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3G iPhone - the business perspective
News So despite all Apple's enterprise-focused hype - and even if businesses switch to O2 - there are still corporate software barriers to iPhone adoption. Security is another issue that could influence enterprise adoption of the iPhone. [10 Jul 2008]
Faster broadband demands more bandwidth
News He said in a statement: "We expect this to increase significantly as fibre adoption continues to increase across Europe and further services are developed with fibre in mind. Joeri Van Bogaert, president of the FTTH Council Europe, said there is... [08 Jul 2008]
Femtocells: Europeans clueless on mobile access tech
News Femtocells are also the great hope of mobile operators as - provided they gain mass market adoption - they could enable operators to reliably serve rich 3G services such as video to consumers at home, without having to invest big bucks ramping up... [23 Jun 2008]
Mobile market ripe for femtocell loving
News Webb said while the access point tech has the potential to offer mobile operators a less expensive way to backhaul network traffic and provide more consistent coverage and internet speeds indoors, there are still "tough hurdles" to be overcome if... [23 Apr 2008]
White Paper: Near Field Communication
White Paper Near Field Communication (NFC) offers tremendous potential, not only because it can roll out for mass adoption, but because of the number of different ways in which it can be used to make life easier. [28 Mar 2008]
User Experience Building Blocks
White Paper Near Field Communication (NFC) offers tremendous potential, not only because it can roll out for mass adoption, but because of the number of different ways in which it can be used to make life easier. [28 Mar 2008]
Dongle mania to kill off wi-fi hotspots?
News Currently, mobile data services are generally too expensive for mass market adoption but that will change with the increasingly extensive rollout of high speed HSDPA, the launch of new data plans offering increased download limits, and better... [28 Mar 2008]
GPS-chip boom as mobiles enter the frame
News He predicted: "The average price of the [GPS] chipset will fall to $3.50 or below by the end of 2008, permitting a true mass market adoption. The popularity of consumer sat-nav devices is fuelling the market for GPS receiver chips, with one billion... [20 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment The tactic there will be to try and force adoption by making various student and youth-related public services and benefits dependant on having an ID card. The mass population won't now be required to register their biometrics on the national... [07 Mar 2008]
Itil standard has mass appeal
News The survey also found the size of organisation has an impact on Itil adoption with companies of less than 100 employees rarely using Itil compared with 87 per cent of companies of more than 10,000 employees using it in some form. [03 Mar 2008]
$100 laptop production gets underway
News The XO laptop, while generally heralded for its good intentions and potential impact, has hit a number of obstacles on the road to adoption. Following a number of delays, the One Laptop per Child Foundation's (OLPC) much-awaited XO laptop for... [07 Nov 2007]
Vista: Can Service Pack 1 spur adoption?
News The first Vista service pack may serve dual purposes for Microsoft: fixing the operating system's rough edges while simultaneously indicating that it's ready for mass adoption. From what we can see, the adoption curve is running much like past... [04 Sep 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.07.07
Round-Up The adoption and perception of technology by different demographic groups is an interesting subject. Moving on, the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) organisation announced this week that its $100 notebook, the XO, is going into mass production. [27 Jul 2007]
Row over European mobile TV standards
News Analyst house Datamonitor said the EC's strategy will not aid the mass adoption of mobile TV and will reduce open market competition. The European Commission has thrown its weight behind mobile TV by backing the DVB-H technology to become the... [19 Jul 2007]
Mac versus PCs - the CIO verdict
News Increasing adoption of thin-client infrastructures is also tipped to have an impact on the desktop. He said: "With a mid-range Mac still being approximately 33 per cent more expensive than its Dell equivalent, don't expect a mass migration to the... [12 Jul 2007]
