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Future user requirements
With the Government’s Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme looking at a possible successor for the UK’s TETRA-based network, there was a lot of talk this year about future user requirements. As chief technology officer at Airw…
16th May 2013
Housing association goes mobile
South Yorkshire Housing Association (SYHA) has made significant savings in both time and money over the last year by replacing its paper-based scheduling service with an integrated mobile solution from Peak-Ryzex. The responsive repairs team has comple…
16th May 2013
Charity invests in mobility
World Vision, a global Christian charity that provides humanitarian aid to approximately 12-15 million people each year through relief assistance, has deployed Intermec CN50 handheld mobile computers for use in aid distribution efforts around the globe.…
16th May 2013
Highland engineers stay connected
Workers from Ross-Shire Engineering have been staying in touch with Eutelsat Broadband’s satellite business solution while constructing water treatment plants in some of the remotest areas of the country. The engineers, working on the Scottish Wa…
16th May 2013
Securing the mobile workforce
Mobility is having a profound impact on how people live and work. The modern workforce expects to be able to work anytime, anywhere from any device on any application. The number of mobile-connected devices will exceed the world’s population thi…
14th May 2013
Communicating for business
The first Wireless Communications for Business Expo took place at Silverstone Race Circuit last month. The conference focused on a range of topics and brought together leading speakers from the mobile radio world. Richard Lambley reports Subject …
16th April 2013
Rapid growth forecast for LTE networks
A new report forecasts a rapid uptake of 4G LTE mobile broadband technology in the next two years, with the subscriber number doubling from an estimated 105 million subscribers this year to nearly 220 million in 2014. The report, from Juniper Resear…
16th April 2013
EE to double 4G speeds
Less than six months after it launched the UK’s first 4G mobile service, EE has announced it intends to double the speed and capacity of its 4G network from this summer. The upgrade, which enables lab speeds of 130Mbps, will boost headline …
16th April 2013
NFC Forum signs up with industry consortia
The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, has signed collaboration agreements with the Global Certification Forum, International Air Transport Association, and Wi-Fi Alliance. The …
12th February 2013
The hidden costs of web proxying
Virtual private networks have become commonplace in the modern workplace. Tim Lloyd looks at the use of proxying and finds there are a number of disadvantages that come with this approach when applied to how people use the Internet today The way in whi…