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WIRELESS Taking Over?(Cover Story)

 The global telecom industry has experienced a long ride of changes, adaptations and shifts both in wired and the wireless world. It may be the end of broadband family's expansion. This may be the last of the broadband's hi-fi techno flings. It may be it's last child and the best.

WiMax is the upgraded version of WiFi; presumably the second last child of the broad band family. Now, where did this WiFi come from? Before we continue with WiMax, let's introduce WiFi.

WiFi or Wireless Fidelity is used to define the wireless technology in the IEEE 802.11 specification - including (but not necessarily limited to) the wireless protocols 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g. The 'Wi-Fi Alliance' is the body responsible for promoting the term and it's association with various wireless technology standards. It works with a WiFi PDA, a Wifi enabled laptop or even a PC with Wifi support in the vicinity of WiFi hot spot. A Wi Fi hotspot is defined as any location in which 802.11 (wireless) technologies both exists and is available for use to consumers. It can be a public or private hot spot. You might be able to use it for free or have to get the permission from the hot spot's owner.. Read More
 

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Zeros and ones are everywhere. Sometimes we see them, sometimes we don't. They are in the air as signals, under the water on those fiber optic cables, on the ground running through phone lines. They surround you like anything. Information Technology is changing the way we live our lives. Remote controllers in our hands, earphones on our ears, the monitor infront of you and the email you check daily are all examples of how we are different from our previous generations. Telecom industry is flourishing day by day. A cellphone in every pocket and a phone line at every home is what we'll see in coming months. New telecom carriers are coming up & tele-density is on the rise.

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