Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems     by Manlio Allegra       Home         Topics: Main | ServiceProvider | LTE | 3G | WiMax | HSDPA | IMS | ICDMA | GSM | Silicon for Wireless | Fixed Wireless |  Start-ups | People | Europe | China | Japan | Latin America | India | Wireless Start-up Directory | Links & Resources | Archive   ITU Report Foresees Wire-free Future In October 2003, the Asia-Pacific region passed the symbolic mark of one billion telecommunication users, mobile phones and fixed lines combined. The ITU is forecasting that before the end of this decade, another billion users of information and communication technologies (ICTs) are likely to be added to the region's networks, but the majority of them will be connected using various wireless technologies. In the developed world, at least in urbanized areas, the ITU believes portable Internet technologies are likely to be complementary, rather than substitutive, for existing networks. The market is being driven by handset manufacturers keen to add ever more value to portable devices. This week's ITU TELECOM ASIA 2004 in Busan, Korea is showcasing Portable Internet technologies for short, medium and long range distances. Short-range technologies, such as Bluetooth, ZigBee and RFID allow low-power connectivity within a range of 30 metres. Medium-range technologies can communicate at least 150 metres from a hotspot (e.g. Wi-Fi, or IEEE 802.11b) and up to several kilometers, depending on environmental and regulatory factors. Finally, long-range technologies such as WiMAX (IEEE 802.16) and IMT-2000 (3G) have ranges that extend up to 50 kilometers from a base station, and provide near-nationwide coverage when offered as a networked service. The ITU has just published a 140-page report on "The Portable Internet", containing around 60 pages of statistical tables and charts with the latest available data for more than 200 economies worldwide. http://www.itu.int 06-Sep-04     No video on this topic yet.. contact us to present your views. Recent Broadband Wireless News Alcatel-Lucent Acquires OpenPlug, Extending its Application Enablement Strategy 9/1/2010 Clearwire Offers Pay-As-You-Go Mobile Broadband, $5/Day 8/30/2010 NSN Partners with Telefónica on Smartphone Experience Lab 8/30/2010 Ceragon Notes Mobile Backhaul Order from Leading Indian Carrier 8/30/2010 SK Telecom Selects ALU's MPLS-TP Packet Optical Backhaul 8/27/2010 AT4 Wireless Establishes LTE Test Lab in Taiwan 8/26/2010 Chile's Movistar Upgrades with NSN's HSPA+ 8/26/2010 Malaysia's Maxis Selects Huawei for FTTH 8/26/2010 List of Carriers Planning LTE Deployment Tops 100 8/26/2010 Telia Launches Commercial LTE in Gothenburg 8/25/2010 California Works with Sprint on First Mobile Alert System 8/25/2010 WSJ: Corporate America Adopting Apple's iPad 8/24/2010 Telecom Italia Tests LTE in Turin 8/24/2010 Virgin Mobile USA Offers $40 Unlimited Prepaid Mobile Broadband 8/24/2010 Tata Teleservices selects NSN for 3G 8/23/2010 > More news...     Search  this site   Search the Web   Get Your Column Published Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems by Manlio Allegra Interview: NSN's Sue Spradley on LightSquared's Wholesale Mobile Data Paradigm by Sue Spradley Mobile Backhaul Transition Requires New Testing by Joe Zeto Cybersecurity Requires Public/Private Coalition by Greg Oslan A Rethinking of Cloud Services and Network Architecture by Jim Theodoras Delivering Scalable Video Solutions <br><i> Advantages of SVC-Optimized QoS</i> by Andy Singleton   E-mail Newsletter Subscribe Now