Mobile phone system passes Texas test

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Toney Prather, CEO of Mid-Tex Cellular Ltd. in DeLeon, Texas tested a technology known as software-defined radio (SDR) to enable visitors to Comanche County use any phone in his territory and reduce or eliminate upgrades for his company's base station hardware. To perform the trial he tried out equipment and software provided by a communications research and development firm Vanu Inc. that was declared a success by the end of September 2003.

Science & research, Texas, Research, Evaluation, Wireless communications, Wireless telephone, Wireless voice/data device, Prather, Toney

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Top U.S. officials successfully defend IEEE's Wi-Fi standard.

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China was alleged of trying to give the domestic firms an unfair advantage by forcing the firms that manufacture the Wi-Fi chips to comply with its own encryption standard for wireless local area networking. However, China was assured by the United States that it would ease restrictions on the export of some high-technology United States products to China.

China, Product standards, safety, & recalls, Government domestic functions, Exports, Local Network Microwave Equip, Standards, Wireless network, Wireless LANs, High technology, Wireless local area networks (Computer networks), Domestic policy, Wireless LAN/WAN system, Wi-Fi

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In-vehicle cell phones: smoke, but where's the fire?

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The contemporary rush to judgement about the dangers of cellular telephone use by drivers is too much influenced by emotion. Studies indicate that phone usage is less dangerous that other tasks. The best way to deal with driver distraction is to educate the public about good practices and to vigorously enforce existing laws.

Government regulation (cont), Laws, regulations and rules, Column, Government regulation, Smart phone, Smart phones

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