardware and then you had to... [17 Jun 2008]
Broadband speed: ISPs accept 'code of practice'
News Mobile operator O2, which recently launched a business broadband offering - and jumped into the home broadband market last autumn - also welcomed the code. But retail giant Tesco, which offers home broadband at various price-points, appears to be... [05 Jun 2008]
Paper-free train tickets on track
News Passengers will touch either the cards or NFC phones to a mobile or fixed reader, similar to the Oyster system used on the London Underground. Travellers will be able to buy smart tickets online using their mobile phone or PC and then download them... [04 Jun 2008]
Unified SIM Card Lifecycle Management System
White Paper T-Mobile deployed BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 to develop, integrate, secure, and manage a new SIM card management system in support of 4.2 million customers and 10 million SIM cards. Country's leading mobile communications provider, T-Mobile Hungary... [31 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment In our hilly area, mobile phone coverage is very weak and patchy. Not sure where and how Ofcom carried out this survey but we have offices in Southampton, Taunton, Bristol and Birmingham with staff living in 'rural' areas around all of them and... [29 May 2008]
Microsoft gets touchy-feely in Windows 7
News The ability to use touch to give users fingertip control of their screens could help revolutionise how computer desktops and mobile phones are controlled and would be an alternative to existing mouse, keyboard and pen-based user controls. [28 May 2008]
Minority Report: What's in store for the iPhone?
Comment After all, sales are healthy, it's becoming available in an ever-increasing number of territories and everyone's talking about it, from people in the street to the chief executives of mobile operators. [23 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tech skills slump, gov't snooping, Segway safety
Comment Let them do it - the people that they need information about have already stopped using mobile phones and email for communication - if they want to continue monitoring my messages who cares? The so-called skills slump in the UK has attracted a lot... [22 May 2008]
Sat-nav back seat drivers on their way
News Photos: Introducing - the world's lightest mobile phone Tom-Tom sat-nav users would be the first able to use the speed notification system but TfL says it is in talks with other sat-nav providers about using the map. [15 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... dirty computers, lie detectors, T5 tech, mobile ASBOs
Comment Isn't it time to revive this two-tier system if mobile phone usage is to rear its ugly, boorish shaved head in passenger aircraft? Anybody wanting to use a mobile in flight must state their intention at check-in and will consequently be seated at... [15 May 2008]
RIM reveals BlackBerry roadmap
News Mobile in pictures Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo stories here… Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008 Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry Photos: When art meets tech - Nokia phone... [14 May 2008]
Whitbread serves up £1m saving on card payments
News The system - supplied by Fidelity National Information services, IBM, Smart Technology solutions and VeriFone - is an integrated mobile chip and PIN payments system that allows the company to channel all payments from its Beefeater, Brewers Fayre... [07 May 2008]
Mobile M2M connections on the up
News The number of mobile network connections used for M2M comms will grow from 37.5 million in 2007 to 186 million in 2012, says the analyst. Europe is well on the way to introducing the eCall automatic emergency call system and several Latin American... [06 May 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo Innovision, one of the companies involved in O2's six-month Oyster mobile wallet trial in London, has been showing off potential applications for NFC phones using its Topaz tag technology. HP is targeting the mini laptop market with this sub-£300... [29 Apr 2008]
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