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Seagate Barracuda XT: third-generation SATA
Blog This four-platter, 7,200rpm drive not only includes a hefty 64MB cache, but is also the first third-generation SATA product to market, with a 6 gigabits per second (6Gbps) interface. Seagate also expects key applications for its third-generation...
[September 22, 2009, 11:28]
Improving the Performance of Third Generation Wireless Communication Systems
White Papers The third generation (3G) mobile communication system uses a technique called code division multiple access (CDMA), in which multiple users use the same frequency and time domain. For more efficient use of resources, one wishes to allow more users...
[March 22, 2005, 2:00]
Security for the Third Generation (3G) Mobile System
White Papers This early work was subsequently taken forward into the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and this will be the basis for the Release 99 deployment of 3G systems. In 1996, when the 3rd Generation system known as UMTS was being developed in...
[March 22, 2005, 2:00]
IDF: Ultra-fast wireless could be 'third-generation Bluetooth'
News It could become a third-generation Bluetooth," said Intel reseach fellow Kevin Kahn, "a common wideband personal area network between mobile devices, PCs and consumer electronics. Practical ultrawideband wireless is getting closer, according to new...
[September 12, 2002, 9:13]
Data on 3G: an Introduction to the Third Generation
White Papers Significant change will be bought about by this rapid evolution in technology, with Third Generation mobile Internet technology a radical departure from that came before in the first and even the second generations of mobile technology.
[September 25, 2009, 3:04]
3G Evolution & Revolution: Making the Transition to Third-Generation Wireless
White Papers When the full promise of Third Generation (3G) wireless is realized, wireless users will have global access to a variety of voice, data and video services. Users will be able to access all their communications services easily from anywhere using...
[March 29, 2005, 0:00]
Third Generation (3G) Wireless White Paper
White Papers This white paper presents an overview of current technology trends in the wireless technology market, a historical overview of the evolving wireless technologies and an examination of how the communications industry plans to implement 3G wireless...
[March 28, 2005, 3:00]
CCIII Hong Kong Police: Third Generation Command and Control Communication System
White Papers The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) has a force of 28,000 uniformed officers and a supporting civilian staff of 7,500. Motorola provided a fully TETRA compliant Dimetra IP system operating in the 410-430 MHz band.master switches (zones), one for each...
[March 22, 2005, 23:00]
Generalized Proportional Fair Scheduling in Third Generation Wireless Data Networks
White Papers In 3G data networks, network operators would like to balance system throughput while serving users in a fair manner. This is achieved using the notion of proportional fairness. However, so far, proportional fairness has been applied at each base...
[December 13, 2006, 0:00]
Pan-European Géant network gets €93m funding
News The European Commission this week launched the third generation of the pan-European Géant network, which links research and educational institutions and handles tasks such as the vast amounts of data produced by the Large Hadron Collider.
[December 4, 2009, 15:26]
O2 expects little 3G interest this year
News UK mobile operator O2 will offer third-generation handsets and laptop data cards to UK customers this autumn, but doesn't expect to see significant demand for its 3G service until 2005. Vodafone began selling a third-generation mobile data card in...
[May 18, 2004, 14:10]
Vodafone kicks off 3G for business users
News Vodafone kicked its third-generation mobile network into commercial action on Friday by launching a high-speed data service for business users. Its third-generation network currently covers London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Liverpool...
[April 2, 2004, 14:40]
Mobile bidding may damage consumers warns Telefonica
News The latest telecommunications company to withdraw from the bidding for third generation (3G) UMTS mobile phone licences, Telefonica, has warned that sky-high bidding may leave consumers with a raw deal.
[April 19, 2000, 7:06]
Linux set for central role in 3G devices
News Linux could soon be playing an important role in the third-generation handheld device market, following the announcement by Texas Instruments on Tuesday that its OMAP wireless architecture would support the open-source operating system.
[October 10, 2001, 16:16]
Hutchison takes huge losses as 3G sales disappoint
News Hutchison 3G, the first company to launch a commercial third-generation mobile phone service in Britain, looks unlikely to reach its take-up targets for this year. Hutchison Whampoa's financial results show that the company has taken a hit from its...
[August 21, 2003, 16:15]
News Roundup: 3G, a year on
News It's twelve months now since frenzied bidding for the UK's third-generation mobile licences resulted in an unexpected cash injection of £22.5bn into the nation's coffers. After all, if the prediction that annual revenues from third generation...
[May 1, 2001, 12:13]
UMTS Overview
White Papers The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) as specified by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) was formally adopted by the ITU as a member of its family of IMT-2000 Third Generation Mobile Communication standards in November...
[March 23, 2005, 2:00]
Site sharing alone won't save 3G
News UK mobile operators who are teaming up to build third-generation (3G) networks have already been warned that site sharing alone won't be enough to guarantee that 3G is a success in this country. According to reports on Monday Vodafone, currently...
[July 3, 2001, 14:42]
Don't expect 3G until 2004
News The former head of mobile network operator Orange claimed this week that European third-generation (3G) networks will not be ready until at least 2004. However, he insisted that mobile operators would make money from third-generation networks and...
[April 5, 2001, 14:40]
500,000 Classmates for Portugal
Blog Amid rumours of a 'third-generation' Classmate PC, Intel has announced that it's to supply half a million of its second-generation (9in.screen) netbooks to the Portuguese government for use in elementary schools.
[July 31, 2008, 11:56]
