universal communications technologies
A Hybrid Architecture of UMTS and Bluetooth for Indoor Wireless/Mobile Communications
White Paper While UMTS provides "universal connectivity," Bluetooth will be the most promising candidate technology to provide "ubiquitous connectivity. Over the past several years, mobile/wireless communications have evolved and proliferated a variety of... [03 Jul 2008]
Manufacturer Improves Content Management, Collaboration, Search - And Customer Satisfaction
White Paper Exterran - a service and equipment provider to the oil and gas industries, formed from the merger of Hanover and Universal - had an enterprise portal, but employees shied away from it because it was difficult and time-consuming to use. [03 Jul 2008]
Seamless Roaming: Advantages to Mobile Operators and Their Subscribers
White Paper Seamless roaming enables a mobile operator's data subscribers to remain continuously connected as they cross network boundaries and use different radio access networks, including Wi-Fi, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Code Division Multiple... [11 Apr 2008]
How do you get your head around 'risk'?
Comment Although no two companies share the same risk profile, some risks are universal in a knowledge economy. For example, with more and more organisations implementing email on mobile communications devices, there is a greater need for organisations to... [06 Jul 2007]
Broadband availability still hitting UK Plc
News The CMA is pushing for a move beyond USO - BT and the Post Office's old universal service obligation - to what they call 'universal access'. The 14th Communications Management Association (CMA) annual survey, which polled 354 senior communications... [07 Feb 2007]
Enterprise Applications: Key Considerations for Selecting and Deploying Wireless Corporate Applications
White Paper The GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) family of technologies including: GPRS (General Packet Radio Services); EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution); UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) and HSDPA (High Speed... [16 Feb 2006]
Simulation Methodology for Assessing MxRAN Architecture Performance
White Paper In the wireless networks area new radio access technologies are applied and form a multi standard radio access network (MxRAN) which denotes an evolution of the current UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) architecture defined by... [16 Feb 2006]
Why less wireless?
AS Analysis Indeed, Sarin in some ways personifies universal reach: Indian by birth, American by career, British by HQ, global in outlook. Or could it be that, after years of hype and an eventual burst bubble, we take communications for granted? [26 Sep 2005]
Vint Cerf: If I were young, I'd work on space networks
News During a question and answer period at the "Internet: Today and Tomorrow" confab, sponsored by Stanford's engineering department, Cerf was asked about his early work on TCP/IP and whether he was influenced by work called PUP (PARC Universal Packet... [29 Jul 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Why do we still travel?
Comment Exponential technology growth has led to exponential production, rapid price reductions and universal availability. Given all the advances in communications technology, shouldn't we be able to videoconference and telecommute instead of showing up... [02 Dec 2004]
Philips sells chips for 'next big thing' to Samsung
News NFC's line up of prominent backers also includes Nokia and Universal Music. NFC is a relatively new wireless standard that sits somewhere between radio frequency ID (RFID) tags, increasingly used in manufacturing, logistics and retail, and... [31 Aug 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Security software - can we get it right?
Comment In theory, the whole public key infrastructure is the foundation for universal authentication. TCP/IP achieved this but the OSI communications protocols largely did not. But creating new standards and technologies is quite a difficult undertaking. [17 Aug 2004]
CIO Jury: The problem with collaboration technologies
News Without universal end-user participation no collaborative system can fulfil its objectives. Ian Auger, Head of IT and Communications, ITN Ease of use, a 'non-sharing' work culture and end-user buy-in are the main obstacles to the successful... [18 Jun 2004]
Hewlett Packard Case Study: ICICI
White Paper Based in India, ICICI, Inc.is a technology-driven virtual universal bank that delivers a wide range of corporate banking and personal finance products and services, all under one umbrella. ICICI wanted to deliver more value to its customers by... [20 Apr 2004]
Simultaneous Voice and Data Technology
White Paper The new Simultaneous Voice and Data (SVD) technologies, as represented by AT&T Paradyne's VoiceSpan technology, offers a means of implementing these new applications on a universal basis through the ordinary Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN... [24 Feb 2004]
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