Telecom and Networking

How the Internet works: Submarine fiber, brains in jars, and coaxial cables | Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/05/how-the-internet-works-submarine-cables-data-centres-last-mile/ But how does Interner work? Take a deep dive into Internet infrastructure and visit to a subsea cable landing site. This article is simply not talking about the wonders of TCP/IP or pervasive Wi-Fi hotspots, though those are vitally important →

I wrote in earlier in New Full Duplex Radio Chip Transmits and Receives Wireless Signals at Once posting about article New Full Duplex Radio Chip Transmits and Receives Wireless Signals at Once – IEEE Spectrum that told about a new chip that makes full dupled radio communications (tranmitting and receiving at the same frequency time at →

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/5-myths-about-5g?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook 5G is hottest thing in wireless. There are so many things in 5G so open that I think that nobody can really say exactly what kind of system it will be. This article gives one overview to 5G. →

Finland has received a new technology trade magazine focusing on developing new technology: Uusi Teknologia (=new technology).  Uusi Teknologia magazine’s first issue devoted to IoT solutions, industrial, internet security and future 5G mobile solutions as well as intelligent interactive textiles. Also included are high-end oscilloscopes and a new ways to program embedded systems. The magazine →

http://cinia.fi/en/news/cinia-connects-equinix-data-centers-frankfurt-and-helsinki This press release has some details on new direct high speed fiber optic connection from Finland to Germany. →

http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/autonomous-driving-experts-weigh-5g-cellular-network-against-shortrange-communications-to-connect-cars What is the right communications technology for self-driving connected cars? Telecom operators want it to be their 5G network. But it is not the only technology… →

http://interestingengineering.com/nikola-teslas-awesome-predictions-for-our-world/ Interesting article… →

1.5 billion more on-line by 2020 article tells that a global push to create more than a billion new Internet users over the next four years is underway. More than 35 nations committed to expanding public Internet access and working with industry to build connections for rural users. World Bank President Jim Young Kim estimated →

http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/02/introducing-the-telecom-infra-project/ This looks a lot like Open Compute project for telecom infrastructure. →

Almost all of us carry a cell phone these days. It takes a lot of infrastructure to support them, whether or not we use them as phones. The most recognizable part of that infrastructure is the communications tower. But what do you know about them? Communication towers are all around us in various shapes and →