Also Cellnet and Vodafone are already looking ahead three years or so to the introduction of UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephony System), or third-generation (3G) mobile services, which will force down the price of today's GSM technology.
The Swedish manufacturer unveiled the MC 218, its first offering based on the Epoc32 operating system which is now being nurtured at Symbian. This year's CeBit event in Hannover has been marked by a flurry of announcements from key mobile telephony...
According to Samsung, key features include uniform call distribution, S0 bus capability, DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) telephony and advanced CTI (computer telephony integration) functionality.
It can be enhanced by a digital screen pointing device (like the wireless mouse), in order to activate icons flashed on a program, but that will require digital screens. The European DVB (digital video broadcasting) Project's set-top box...
Enhanced voice: Mobile phones are great for making phone calls but businesses waste a fortune on missed calls, telephone tag and voicemail hell. Voice services can be enhanced without expensive or complex phones.
Speaking at a press conference today, Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of the Swedish telecoms equipment manufacturer, said redundancies will have to occur for the buyout to be profitable. All this is generating traffic and requires enhanced switching but...