Modern communications technology means one can find anything, anywhere around the world, on the internet and via mobile phones. But people still live in communities and need information that is ...

Mobile telephony has evolved from a niche innovation to a ubiquitous component of modern communication infrastructures. This evolution is underpinned by the interplay of technological innovation, ...

A team of academics has published research yesterday that describes three attacks against the mobile communication standard LTE (Long-Term Evolution), also known as 4G. Two of the three attacks are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am passionate about enhancing broadband connectivity. What happened? Consumers flocked to mobile and Voice over Internet ...

While big business may be crowning open source as the king of server-based computing, most enterprise movers and shakers vehemently deny any such moves in telephony. Yet, open source in telecom is ...

The impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) is not limited to the sector in which they are produced, but rather spreads to all sectors of production and consumption. This is also ...

3G technologies favor CDMA over TDMA air interfaces. Mobile phones are the consumer electronics success story of recent times. The latest subscriber figures for the UK alone show that market ...

This gem from the AT&T Archive does a good job of explaining the first-generation cellular technology that AT&T called Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS). The hexagon-cellular network design was ...

An umbrella term for non-stationary telephone service such as in a moving vehicle. Two-way radios were conceived shortly after the turn of the 20th century and were in use during World War I. Police ...