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- Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;
- Facts, figures, and statistics;
- Government policies and regulatory issues;
- Historical information;
- Telecom infrastructure;
- Major players, revenues, subscribers, ARPU;
- Internet, VoIP, IPTV;
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Date Published: Feb 2010 * * * * * * South Africa - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband This annual report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in South Africa’s telecommunications market. Subjects covered include:
- Key statistics;
- Market and industry overviews;
- Regulatory environment and structural reform;
- Major players (fixed, mobile and broadband);
- Infrastructure development;
- Mobile voice and data markets, including 3G;
- Internet development;
- Broadband, including 3G mobile;
- Convergence (voice/data, fixed/wireless/mobile);
- Digital Media.
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Interesting sites and useful resources
| ACA |
Australian Communications Authority.
Frequently
asked questions (2005). Wireless local area networks in
the 2.4 GHz band. Accessing the public telecommunications
network and related issues...
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| Analog Devices |
Wireless
Short-Range Devices: Designing a Global License-Free System
for Frequencies < 1 GHz (PDF) Designers of SRD wireless
systems need to use great care in choosing the radio’s
communication frequency. In most cases, the choice is limited
to those portions of the spectrum that allow license-free
operation given that certain specifications and conditions on
usage are met... |
| ELPRO Technologies |
2.4 GHz
vs 900/869 MHz Performance of Different Frequency Bands.
This article looks at the principles of radio technology to
explain the differences in performance between different radio
bands. It explains the different characteristics in an
industrial environment between the common 2.4GHz ISM band and
the lesser used 900 and 869 MHz bands. |
| ERO |
European Radiocommunications Office.
The
European Table Of Frequency Allocations And Utilisations
Covering The Frequency Range 9 KHz To 275 GHz (PDF)
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| ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
| Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) |
Telecom Glossary
Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau
Government
Telecommunications Sites in Other Countries Links to
government telecommunications and broadcast sites numerous
countries around the world. |
| GSM
Association |
GSM Association |
| Hong Kong University
Telecommunications Research Project |
Spectrum
Management Introduction Introduction, Management of the
Spectrum, Frequency Allocation, Licensing of Spectrum Use,
Spectrum Management & EMC, Licence Fees & Spectrum
Pricing, Broadband & Convergence |
| HowStuffWorks |
How
the Radio Spectrum Works All your life you have heard
about "AM Radio" and "FM radio",
"VHF" and "UHF" television, "Citizens
Band Radio", "Short Wave radio" and so on. Have
you ever wondered what all of those different names really
mean? In this edition of How Stuff Works we will look at the
radio spectrum and see what is really going on! |
| IBM |
Who
gets the 3G spectrum? (11/01) Government's new plan for 3G
spectrum is a mixed bag for wireless providers. 3G could
provide us with easy access to an incredible range of new
telecommunications services. In order to provide those
services, however, wireless companies must be able to access a
significant amount of spectrum that is currently dominated by
government and other commercial interests. Technology writer
Dana Triplett uncovers the latest plan from the federal
government for assessing spectrum use, offering an inside look
at the players in the struggle for the invisible but valuable
commodity of radio frequency in the U.S. |
| International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) |
The ITU, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland is an
international organization within which governments and the
private sector coordinate global telecom networks and
services.
ITU Newsroom
Latest press releases and notices.
ITU Calendar of Events
Meeting schedules, events, archives.
ITU
Radio-Frequency Spectrum Publications The
Radiocommunication Sector acts as the coordinator in managing
the usable radio-frequency spectrum efficiently, keeping it
free from harmful interference, and adopts international
regulations and treaties governing this use. |
| NATO |
Cooperation
in Radio Frequency Management (2000) Cooperation between
NATO member countries in the use of radio frequencies for
defence purposes is underpinned by a common commitment to
collective security and defence. The availability of radio
frequencies is essential for the armed forces' operational
readiness and effectiveness and the NATO-wide standardisation
and coordination of frequency allocations is vital to ensure
interoperability among multinational forces. |
| NTIA |
US
National Spectrum Requirements: Projections and Trends The
availability of radio spectrum in the United States is
critical to many telecommunications services, ranging from
cellular telephones to air traffic control. Although spectrum
is not a consumable resource, the use of a frequency at a
given location usually excludes that frequency from being used
by others in the same geographic area. This need for exclusive
geographic use has led to current spectrum regulations that
establish exclusivity in spectrum use by granting licenses for
spectrum use, and the partitioning of the spectrum for shared
use between radio services.
