Archive for January, 2009

That’s Entertainment!!

Digital Media Entertainment is of increasing importance to the mobile industry. Creative business models and ideas are appearing to bloom across the globe as Telcos seek to position themselves as platforms for rich content and as content creators recognise the opportunities that mobile can provide.

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Broadband Circuits for Optical Fiber Communication

“The book, with its details and practical information, will certainly help advance optical fiber communication…a welcome reference book…” (IEEE Circuits & Devices, May/June 2006)

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Video phone for sign-language users

Viable demos a video phone designed for sign-language users to communicate with others. A video relay service users interpreters who work as operators.

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A Definitive Guide to the Complex Journey to 4G

Mobile has come a long way since the analogue phones of the 1970s. From 2G to 3G; today, GSM-based technology dominates the global mobile market. But the next evolution of wireless is just around the corner – 4G. But just what is 4G? What will it do? When will it appear? And how do we get there?

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Advances in Digital Speech Transmission

“This book is recommended to anyone interested in the details of the latest developments in the area of digital-speech enhancement and processing.” (Computing Reviews, August 8, 2008)

Speech processing and speech transmission technology are expanding fields of active research. New challenges arise from the ‘anywhere, anytime’ paradigm of mobile communications, the ubiquitous use of voice communication systems in noisy environments and the convergence of communication networks toward Internet based transmission protocols, such as Voice over IP. As a consequence, new speech coding, new enhancement and error concealment, and new quality assessment methods are emerging.

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New Zealand Telecom Dancing Ad

Maybe dancing ad is a new trend for Telecoms. Here is an office dancing commercial from New Zealand Telecom.

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