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Euro e-health getting the right attention

News S is for Satellite phones European primary healthcare services are benefiting from broadband, says the European Commission, but there are still wide discrepancies in GPs' use of IT across Europe. An EC e-health survey has found the vast majority...

Tags: telemonitoring, healthcare, e-health

[28 Apr 2008]

BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software

News S is for Satellite phones Broadband from A to Z BT is offering NetSuite's business management applications and will soon provide customer relationship management (CRM) software from SugarCRM. Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: smes, saas, crm, bt

[22 Apr 2008]

Warning: Web will run out of space by 2010

News S is for Satellite phones He claimed the "unprecedented new wave of broadband traffic" would increase fiftyfold by 2015 and that AT&T was investing $19bn to maintain its network and upgrade its backbone network.

Tags: web, web 2.0, isps, government

[21 Apr 2008]

Europe embracing speedy fat pipes

News S is for Satellite phones More than a quarter of a billion Europeans regularly use the internet with around 80 per cent of those people being hooked up to broadband connections. Around three-quarters (77 per cent) of businesses in Europe are now...

Tags: online, i2010, eu, broadband

[18 Apr 2008]

Tesco to launch iTunes challenger

News S is for Satellite phones Broadband from A to Z Tesco Digital will initially offer all of the tracks in Window Media format with around half (1.6 million) also available as MP3s. Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: mp3, online, digital music, itunes

[15 Apr 2008]

WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?

News S is for Satellite Raising the example of Korea, he noted the availability of models which combine both HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) and WiBro (wireless broadband) functionality. Wireless from A to Z

Tags: 4g, 3g, wimax

[11 Apr 2008]

Another Look at Internet Broadband Satellite

whitepaper This white paper talks about Internet broadband satellite. Three key developments have helped satellite become viable solution, that are broadband speeds, smaller and more affordable CPE, and IP Acceleration.

Tags: broadband, satellite, ip vpns, talks

[10 Apr 2008]

Multimedia Satellite Networks and TCP/IP Traffic Transport

whitepaper At these frequencies satellite networks are able to provide broadband services requiring wider bandwidth than the current services at C or Ku-band. Most of the next generation broadband satellite systems will use ATM or ATM like switching with...

Tags: quality of service, rate, policies, tcp

[10 Apr 2008]

3.5G gizmos mushrooming forth

News S is for Satellite phones There are now 637 high speed downlink packet access products on the market, with almost half (303) of them being mobile phones. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, hsdpa

[07 Apr 2008]

'Super-3Gs' get connected via the Gobi

News S is for Satellite Greg Raleigh, vice president of product management for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, said: "The Gobi solution enables enterprise users and consumers with the freedom of being untethered from wi-fi hotspots and connecting to the...

Tags: hp, wireless, lenovo, dell

[07 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08

Round-Up Travellers on UK airlines who simply can't go a couple of hours without calling the office or loved ones, or possibly loved ones in the office, will be able to take advantage of the aircraft's network services and be routed via satellite to ground...

Tags: ofcom, wi-fi, train, plane

[28 Mar 2008]

Dongle mania to kill off wi-fi hotspots?

News S is for Satellite The mobile broadband market is hotting up with data card sales set to jump four-fold in the next three years as prices come down - possibly threatening the wi-fi hotspot market. The Infonetics Research Mobility: Broadband, Phones...

Tags: data card, wi-fi, mobile broadband

[28 Mar 2008]

Comcast and Time Warner to invest in 4G…

News S is for Satellite The two groups have competed for high-speed broadband customers, too. The cable companies had hoped they could integrate mobility into their offering to add more value to existing services like telephony, TV and broadband.

Tags: comcast, 4g, time warner, operator

[26 Mar 2008]

Come an' Avatalk in Second Life, urges BT

News S is for Satellite phones Broadband from A to Z The one month virtual world pilot will start on 26 March allowing users to make 10 free calls (of up to one hour each) and send 10 SMS messages to almost anywhere in the world.

Tags: bt, trial, ip, sms

[20 Mar 2008]

'Unlimited broadband' thing of the past?

News S is for Satellite phones Time is running out for so-called "unlimited broadband" packages, according to analysts and ISPs. For some time, many ISPs have been offering users what they call unlimited broadband, although it almost always comes with...

Tags: broadband, iplayer, youtube, isps

[17 Mar 2008]

Berners-Lee bigs up the 'semantic web'

Berners-Lee bigs up the 'semantic web'

News S is for Satellite phones Broadband from A to Z Speaking at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce in London, Berners-Lee said: "Initially there was a huge issue [with the web] that you couldn't find anything.

Tags: berners-lee, semantic web, google, internet

[13 Mar 2008]

Mile-high wi-fi takes off on US airlines

News Other companies, such as Aircell, which uses a network of some 92 antenna towers across the country to transmit wireless signals to planes flying above, and Row44, which provides in-flight internet service via satellite, have been pushing forward...

Tags: wi-fi, wi fi, america, country

[13 Mar 2008]

Tennis federation rallies web presence

Case Study S is for Satellite phones Broadband from A to Z The ITF runs the annual Davis Cup tournament, which sees nations battling it out in the biggest annual team competition in sport. Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: tennis, ntt, website, servers

[12 Mar 2008]

Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide

News S is for Satellite phones The UN's comms agency, the International Telecommunications Union, is touting the importance of satellite technology in bridging the world's communications divide - as it can offer high-capacity transmission capabilities...

Tags: broadband, satellite, wimax, spectrum

[06 Mar 2008]

Outlying Areas of Spain Are to Get Broadband Internet Access After a Partnership of Leading Companies Develops an Innovative and Cost Effective Solution

whitepaper It was decided that a combination of satellite and wireless technology would provide the ideal solution. When Spanish broadband service provider Neo-Sky was given a contract to supply high speed Internet connectivity to rural Spain, it was clear...

Tags: broadband

[05 Mar 2008]

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