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News He said: "[3G operators] will need huge levels of new base stations or they will have to partner with WiMax and offer 3G solutions for specific [voice-related applications]. The former approach is unlikely to happen, as European operators have...
[09 May 2008]
Comment It joins two phone lines together over the internet through a simple phone number input interface, and then connects users via local, cheaper switching stations. Now it's the turn of telecoms, argues Howard Greenfield.
[01 May 2008]
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...
[01 May 2008]
Photo The receiver/carrier WB400A was placed in police stations and emergency services buildings and received warnings by a secure government telephone line. Historian professor Peter Hennessy said the exhibition of post-war tech embodied public opinion...
[01 May 2008]
Round-Up The posters will be put up in tube stations and pub toilets, both of which seem to be unlikely places to find either Mr Brown or Ms Smith. Wanted: fingerprints of one unkempt, jowly, harassed-looking Scottish gentleman.
[11 Apr 2008]
whitepaper This plan requires agreement and action from all stations' operational centers, all Data Centers, of the Central Bureau, and quite possibly of Analysis Centers. This paper focuses on a specific plan for defining the IGS data flow in such a way to...
[11 Apr 2008]
whitepaper The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train system connects San Francisco to surrounding Bay Area communities with 39 stations and nearly 100 miles of track. BART police wanted to use the newest wireless technology to fulfill its mission of ensuring...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper It is a well-known fact that 802.11a/b/g end stations connected to wireless LANs achieve about half the stated bandwidth of the technology used. Often, the mix of access points (APs) in the WLAN can further erode throughput as overlapping RF...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper New York City has installed 892 drinking water sampling stations. About 47,000 water samples are analyzed annually. The ULS scan statistic will provide a real-time surveillance system for evaluating water quality across the distribution system.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Q8's retail division includes more than 450 service stations. The company is a long-term SCO UNIX operating systems user and has a reputation for innovation. It was the first oil company to introduce unleaded gasoline into Europe, and was also...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper The system is scalable, micro-cellular application capable of supporting up to 200 wireless users and 30 wired stations at the site of the switch. The RD3C was designed to provide advanced wireless capability, independent of U.S cellular service...
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Most of the next generation broadband satellite systems will use ATM or ATM like switching with onboard processing to provide full two-way services to and from earth stations. To meet an increasing demand for multimedia services and electronic...
[10 Apr 2008]
Photo The elaborate stunt has been dreamt up by anti-ID cards campaigners No2ID and Privacy International, who will put up posters in tube stations and pub toilets. Wild West-style wanted posters will offer a £1,000 reward for anyone capturing the...
[07 Apr 2008]
whitepaper The customer approached TCS with the requirement of helping them build the software for GSM VoIP gateway, GSM-H.323 inter-working and network management solution for managing the base stations (BTS). The client is in the business of building a...
[03 Apr 2008]
News Sita, the IT services company which specialises in aviation, has completed the installation of 700 work stations that will be used for check-in, boarding and transfers. Beijing's new $3bn airport terminal has completed the rollout of a major part...
[31 Mar 2008]
Photo The onboard wi-fi system delivers connectivity via a Eutelsat satellite link, seamlessly switching to wi-fi terminals for coverage in areas such as tunnels or stations where the satellite antenna (pictured) loses line-of-sight contact.
[28 Mar 2008]
News An onboard internet connection is maintained by using a blend of satellite connectivity and wi-fi relays on the ground providing coverage in tunnels and at stations. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more…
[26 Mar 2008]
whitepaper Soft handoff means that a given user communicates simultaneously with two or more base stations until its path gain to just one of them is several dB stronger than its path gain to any other. In systems using Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA...
[24 Mar 2008]
whitepaper CPU cycles are available on platforms from pagers and cell phones to work stations and servers. Research in parallel processing and distributed computing views CPU cycles as something that can be shared, organized and contributed to a grander whole.
[22 Mar 2008]
News Railway stations and ferries also contributed to worldwide wi-fi growth, according to the index, with usage at the former rocketing 238 per cent.iPass said new wi-fi deployments on trains are likely to continue to fuel this growth.
[14 Mar 2008]
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