A clear trend is emerging in the form of fixed and mobile telephony convergence (FMC). The aim is to provide both services with a single phone, which could switch between networks ad hoc. Several industry standardization activities have been completed in this area such as the Voice call continuity (VCC) specifications defined by the 3GPP.

TIA and USTelecom, the two organizations that owned and produced SUPERCOMM for 18 years, have joined forces again to produce NXTcomm, which replaces SUPERCOMM as the one event delivering the entire ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video, and data. 

NXTcomm08 will be held June 16 – 19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, together with  Communications Goes Green at NXTcomm08.

Another hot talking point in the wireless industry: Mobile 2.0. Obviously, the phrase was borrowed from the concept of “Web 2.0”, in which the social networking is changing the behavior of the Internet users.  Is this “Yet Another Pointless Meme” (YAPM)? Actually the phrase Mobile 2.0 really seems to capture an important trend:  the convergence of mobile devices and web services creating an entirely new dynamic.  

ACRONYMS

1. AAL2                      ATM Adaptation Layer Type 2
2. AAL5                      ATM Adaptation Layer Type 5
3. ATM                        Asynchronous Transfer Mode

Javvin Technologies, Inc.  has just published the 3G Wireless Technology Quick Guide.

Description

Yagi-Uda antennas include one or more director elements, which, by virtue of their being arranged at approximately a quarter-wavelength mutual spacing and being progressively slightly shorter than a half wavelength, direct signals of increasingly higher frequencies onto the active dipole.

Description

3G stands for the third generation of wireless communication technology. It refers to pending improvements in wireless data and voice communications through any of a variety of proposed standards. The immediate goal is to raise transmission speeds to 2Mbit/sec. 

Applications and deployment