MCI WorldCom has launched a managed Internet Protocol (IP) over ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) service for European corporates. The service, called ATM Plus, is particularly aimed at companies thinking of combining voice and data traffic over IP.
Vanjoki said consumers would not buy Nokia's first GPRS phone, the 8310, for its mobile internet technology but rather because of its fashion appeal and range of features. Europe's first flirtation with internet mobiles using wireless application...
It's simple and works in a similar fashion to ATM and Frame Relay," he said. Protocols are tending to creep out of the tiering system that defines which other technologies they can be used with, so the MPLS sprawl has caused some IT professionals...
If we had used other technologies like WAP [Wireless Application Protocol] these applications would be limited by specific handsets," he added. In recent years, mobile operators around the world have increasingly looked to mobile data services to...
Human operators performed most of the functions including basic connectivity tandem fashion from one side of a town, county, country or continent to the other. Then came mobility and everything changed again.
Coast, Karen Millen, Oasis, Odille and Whistles owner Mosaic Fashions has commissioned a broadband voice and data network to link its 650 sites. The network, supplied by Thus and Vodat International, will allow the retailer to process sales...