When 3G networks are implemented, people will want to take advantage of the extra bandwidth available. As OpenHand is built to be carrier independent, it will run over 3G networks without any updates, configuration changes or service packs being applied.

Ans: Currently customers will only be able to access the video calling feature if they have a 3G SIM and a 3G mobile handset. Video calls can only be made in a 3G coverage area.

G stands for 'third generation', a generic wireless industry term for high speed mobile data delivery over cellular networks. 3G networks allow users to send and receive bandwidth-intensive information such as video. second generation networks (2G) evolve into third generation systems around the world, operators are offering users a variety of mobile data services including video messaging, breaking news, weather, sports, movie trailers, music clips and much more.

Yes. ATL will continue to be valuable for writing COM components for some time, but it has no place in the .NET world.

To enable communication between the OpenHand server and the OpenHand client, the client first needs a network connection. Typically, laptops and PDAs have one of the following: the means to communicate with a phone to enable this connection, either via Infra Red or increasingly Bluetooth (link to www.bluetooth.com), which is either built into devices (such as the later HP iPAQ's) or available as an expansion card (as with many of the Palm devices).

Yes; for users concerned with an enterprise wide critical system failure, a dual redundant server installation with automatic failover is often considered a necessity.

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Yes, our program is deployed through a very robust load-balanced and redundant array of servers. We also have "hot-spares" onsite for everything in case of any hardware failure such as a router or firewall. This is guaranteed in our Service Level Agreement contained in our service contracts.

When all phases form a closed ring, then that particular phase will be redundant, capable of receiving data transmission from either side of the ring. The equipment to be utilized on our network will have the capability of sensing when there is an outage or the fiber has been cut and redirects traffic to an alternate route to the ultimate destination.

Yes. Our rackmount systems use RAID1 data redundancy configurations. In our numerous years of installing systems, we have yet to lose a customer's data based on our implementation.

Some operators have taken the path cdmaOne - cdma2000 1x - cdma2000 1x EV-DO - cdma2000 3x some D-AMPD - EDGE and some have chosen a GSM1900 - EDGE ( - possible UMTS) route. New cellular frequencies allocations have been postponed, so operators will have to use their existing frequencies, which naturally limits the available capacity. Read more about the USA 3G situation.

China has been testing the TD-SCDMA 3G system. License allocation and possible adaptation of other 3G technologies are still open. Read more about the China's 3G situation.

Most people have their own view what the 3G Killer Application(s) will be. Some say that there will not be a single application, but a palette of services. Most likely there will not be only a single application that becomes very popular and at the same time makes a lot of money to the operator. Email, voice(!), messaging, music/video streaming are popular bets for money making applications.

Packet-based data provides several advantages over the existing circuit-switched techniques used for carrying mobile voice. It allows higher call volumes and support for multimedia data applications, such as video and photography. Users will be charged on how much data they transmit, not on how much time they are connected to the network, because with 3G you are constantly online and only pay for the information you receive.

Third generation technology will change the whole nature of what being a (telecommunications) carrier means" says Ericssons Director of Business Development Gunnar Blockmar, "It will also create a large number of new opportunities for content and service providers." G services sees the logical convergence of the two biggest technology trends of this decade and the next: the growth of the Internet and the penetration of mobile telephony.

GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is a data service available to users of GSM mobile phones. It is often described as 2.5G, that is, a technology that is in between the second (2G) and third (3G) generations of mobile telephones. GPRS provides moderate speed data transfer, sufficient for example for transmission of short text passages and news excerpts, but it is not quite 3G. When 3G arrives, you will have online TV - and not just news reports - available on your wireless device ...