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RSS satellite phoneiPhone to kill off standalone sat-navs by 2014?
News Consumers are turning to smartphones with built-in satellite mapping to help them get around, rather than buying a standalone personal navigation device (PND). Just a year or two ago, it was hard to find a... [02 Sep 2009]
The A to Z of wireless
News Global Positioning System (GPS) is a US satellite system used to pinpoint exact locations, and is best known for its in-car use. It can also perform better in dense urban areas or during periods of bad weather which can... [11 Aug 2009]
Voice, video, data: £1bn gov't telecoms contract up for grabs
News The systems under the framework will handle voice, video and data and include telecoms equipment and network infrastructure, call centre systems, unified communications, fixed to mobile communications, radio equipment, videoconferencing... [10 Jul 2009]
Photos: Tech ahoy in round the world yacht race
Photo Stuart Bannatyne, captain of Ericsson 4, is pictured here talking on the satellite phone on leg one of the race. The two teams use satellite phones to call home or headquarters. They are... [16 Apr 2009]
Dongle power users will be booted off 3G first
News S is for Satellite One area that may not be such a barrier to 4G progress is devices - as, in Steinberg's view, it's not about having to wait around for someone to make a 4G phone. Operators' roadmaps to... [06 Feb 2009]
Google's Latitude knows where your friends are
News Latitude uses Google's technology to judge a user's location not just by GPS satellite but also by proximity to mobile phone towers and wireless networks. Google has today launched software called... [04 Feb 2009]
Google Earth maps onto the iPhone
News Google Earth lets people virtually fly around a 3D view of the world made from satellite and aerial imagery mapped onto the planet's mountains and valleys. Peter Birch, Google Earth's product manager, said: "The idea of... [27 Oct 2008]
Third of UK homes still without web access
News S is for Satellite phones For mobile phone data users, the most popular activity was sending photographs or other video clips. According to the ONS' 2008 Internet Access report, 65 per cent of homes -... [27 Aug 2008]
Ofcom: Copper capable of high-speed broadband
News S is for Satellite phones An Ofcom assessment has predicted that DSL over normal copper phone lines could take virtually the whole country to broadband speeds of 50Mbps or more, as long as optical fibre... [22 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News S is for Satellite phones Home Office proposals for phone, email and internet records - including VoIP - to be kept for 12 months are expected to cost taxpayers up to £68m to set up and £39m per year to... [13 Aug 2008]
Interference on the radar for FCC "white space"
News S is for Satellite But incumbent spectrum licence holders such as TV broadcasters and mobile phone operators, including Verizon Wireless, say wireless devices that access this unlicensed spectrum will... [12 Aug 2008]
'Star Trek' communicators free up doctors' time
News S is for Satellite As a result, medical professionals at the hospital are spending less time trying to find a phone line or leaving the premises to call up their peers. Click on the links below to find... [29 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Out of range?
Comment To get the final throw I needed to focus the energy in a beam and enlisted the help of an old domestic satellite dish and a dongle. Oh, and if you are having trouble getting a good mobile phone signal -... [15 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News S is for Satellite phones But cost saving remains a big attraction with 95 per cent of business users saving money by using Skype and around a third slashing their phone bills by 50 per cent or more,... [02 Jul 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment S is for Satellite Once connected to the picocell, the calls are then routed over the aircraft's existing satellite gateway to the solution provider's terrestrial network. In some cases the aircraft's... [26 Jun 2008]
