Features
The right frequency
Moves have now started towards open-market trading of already licenced spectrum. But what are longer-term consequences of commoditisation for the industry and the players looking to create niche markets for themselves. Simon Tonks, principal consultant Wireless Technology, PA
Changing world
It's TETRA World Congress time, and Mobile Europe rounds up the major TETRA events of the past year, and showcases the opinions of two major players (opposite).
Interoperability, open standards and TETRA 2 are the key
Jeppe Jepsen, Director of International Business Relations, Motorola, scans the most significant developments of the past year and looks forward to the year ahead, as the standard and customer base develops.
TETRA's role in covert communications
Sepura is a platinum sponsor at TWC05 and will exhibiting on stands D1 and D2. Here, UK sales director David Taylor talks about an application that the company will be highlighting at the event: covert communications.
Turbocharging mobile broadband
Andrei Dulski, marketing manager, Radio Networks at Ericsson, looks at the ways in which 3G is now providing a viable alternative to fixed-line broadband speeds, and how operators can capitalise on developments in the broadband market
Pushing the case for PoC technology
Bengt Nordstrom, Chief Strategy Officer, inCode Wireless, looks at the 'nearly' concept of Push to Talk over Cellular, and explains the requirements the technology will need if it is ever to emerge as the next piece in the
Raising base station standards
From the analogue age, to the digital age -- to today's 3G -- mobile base stations have evolved to offer more performance and lower costs. The pace of change in mobile technology is accelerating and, to meet the
Antenna revolution
Cellular base stations have come a long way since the first analogue (TACS) networks were launched two decades ago. GSM changed the ballgame considerably in the early 1990s, but now UMTS (3G) is also reshaping the industry.
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