Telecom has, generally speaking, become a zero-sum game. In fact it probably always was, despite numerous attempts by governments at deregulation. The fact of the matter is that even today, full-duplex voice conversations between two parties is almost entirely...
Hello Kitty may be key to 3G success By Mike Clendenin, EE Times Nov 27, 2002 (12:15 PM) URL: http://www.commsdesign.com/story/OEG20021127S0042 It’s scary to think that sophisticated 3G mobile systems may depend for their survival on Hello Kitty, that cutesy...
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2002/nf20020321_0765.htm MARCH 21, 2002 NEWS ANALYSIS By Stephen H. Wildstrom The Techno-Culture Clash in Telecom On display at the industry’s big trade show: Tensions between wireless carriers and their hardware...
Yet another publication chimes in with a strong Anti-WAP message: WAP sucks. Of course, the fact that WAP sucks is old news on FOIB, but this article is really funny. At the root of the problem are the Wireless Service Providers, now shifting like sand dunes to avoid...
GSM uses two main techniques, TDMA AND Frequency-Hopping. This, combined with a third feature that doesn’t transmit “quiet times” — points where there is no speech, combines to produce between a 15x-20x increase in utilization. TDMA combined...
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