Posts Tagged ‘access networks’


Glossary

2G Second generation of mobile telephony systems. Uses digital transmission to support voice, low-speed data communications, and short messaging services. 2.5G In mobile telephony, 2.5G protocols extend 2G systems to provide additional features such as packet-switched connections (GPRS) and higher-speed data communications. 3G Third generation of mobile systems. Provides high-speed data transmission and supports multimedia [...]

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Section 2.1 – Next Generation Access Networks

Some other countries (notably the developed economies in the Far East, the US metropolitan centres, urban France and the Netherlands) have taken an early lead in the deployment of next generation fibre-based or co-axial cable fixed networks. (Wireless technologies such as Long Term Evolution/ 4G and WiMax are also promising, but, within the constraints of [...]

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Section 2 – Digital Networks

Britain’s current network assets are the result of a series of legacy decisions: * the public asset transfer of the switched fixed network when BT was privatised * the exclusive geographical franchises of the 1990s for cable investment * 2G mobile licences issued without charge; auctioned 3G mobile licences; but in both cases, a commercial [...]

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