the current state and probable futures of Wireless and Mobility

WIRELESS AND MOBILITY

Wireless and Mobility : Present and Future Probabilities

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Wireless and Mobility : Present and Future Probabilities

Introduction

Today , connecting to the Internet is a lot easier . If you have an Internet-capable phone , you can enjoy the privilege of surfing the Internet now . With wireless technology , mobility is more possible because there are fewer obstructions now . The emergence of wireless technology leads to fast transfer of information anywhere we go , anytime we want

Wireless technologies today are one of the best products

of technological advancement . Distance communication was before an impossible thing but as time goes on different devices are invented and eventually evolve into cutting edge technologies

If we look back how telecommunications started we can mention about the telegraph which make use of codes in to send messages . This lately turns into telephones which use cables and connections to send audio messages . Then after this is the dawn of mobile communications with the use of cellular phones . They are wireless meaning no cords or cables . It is mobile meaning it can be taken anywhere . It functions through high radio frequency and thru cell site transmitter . With the development of computer and the digital technology , the capability to transmit visual and real time images becomes possible

The wireless mobility is already coming in its 4th generation . The first generation technology in 1970 which is the analog-voice oriented system The second generation or 2G involves the transition to digital voice and date-oriented like GSM technology in 1991 . A 2 .5 system like GPRS is considered between the 2G and 3G . The 3G in 2002 now is considered as the beginning of a truly multimedia era where more person to person rather then person to machine interaction takes place . Internet connection gave birth to 4G which is characterized by seamless cost effective high data rate global roaming

Technological Advantage or Disruptive Technology

Technological advancement is really an advantage for this generation The modern and high speed communication proves to be a necessity of people nowadays specially the working and people in the business Wireless and mobility has been useful in different industries and organizations like business , commerce , medicine , education and even administrative offices . Example of it is e-commerce and the use of telemedicine

These technologies proved too costly . To be able to acquire and access to this technologies requires extra cost . There are also issue on privacy and even a threat to security and the intellectual property of an organization at great risk

Service Providers and Regulatory Issues

There are growing numbers of wireless communication service providers according to the cellular telecommunications and internet association That there exist over 180 facilities based wireless providers in the US alone . The largest service providers included AT T , verison wireless print Nextel Corporation , T-mobile Alltel , and trakfone wireless

There are regulatory issues that arise when mobile devices are introduced into enterprises like industry , government and securities regulation . There is a need to assess the current state of mobility in...