The UK government's latest plans involve setting up an online procurement centre that will cover all its needs - from paperclips to parallel computers. There is a big push from the communication hardware vendors towards fast networks that will...
Making voice calls over wireless data networks is an area set to take off, analysts predict, though the technology still has some hurdles to overcome. The rise of dual-mode handsets which switch between mobile phone and Wi-Fi networks is seen as a...
The device will send and receive voice and data using EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) wireless networks. Intel already sells its XScale chips in the handheld market but they tend to be versions of older processors that provide lower...
The survey quizzed 12 members of silicon.com's CIO Jury IT user panel to find out their outlook for 2006 IT budgets, spending priorities and the ongoing evolution of the CIO role. Other over-hyped technologies in the last 12 months included mobile...
Another crucial factor, according to Bubley, is that upcoming communications standards such as LTE (the intended long-term evolution of 3G) and WiMax are "all-IP, so if you [an operator] are going to deploy them, you are going to have to use VoIP...
The long-term evolution of 3G, Patel said, was "at least two to three years out before it can happen", and would not be significantly cheaper than investment in WiMax because it would also require operators to "rip out and replace their entire 3G...