US
Frequency Allocation Chart (PDF)
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| Radio-Electronics.Com |
Major
Mobile Phone Systems The large number of different mobile
phone systems that are talked about today can be very
confusing. Whilst not all are in use today many different
names and technologies are talked about. The table below gives
a summary of the main systems... |
| RadioRegs |
Articles on the RTTE Directive. |
| RF-man |
Amateur Radio, Citizen's Band, PMR446, Handheld radio,
Buying a new radio, ... |
| RPC Telecommunications |
Specialists in satellite systems and radio transmission,
with a strong emphasis on the engineering, use, management and
regulation of the radio frequency spectrum, especially for
satellite networks. Also develop software tools for use in the
spectrum management process and provide satellite and
telecommunications training. |
| UK Amateur Radio
Astronomy Network |
Radio
Astronomy Frequency Allocations. Frequencies allocated for
radio astronomy in the European Union. |
| ZDNet |
Overcrowded
Airwaves A kind of air traffic control may be needed to
manage our ever-expanding wireless communications. Wireless
networking has been touted as an ideal solution for a wide
range of communications problems -- synchronizing PDAs with
desktop PCs, eliminating printer cables, creating in-building
LANs, connecting buildings on a campus and even spanning the
"last mile" -- the distance between a connected PC
and telephone company or ISP. But wireless has its dark side:
interference. As wireless devices proliferate, we will see
more and more "midair collisions." To understand
why, you need to understand the politics, economics, and
technology behind today's wireless networking equipment. |
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Recent Spectrum Headlines
FreshPatents.com Spectrum management system for municipal spectrum using guided cognitive radio
Described is a system and method for assigning a frequency to an access point in a wireless network comprising a plurality of access points. The system and method includes accessing a rule-base to obtain a set of rules for the wireless network, accessing a license database to obtain information about...
FreshPatents.com Concurrent sync channel searching
A bank of correlator modules is used to concurrently execute a series of sync channel searches in a system in which the available frequency spectrum is larger than a channel bandwidth and in which a sync channel bandwidth is more narrow than the channel bandwidth....
FreshPatents.com Multiple devices communicating on a single communication channel with a consecutively sequenced signal
The present invention provides apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for supporting communications for a plurality of transmitter-receiver pairs on a common frequency spectrum. A transmitting device transmits a consecutively sequenced signal sequentially containing messages to a corresponding receiving device. A duty cycle adjustment circuit determines the duration between adjacent...
IEEE An Economic Framework for Dynamic Spectrum Access and Service Pricing
The concept of dynamic spectrum access will allow the radio spectrum to be traded in a market like scenario allowing wireless service providers (WSPs) to lease chunks of spectrum on a short-term basis. Such market mechanisms will lead to competition among WSPs where they not only compete to acquire spectrum but also attract and retain users. Currently, there is little understanding on how such a dynamic trading system will operate so as to make the system feasible under economic terms.
IEEE Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network (WOBAN): Network Planning Using Lagrangean Relaxation
The concept of a hybrid wireless-optical broadband access network (WOBAN) is a very attractive one. This is because it may be costly in several situations to run fiber to every home (or equivalent end-user premises) from the telecom central office (CO); also, providing wireless access from the CO to every end user may not be possible because of limited spectrum. Thus, running fiber as far as possible from the CO toward the end user and then having wireless access technologies take over may be an exc...
WiMAX News xG Technology White Paper Shows xMax To Be More Profitable For Service Providers Than WiMax
Free-Spectrum Solution Can Offer Significant Economic Advantages SARASOTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--xG
CDMA News Mobile tariff may go up
spectrum charges for all service providers based on global system for mobile (GSM) and code division multiple access (CDMA) technologies. As per the latest notification issued by the Department of Telecom (DoT), the new charges vary between 3 per cent
CDMA News Indian govt hikes spectrum usage charges
Telecompaper) The Indian government announced an up to 50 percent increase in spectrum charges for all GSM and CDMA mobile operators, reports PTI
BWE Magazine Spectrum and GateHouse to Demonstrate Live Software Defined Implementation of the Inmarsat BGAN Waveform
Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima (TSX:VCM) and GateHouse announced they will be demonstrating a software defined radio (SDR) implementation of the Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) waveform on Spectrum's flex Comm™ SDR-4000 transceiver at Booth 25 during the SDR Forum Product Expo happening December 2-3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Visitors to the booth will be able to access the internet live via the Inmarsat satellite network.
BWE Magazine Ultrawideband Internal Planar Broadband Wireless Antennas Offer High Gain and Low Profile for High-Speed, Short-Range Data Communication Equipment
Pulse, a Technitrol Company (NYSE:TNL) introduces its ultra-wide band (UWB) family of high-gain, low-profile, internal planar antennas for high-speed, short-range data communication equipment. These antennas come in sizes that are optimized for applications currently using the UWB spectrum and create opportunities for additional applications on the UWB spectrum. Current applications include laptops, M2M devices, PDAs, smart phones, and high-definition multimedia interfaces (HDMIs) operating on the full 3.1...
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