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Orange plots Eee PC mobile broadband coup
News In a fight between an iPhone smart phone and an Eee PC netbook, which chunk of mobile hardware would win? Mobile operator Orange UK is hoping the Eee has the edge over Apple's touchscreen mobile as it has stepped up to iPhone-wielding rival O2... [23 Jul 2008]
Flight booking checks into mobiles
News Mobile is the PC of the future, improved speed and falling costs for downloading data makes searching and booking flights a viable, quick and convenient option, breaking the tie with the office or home PC. [23 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Autosync, at last
Comment Some 20 years ago I was running a series of experiments involving multiple home and office fixed and mobile devices. At the other extreme I had mobile devices that were most primitive by today's standards - the size of a small briefcase. [22 Jul 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. T-Mobile's regulatory counsel, Robyn Durie, said the... [22 Jul 2008]
Network Architecture to Support QoS in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
White Paper This paper presents a Quality of Service (QoS) architecture for supporting real-time data transmission in Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs). The QoS architecture includes a QoS transport layer, QoS routing, queue management and a priority MAC protocol. [18 Jul 2008]
Wireless Network Quality of Service
White Paper Quality of Service capabilities are one of the final building blocks for a successful mobile deployment. QoS gives IT managers complete power over their entire mobile deployment by letting them shape and control traffic across any network that... [18 Jul 2008]
QoS-Enabled Internet-on-Train Network Architecture: Inter-Working by MMP-SCTP Versus MIP
White Paper Using real handover measurement data of several common broadband wireless technologies, the paper compares two possible inter-working mobility solutions: Mobile Multi-Path SCTP (MMP-SCTP) and Mobile IP (MIP). [18 Jul 2008]
A Hybrid QoS Routing Strategy for Suburban Ad-Hoc Networks
White Paper There exists various QoS routing solutions for mobile ad-hoc networks. Network level security, bandwidth, latency and link stability must be considered to select suitable routes for data transmission. [18 Jul 2008]
A Shoelace-Based QoS Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using Directional Antenna
White Paper This paper proposes a new QoS routing protocol for Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) using directional antenna. Due to the directional antenna property, these cross links can simultaneously transmit data without any data interference. [18 Jul 2008]
Building Blocks for Mobile Free-Space-Optical Networks
White Paper To ensure uninterrupted data flow, auto-aligning transmitter and receiver modules are necessary. Existence of Line Of Sight (LOS) and alignment between the communicating antennas are one of the key requirements for Free-Space-Optical (FSO... [18 Jul 2008]
Whitehall IT to be carbon neutral by 2020
News Mobile device consolidation also features as a green strategy, with the report advising: "Rather than a mobile phone and a PDA (e.g. A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for Energy sourcesF is for... [17 Jul 2008]
Location-based services mean business
News Bonte said in a statement: "As the reliability and performance of mobile enterprise solutions improves and the concerns about maintenance costs, data protection and integrity are addressed, corporations will increasingly adopt mobile solutions and... [17 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News Gartner said the increase in use of cloud-based office software, such as Google Apps or salesforce.com, means online security services will be necessary to protect mobile IT users accessing business data and services outside the corporate network. [17 Jul 2008]
UK youths going mobile web crazy
News That's the view of a survey, which has found almost half of mobile-owning Brits surf the web on their handsets everyday, and well over half check email on the move on a daily basis. Mobile social networking is also popular with many gadget-owning... [17 Jul 2008]
Consumer Protection and Quality of Service (QoS), Including Network Neutrality and Cyber-Security Issues
White Paper The deployment of Next Generation Networks (NGN, using IP connectivity to support fixed, wireless and mobile voice, video, data, and broadcast TV services, provides new opportunities to increasing consumer choice. [17 Jul 2008]
