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  • Edtech inspired Mazenod College cures network woes

    The secondary college for boys in WA found that its existing network infrastructure could no longer cope with demand. With ambitions to capture and store lesson footage in high definition for later playback, college ICT director Hugo van Niekerk sought a solution.

    Written by George Nott31 May 16 10:23
  • TD-LTE goes mainstream with a new performance promise

    A version of LTE that could give consumers more mobile bandwidth for downloading content or apps is moving from the margins to the mainstream at Mobile World Congress this week.

    Written by Stephen Lawson28 Feb. 13 11:24
  • Microwave vies with fiber for fast finance transport

    In the world of high-frequency trading, where being ahead of the competition by a few milliseconds can mean profits worth millions of dollars, finance firms are increasingly looking to decades-old microwave technologies for a competitive edge.

    Written by Joab Jackson10 Dec. 12 22:31
  • Number of Wi-Fi hotspots to quadruple by 2015, says study

    The number of public Wi-Fi hotspots is expected to increase by 350 percent in the next four years, as operators look for ways to offload traffic from their mobile networks, according to a report by market research company Informa Telecoms and Media.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs10 Nov. 11 01:25
  • US launches wireless public safety network

    The U.S. government and the country's top mobile phone service providers on Tuesday launched a public safety program that will allow people to receive emergency alerts via text message.

    Written by Joab Jackson11 May 11 01:55
  • ZTE supplying 4G LTE TDD/FDD network gear to Swedish company

    A China backed telecommunications technology known as LTE TDD is being used to build new high-speed 4G (fourth generation) networks in Sweden and Denmark, highlighting the spread of the technology.

    Written by Michael Kan29 March 11 18:27
  • Wi-Fi won't kill the office LAN ... yet

    While Wi-Fi has increasingly become the primary choice for office worker connectivity, it may be some time before it replaces wired networks altogether, according to panelists at the Interop conference, held last week in New York.

    Written by Joab Jackson29 Oct. 10 05:19
  • LTE leap suits a small carrier, MetroPCS chief says

    MetroPCS, with a customer base of just 7.6 million, doesn't seem the most likely mobile operator to launch the first commercial LTE networks in the U.S., but its small size actually was one of the reasons the carrier jumped on the new technology, MetroPCS Chief Operating Officer Thomas Keys said Thursday.

    Written by Stephen Lawson01 Oct. 10 10:25
  • How Citigroup Tackled a Global Network Overhaul in One Year

    As the financial crisis unfolded in 2007, executives at Citigroup, an $80.2 billion company, announced a far-reaching restructuring that included cutting some 17,000 jobs, aiming to trim $2.6 billion in expenses in a year.

    Written by Stephanie Overby22 July 10 06:40
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