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Anhui Telecom Improves Processing Performance of Online Charging System by an Increase of 150 Times

whitepaper Anhui Telecom Company Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Telecom, the largest fixed service telecommunications provider in China. Anhui Telecom wanted to implement an online charging system that incorporates the company's 3G operations...

Tags: database management

[11 May 2008]

Nationwide WiMax in next two years?

News There will be WiMax coverage across the UK within the next two years, the managing director of Intel Capital EMEA has claimed. Speaking at a roundtable discussion yesterday, Ashish Patel said the long-range wireless technology would find an...

Tags: 3g, wimax

[09 May 2008]

BT adds smart phone to home broadband package

News BT is talking convergence again - the telco has added a smart phone option to its consumer broadband package. The new service - BT Total Broadband Anywhere - furnishes customers with one of a choice of two HTC smart phones, along with 50 any...

Tags: broadband, smart phone, bt

[08 May 2008]

O2 hits 3G target at last

News O2 has finally met the 3G coverage obligation that was part of the licence it acquired in 2000 for providing mobile broadband. Broadband from A-Z Click here for all there is on broadband, from fibre to zombies.

Tags: 3g, o2, ofcom

[06 May 2008]

iPhone out of stock after £100 price cut

News A £100 cut in the price of the entry-level iPhone has seen the touchscreen gadget flying off shelves in the UK. An 8GB iPhone now costs £169, while the 16GB version costs £329 - but many O2 and Carphone Warehouse outlets have now sold out of both.

Tags: carphone warehouse, o2, iphone

[02 May 2008]

Multiple network access becoming mobile norm

News Mobiles are growing up. Analyst In-Stat is predicting a cocktail of network access technologies will become a defining feature as handsets continue to evolve from linear voice and text devices, to more complex multimedia beasts.

Tags: networks, mobile, wi-fi

[02 May 2008]

Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…

Comment Windows XP was getting a lot of attention this week, with silicon.com readers undecided whether the OS should live on or not… And data losses never seem far from the reader comments page, with this week being no exception… Another item on the...

Tags: iphone, blackberry, femtocell, vista

[01 May 2008]

iPhone vs BlackBerry: What the users love...

News The BlackBerry and the iPhone must be two of the most talked about devices in the history of mobile. But what do the people who know them best really think about them? A survey of more than 800 US smart phone users has shed light on the most loved...

Tags: smart phone, blackberry, iphone

[30 Apr 2008]

Computer classics, Vista uptake, iPhone price cuts and Heathrow T5...

News It was time for some tech nostalgia during April with the Sinclair ZX spectrum crowned the most popular first home computer by silicon.com readers. Check out where your favourite golden oldies came in the running.

Tags: jobs, vista, iphone, heathrow

[28 Apr 2008]

Mobile market ripe for femtocell loving

News The stars are aligning to create a market that's ripe for femtocell technology, according to a report from analyst house Infonetics Research - but don't start counting your mobile-access-point chickens just yet.

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, femtocell

[23 Apr 2008]

Minority Report: Why I am a Mac user

Comment On the 10th anniversary of his Damascene conversion from the PC to the way of the Mac, Seb Janacek reflects on what it is that made him the sad little geek he is today. Mac bashers fall back on the same old arguments to justify the alleged...

Tags: leopard, iphone, mac, apple

[17 Apr 2008]

O2 to launch mobile broadband offering

News O2 will launch its mobile broadband service on Friday, becoming the last major UK operator to do so. However, the service initially will be made available only to O2's existing customers. Opting for an 18-month contract, users will get a free USB...

Tags: dongle, mobile, broadband, o2

[17 Apr 2008]

O2 slashes £100 off iPhone price

News The price of Apple's UK iPhone has been slashed by mobile operator O2 - fuelling speculation a 3G version will be launched this summer. The 8GB iPhone can now be bought for £169 until 1 June 2008 - reduced from £269 - on O2's 18-month contract...

Tags: apple, o2, iphone

[15 Apr 2008]

The Role of RADIUS/AAA in GSM Wireless Data Networks GPRS, EDGE, UMTS

whitepaper GSM wireless operators worldwide are racing to deploy packet data networking capabilities on top of their existing circuit switched cellular networks. This paper will discuss in detail the role of an AAA solution on the next-generation networks.

Tags: gsm

[14 Apr 2008]

WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?

News WiMax could prove to be the winner in the 4G race against the long-term evolution of 3G, simply because the technology is here first. Teresa Kellett, director of global development for telco Sprint Nextel, said during a panel discussion at this...

Tags: 4g, 3g, wimax

[11 Apr 2008]

Price-Performance Comparison: 3G and Tropos Metro-Scale Cellular Wi-Fi

whitepaper This paper explores the tradeoffs and limitations inherent to 3G data communications, by analyzing the performance of 1xEV-DO, a representative 3G technology. It will then compare this to what is achievable with Wi-Fi (802.11b) using the Tropos...

Tags: tdma - cdma, wi fi, wcdma, fi

[10 Apr 2008]

3G Via Optical Core Networking

whitepaper The explosive growth anticipated for the 3G wireless data applications and multimedia services is a major concern to wireless operators at the moment. The convergence of voice, data, and video services and the close integration with the fixed...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, operators, bandwidth, investment

[10 Apr 2008]

3G Service Control

whitepaper The huge investment in 3G mobile licences is an incentive to develop extra services above and beyond basic telephony and data services. Service control provides an infrastructure to deliver services, particularly those of a real-time nature.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, service control, telephony, investment

[10 Apr 2008]

Symbian OS v7.0 for 3G Mobile Phones

whitepaper Symbian OS v7.0 supports robust multi-tasking, integrated telephony, communications protocols, data management, advanced graphics support, a UI framework and a variety of application engines in 3G mobile phones.

Tags: telephony systems - pbx, mobile phones, protocols, phones

[10 Apr 2008]

Marconi Technology Lights the Way to 3G Services in Italy

whitepaper The operator's search for a technology partner who could help deliver a 3G-enabled network capable of handling a growing range of new mobile services led to three potential suppliers: Marconi and two American companies, each of whom had existing...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, cost effective, enabled, flexibility

[10 Apr 2008]

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