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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]
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]
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]
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]
Ovum lays out 3G mobile roadmap
News Four possible development paths for third generation (3G) mobile network technology have been predicted in a report by industry analyst Ovum. According to the report, the success of third generation mobiles will be determined by consumer uptake and...
[November 1, 1999, 13:52]
Orange launches 3G with Microsoft on board
News Britain's third-generation mobile market turned much more competitive today, as Orange threw its 3G network open to commercial users and T-Mobile tried to steal Orange's thunder with the launch of its own 3G service.
[July 19, 2004, 15:15]
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]
Nokia unsurprised by 3G handset complaints
News The gripes about third-generation handsets in Europe are to be expected and are part of problems associated with any new technology, says a senior Nokia executive. At the recently-concluded UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) Congress...
[June 18, 2003, 9:30]
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]
A Year Ago: Ovum lays out 3G mobile roadmap
News Four possible development paths for third generation (3G) mobile network technology have been predicted in a report by industry analyst Ovum. According to the report, the success of third generation mobiles will be determined by consumer uptake and...
[October 31, 2000, 6:02]
Mobile firms could face legal action over 3G
News As mobile firms face hard times ahead one analyst suggests that shareholders could sue over the high prices paid for third-generation (3G) licences in the UK. Earlier this month, Forrester claimed that European mobile phone network operators would...
[January 31, 2001, 9:50]
New iMac pared down
News Apple Computer took a minimalist approach to the design of its third-generation iMac, which debuted on Tuesday. Previous models included the iMac G4, introduced in 2002, whose swing-arm-mounted flat screen drew comparisons to a desk lamp, and the...
[August 31, 2004, 12:10]
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]
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]
Hutchison performs successful 3G test
News Amid growing scepticism about third-generation mobile phones, Hutchison 3G appears to be making good progress towards launching a high-speed mobile network in the UK later this year. Third generation networks offer an exciting new gaming platform...
[May 20, 2002, 13:19]
