The connectivity makes use of HSCSD (high-speed circuit switched data) technology and Justine Heys, principal analyst at Yankee Group, believes this will enable Orange to steal a march over its competitors.
A spokesman said Orange was the first UK mobile operator to introduce HSCSD, although the technology is available on the continent, and worldwide. The service is based on an enhanced version of Europe's GSM standard, called HSCSD (high-speed...
Starting at the device side, it is apparent from history that trying to enforce a device on a workforce is not viable - look what has happened with laptops and mobile phones. Then we have availability - having mobile access to corporate data is...
The latest offering is partly made possible by Orange working with mobile data company Seven, which has stressed users can connect to their company servers by mobile, PDA or PC, and that they don't have to use GPRS - plain GSM access (at about...
The backhaul options are either mobile (GSM/GPRS, 3G) or satellite which means there may be less bandwidth available for internet access than there is in fixed deployments of wi-fi. Virgin Trains has already started down this path, commissioning...
Orange today announced its HSDPA network trials are complete, Qualcomm revealed yesterday HSPA+ with speeds of 28Mbps while the GSM Association predicted mobile speeds of 40Mbps by 2009. The watch does Bluetooth, MP3 playing and SMS alongside its...