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"Tomorrow's Wireless World: Ofcom report on future communications technology
From a UK Office of Communication press release, 7 May 2008: "... