Bluetooth PAND

Bluetooth PAND (Personal Area Network) Howto For Debian Etch
March 25th, 2007 at 12:00 pm (Linux Articles, Telecommunication, Technology Articles, Community News)
Overview

I wanted to access the internet over bluetooth instead of GPRS/3G network from my mobile phone (SE K800i). After a lot of searching I couldn’t find a clear explanation as how to accomplish this. I did manage to set it up with Windows XP, using the “Personal Area Network” in the bluetooth utility and doing internet connection sharing. After another fruitless search, I managed to figure out how to make a bluetooth internet profile instead of GPRS or 3G on the phone. Since I work in Linux most of the time, I decided to have a go and do it with Debian, my workstation’s main OS. After spending a few hours, I had it working using the steps below.

Telecommunications Future
February 3rd, 2007 at 2:54 pm (Telecommunication)
Telecommunications has become one of the most important infrastructures that are very essential to the socio-economic well-being of any nation. The globalization of world economy has further amplified the importance of telecommunications to the economy. The telecommunication sector is one of the fastest-growing. Telecommunications is at a crossroads, local telephone companies threatened by wireless communication. Voice over IP challenges established structures of pricing and taxation.


AT&T might lock rates to win BellSouth OK
December 29th, 2006 at 4:02 pm (Telecommunication)
AT&T Inc. thinks it should be able to buy BellSouth Corp. with no conditions, but it’s willing to compromise if necessary.
In meetings with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the company has discussed not raising rates charged to other carriers to use its facilities, as well as locking in prices for business leased lines, according to a Friday letter from AT&T to the agency.
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BT to offer long distance services in India
December 29th, 2006 at 3:51 pm (Admin Blog, Telecommunication)
Telecom will provide both domestic and internation services to corporations
BT Group PLC has been issued letters of intent by the Indian government for the award of licenses for national and international long distance services from the country. The licenses, once awarded, will enable BT’s joint venture company in India, BT Telecom India Pvt. Ltd., to provide services directly to multi-site corporate customers in the Indian market, BT said Thursday.
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‘Net access back in Asia after earthquake
December 29th, 2006 at 3:44 pm (Admin Blog, Telecommunication)
Asia’s Internet and telecommunication infrastructure showed signs of recovery Thursday, following service disruptions caused by a series of powerful earthquakes off Taiwan’s southern coast earlier this week.
“It’s improving by the hour,” said Eric Loh, a spokesman for Starhub Internet Pte. Ltd., which offers cable and wireless Internet services in Singapore.
By 4.15 p.m. local time, Starhub had restored 80 percent of its Internet capacity by rerouting affected traffic to other undersea cables, the company said.
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