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New tool helps users decide which countries their internet traffic transits

The internet gives people worldwide access to applications and services, but in many cases, internet traffic passes through a few dominant countries, according to new research from Princeton University.

Telecom

Aug 02, 2018
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High-altitude balloons to deliver internet access in Kenya

A Google-affiliated company has chosen Kenya as the home of its first announced commercial deal for delivering internet access to hard-to-reach areas using high-altitude balloons.

Business Telecom

Jul 19, 2018
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A 5G standard nod wins confidence as essential step to primetime

A 3GPP TSG #80 Plenary Meeting has approved the completion of the standalone (SA) Release 15 (REL-15), 5G specifications. The 3GPP stands for 3rd Generation Partnership Project, which is a global organization supervising ...

Telecom

Jun 19, 2018
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What is all the fuss about 5G?

Every decade or so, the wireless industry rolls out a new cellular communications standard that can transmit more data more quickly. Already under development is the next round, called "5G" because it's the fifth major generation ...

Telecom

May 17, 2018
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In race for 5G, China leads South Korea, US: study

China is slightly ahead of South Korea and the United States in the race to develop fifth generation wireless networks, or 5G, a US study showed Monday.

Telecom

Apr 16, 2018
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GPS guidance can be fooled, so researchers are scrambling to find backup technologies

Five years ago, a team of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin boarded an $80-million yacht with the intent of trying to fool the vessel's navigation system and stealthily push it off course.

Telecom

Mar 23, 2018
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Vodafone, Nokia are tech partners for 4G network on the moon

This is not a prank post, and, yes, April Fools is still many weeks away. With that out of the way, it can be reported that the moon will get a mobile phone network.

Telecom

Mar 01, 2018
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'Holostream' allows high-quality wireless 3-D video communications

A new platform enables high-quality 3-D video communication on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets using existing standard wireless networks.

Telecom

Jan 09, 2018
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5G demo is carried out on moving train in Japan

(Tech Xplore)—Samsung fans get to say Cool. A 5G test on an over-100KM/H train (over 60 mph) scored results that are apt to please the corporate insiders, considering all the attention being paid to 5G in the pre-standard ...

Telecom

Dec 04, 2017
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A 'virtual wall' that improves wireless security and performance

A team of researchers led by Dartmouth College may have finally solved the problem of how to inexpensively improve wireless signal strength for indoor spaces with multiple rooms. The same technology for enhancing office and ...

Telecom

Nov 08, 2017
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New technology to dramatically speed up home broadband

Slow internet speeds and the Internet 'rush hour' - the peak time when data speeds drop by up to 30% - could be history with new hardware designed and demonstrated by UCL researchers that provides consistently high-speed ...

Telecom

Oct 19, 2017
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Integrated high-speed data and wireless power transfer

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a system that can simultaneously deliver watts of power and transmit data at rates high enough to stream video over the same wireless connection. By integrating ...

Telecom

Sep 18, 2017
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Mesh networking announcement, new spec from Bluetooth

(Tech Xplore)—Mesh-networking capabilities now in Bluetooth are making news. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced that Bluetooth technology has been updated with support for mesh networking, and Bluetooth published ...

Telecom

Jul 19, 2017
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FCC approves OneWeb Internet via satellites

(Tech Xplore)—FCC has given OneWeb its green light to bring satellite Internet to the United States.

Telecom

Jun 26, 2017
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Inflight Wi-Fi highlights challenges of satellite broadband delivery on land and in the sky

Qantas switched on its free inflight internet service trial on April 7, with Virgin set to launch its own similar program later this month.

Telecom

Apr 19, 2017
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New approach speeds up testing of traffic management solutions for data center networks

The transmission control protocol, or TCP, which manages traffic on the Internet, was first proposed in 1974. Some version of TCP still regulates data transfer in most major data centers, the huge warehouses of servers maintained ...

Telecom

Mar 22, 2017
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IEEE P802.3bz: New Ethernet standard ratified

(Tech Xplore)—A new Ethernet standard is born. The IEEE has set the new standard for five times the speed without disruptive cable changes, said Network World.

Telecom

Oct 02, 2016
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Optical fiber transmits one terabit per second

Nokia Bell Labs, Deutsche Telekom T-Labs and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have achieved unprecedented transmission capacity and spectral efficiency in an optical communications field trial with a new modulation ...

Telecom

Sep 19, 2016
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Programmable network routers provide more flexible traffic management without sacrificing speed

Like all data networks, the networks that connect servers in giant server farms, or servers and workstations in large organizations, are prone to congestion. When network traffic is heavy, packets of data can get backed up ...

Telecom

Aug 23, 2016
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Wi-Fi Alliance continues tech advance with WiFi 802.11ac Wave 2

(Tech Xplore)—A new Wi-Fi standard carries a promising impact on products meeting the new standard. Tech watchers are saying that 802.11ac Wave 2 certification means one can expect better performance and capacity in Wi-Fi.

Telecom

Jun 30, 2016
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Wireless study predicts trouble and solution for 5G cellular

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), comprising seven telecommunications standard development organizations, will soon choose among channel models to adopt as testing standards for 5G cellular systems. However, ...

Telecom

May 25, 2016
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New world record in 5G wireless spectrum efficiency

A team of 5G engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Lund has once again set a new world record for wireless spectrum efficiency, less than two months after setting the first one.

Telecom

May 18, 2016
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Australia project turns vehicles into emergency network

(Tech Xplore)—We are quite accustomed to hearing about the wonders of enjoying a global experience in a connected universe where communications ignores limitations of borders, arrival gates and physical walls. Not everyone ...

Telecom

May 16, 2016
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Transmission of digital communication signals through meat

Eye rubbing time—New Scientist had the headline "Wireless signal sent through meat fast enough to watch Netflix" and there were no typos. They meant what they said. RT explained further that "researchers have developed ...

Telecom

Apr 16, 2016
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Engineers develop the first on-chip RF circulator that doubles WiFi speeds with a single antenna

Last year, Columbia Engineering researchers were the first to invent a technology—full-duplex radio integrated circuits (ICs)—that can be implemented in nanoscale CMOS to enable simultaneous transmission and reception ...

Telecom

Apr 15, 2016
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