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Canada to ban mobile phones in class rooms
Next year, Canada will ban mobile phones in classrooms. However, it will allow teachers interested to use them as a part of the lessons. However, the ban is applicable only to government schools. LAst year the French Government banned mobile phones in school. Though the majority support and welcome the move, some believe that they ..
Topics: Mobile phone • Mobile phone use in schools • Mobile telecommunications • New media • Radio technology • Teacher • Technology • Telecommunications • Telephony • Videotelephony
BSNL launches a VOIP based phone service “WINGS”
The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched a VOIP based service “WINGS”. In WINGS, there is no SIM or cable wiring as is a VOIP service through an app. The WINGS service offers unlimited free audio/video calling for one year. The service can be activated with a one-time fee of Rs. 1,099 (Rs 1,297 ..
Topics: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited • Dual SIM • FreedomPop • Mobile telecommunications • Operating systems • SIM card • Software • Telecommunications • Upptalk • Videotelephony • Voice over IP • WhatsApp
4G network on moon
Vodafone plans to create the first 4G network on the moon to support a mission by PT Scientists . The company has appointed Nokia as its technology partner for the 4G network Vodafone testing indicates that the base station should be able to broadcast 4G using the 1800 MHz frequency band and send back the first ..
Topics: 4G • Companies • EE Limited • Google Lunar X Prize • Mobile telecommunications • Nokia • PTScientists • Software-defined radio • Technology • Telecommunications • Videotelephony • Vodafone
IIT-Delhi installs India’s first 5G radio laboratory
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has installed the Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology lab at the Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management campus, which is likely to reduce effects of exposure and radiation compared to the 3G/4G systems. This will be the first-of-its-kind 5G radio laboratory in India that will be inaugurated ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Topics: 3G • 4G • 5G • Internet of things • MIMO • Mobile telecommunications • Software-defined radio • Technology • Technology forecasting • Telecommunications • Videotelephony
India is now second-largest mobile phone producer in world
India is now the second-largest mobile phone producer in the world after China, as per information shared by Indian Cellular Association (ICA) with the Government of India (GoI). ICA referred to data available from market research firm IHS, China’s National Bureau of Statistics and Vietnam General Statistics Office. According to the data shared by ICA, ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Topics: Mobile phone • Mobile technology • Mobile telecommunications • New media • Radio technology • Technology • Telecommunications • Videotelephony