14th January 2006
SMS gateways are websites, which allow the sending of SMS text messages to cell phone users, using the internet.
Most of the major American cell phone providers, including Cingular, Verizon, and AllTel have special websites set up where subscribers can...
15th December 2005
Most people have heard of it, but the obvious question often seems to come to mind: what exactly is WiFi technology?
The answer is that it's a way to transfer data wirelessly, using the IEEE 802.11 networking standard. It allows users to access the int...
15th December 2005
Short for "Wireless Fidelity", WiFi is a networking standard, which allows for wireless internet access and data downloading.
WiFi transfers data over extremely high-frequency radio signals, and is only available when within range of a hotspot. WiFi te...
15th December 2005
For years, one of the most worrying problems with wireless broadband internet access was the issue of keeping data secure during the split second of transfer. If one does not take the proper security precautions, a clever hacker could intercept the signal...
15th December 2005
Many people seem to think that WiFi technology is reserved purely for wireless broadband internet access, but in actual fact, it has been put to many other purposes as well.
For example, WiFi phones are built to allow for wireless roaming within a limi...
15th December 2005
If you are taking a trip, but need to check your email and keep up to date with business, on the go, then a WiFi enabled laptop might be the perfect solution for you. Of course, the trick to WiFi laptops is finding hotspots in which to use them.
Before...
15th December 2005
Because of the fact that the WiFi networking standard uses very high frequency (2.4 GHz) radio signals to transmit data, its access range is usually quite limited. How limited, of course, depends on the type of WiFi hardware being used.
A single family...
13th December 2005
In the constant battle to reduce expenses, and improve the overall bottom line, many corporations have begun to see the potential of VoIP internet telephony as a more efficient way to handle their telecommunications related needs.
When setting up a VoI...
13th December 2005
VoIP internet telephony is a highly efficient technology that is used to transmit voice conversations over a data network, through the use of Internet Protocol.
Most consumer VoIP services make use of the internet to transmit the data from one user to ...
13th December 2005
VoIP internet telephony has been a usable communication technology for many years now, but it is only recently that it has become a mainstream communication tool for both residential and business users.
This is largely because of the huge recent improv...
13th December 2005
Most VoIP providers have now realized what a lucrative industry they've chosen to enter, and are trying to beat other providers in the areas of cost and functionality, in order to catch a large market share in the coming months and years.
The central g...
12th December 2005
Sprint Nextel Corporation is based in Overland Park, Kansas (A suburb of Kansas City, MO), and is one of the largest American telecommunications companies. It was formed in 2005 by a $35 billion merger between previously separate Sprint and Nextel corpora...
12th December 2005
Verizon Wireless is the cellular arm of US telecommunications giant, Verizon. It is headquartered in Bedminster, New Jersey, and currently operates the second largest wireless network in the United States.
As of October 2005, the company served a total...
12th December 2005
Cingular Wireless LLC is the largest mobile phone company in the United States. Its corporate headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Cingular was formed in 2001 as a joint venture of the American landline telephone companies AT&T ...
12th December 2005
Nokia Corporation is one of the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturers.
With headquarters in Keilaniemi of Espoo, Finland, this Scandinavian telecommunications company is best known today for its dominance in the worldwide mobile hand...
