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Google-backed project bringing net access to billions
News The O3b Networks system will completely change the economics of telecommunications infrastructure in the world's fastest-growing markets for communications services," O3b said in a statement on Tuesday.
[September 10, 2008, 9:08]
BT Cellnet picks Blackberry GPRS handsets
News GPRS is a forerunner of 3G systems such as UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), which will deliver broadband speeds and multimedia content to handsets. BT Cellnet has come a step closer to its rollout of an always-on wireless personal...
[February 26, 2001, 15:41]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Can they be talking about the leading light of the space age, the orbiting telecommunications system with 66 satellites girdling the globe? Monday 22/3/1999 Tee hee! A marketing manager of my acquaintance has a job supporting a software outfit's...
[March 26, 1999, 18:05]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Can they be talking about the leading light of the space age, the orbiting telecommunications system with 66 satellites girdling the globe? Monday 22/3/1999 Tee hee! A marketing manager of my acquaintance has a job supporting a software outfit's...
[March 26, 1999, 18:05]
Global 3G data roaming comes closer
News This runs within the 3G, or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), specification. Imagine being able to use a global mobile data service that gives connection speeds faster than are possible with 3G services today and that works if you...
[May 12, 2004, 18:15]
Covert staff surveillance 'illegal'
News Although many of the issues relate to the Data Protection Act, monitoring of communications is governed by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, which makes it unlawful for employers and others to intercept communications in the course of...
[April 9, 2002, 14:28]
Oftel unbundling guidelines look set for EC clash
News The directive, issued in July, requires incumbent telecommunications companies -- former government monopolies such as BT, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom -- to offer new entrants access to the local telephone system by January 2001.
[August 1, 2000, 10:34]
BT Fusion gets Wi-Fi upgrade
News Whereas previous versions of BT Fusion relied on Bluetooth for wireless connectivity, the telecommunications firm's upgraded small business offering is based on Wi-Fi, which offers better range and higher bandwidth than Bluetooth.
[December 14, 2006, 12:49]
Lowered expectations at wireless show
News The unveiling of new products will begin on Monday morning at the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) Wireless 2003 conference in New Orleans. It's time for the cell phone industry to get the piper paid," said PalmSource...
[March 17, 2003, 13:06]
'Infowarfare' part of NATO arsenal?
News Behind the scenes, military technologists are using 'infowar' tactics borrowed from hackers to disrupt the Serbian telecommunications infrastructure. While infowar can describe everything from cracking into a military computer network to disabling...
[March 26, 1999, 9:32]
3G: What's the payoff?
News The five British UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) licences alone have cost wireless providers £22.5bn, and other European UMTS auctions are still pending. Despite the huge money-making opportunities presented by third-generation...
[August 23, 2000, 14:56]
Qualcomm mum on Nokia's 5 percent solution
News US carriers planning to move to the standard, which is also known as UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), include AT&T Wireless. The companies that control most of the patents for what may become the dominant mobile phone standard...
[November 8, 2002, 10:01]
Mobile gaming takes over the world
News UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), which replace GPRS roughly by 2002, will offer even more bandwidth, reaching 2MB/s. Mobile games promise to provide the next Internet gold mine for entrepreneurs, according to dramatic new research...
[September 5, 2000, 14:38]
Video phone sales 'struggling'
News European mobile operators slammed 3G phones at the 2003 UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) Congress in Holland last June, claiming they were "unfit for the mass market". Subscriptions to 3G services are expected to fall well short of...
[August 11, 2003, 16:35]
Report: AT&T flaw exposed customer data
News Some 120,000 companies use AT&T's Small Business Center Web site to track their telecommunications bills, according to company spokesman Paul La Plante. Only existing customers who were logged into the system would have been able to exploit the...
[January 3, 2001, 11:10]
Turn your mobile phone into a Web server
News The next generation of mobile phone networks, known as UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), or 3G (third generation), will give mobile devices much higher bandwidth which in turn promises to inspire mobile Internet commerce services.
[April 5, 2001, 14:22]
Windows XP - a hit or a miss?
News Kevin McGregor, a telecommunications specialist with the Coast Guard in Seattle, is one of those praising XP. Despite some misgivings about Windows XP, many early buyers say they have been pleasantly surprised by what they see in the new operating...
[November 14, 2001, 8:57]
Japan's DoCoMo gets base in London
News Japanese mobile telecommunications firm NTT DoCoMo announced Friday it is to spend £3m establishing a foothold in Europe. The moves increases the likelihood that DoCoMo with roll out its i-mode interactive mobile system in Europe.
[September 29, 2000, 15:17]
Mobile WiMax to hit UK mid-2007
News According to Stephane LeDreau, Nortel's wireless business leader for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the telecommunications equipment manufacturer has an agreement with an unnamed UK provider to use its new MIMO-powered mobile WiMax — also...
[October 12, 2006, 13:05]
3G operators will wait 15 years to recoup 3G costs
News The 3G standard being rolled out in Europe is UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), and networks should be built in most countries by the first half of 2002. It will take up to 15 years for mobile network providers to recoup the cost...
[October 27, 2000, 7:13]
