Features

Near field communication - NEAR FIELD GETTING NEARER

NFC MAKES A POWERFUL PROMISE -TO PROVIDE SIMPLE AND SAFE TWO-WAY INTERACTIONS AMONG ELECTRONIC DEVICES. BUT WHAT'S IN IT FOR OPERATORS AND BUSINESSES?

Near Field Communication (NFC) is one of the newest wireless networking technologies. A short-range wireless

3GSM review - Europe

By Keith Dyer

Nokia Siemens Networks nearly there

Try as they did to pretend it didn’t matter, it must have been disappointing for Nokia Siemens Networks only to be able to “soft launch” the company.

3GSM review - TV

Heather McLean, freelance journalist, takes a look at one of the hottest topics at the show, mobile TV, and finds that despite warnings to move on, there are still battles being fought over the best technology for

3GSM review - Have you got your ID?

It’s who you know – and how you know them - that’s going to be important in the future, says Alun Lewis.

Given the sheer size and scale of a 3GSM event these days, it’s become increasingly difficult

Cover feature - Backhaul demands speed and quality

HSPA and enhanced speed mobile networks are beginning to drive heavy data usage at the edge of mobile networks, and mobile operators are realising that their existing backhaul infrastructure will not be up to the task of

HSDPA backhaul - Meeting the backhaul challenge

It’s a growing concern that as HSPA networks roll out and, more importantly, as data intensive service start to be used across those networks, the existing backhaul infrastructure will become too expensive to run, with bits costing

User generated content - Community Drive

The rise of mobile communities, social networks and user-generated content represent a seismic shift to a participatory culture in which each individual can co-create the content they consume and choose the mobile space in which they wish

Notes

Russia's oldest theatre is jamming mobile phone signals during performances. The Alexandrinsky Theatre in St Petersburg became the first theatre company in the world to instal jamming equipment, after previous attempts to get patrons to switch off their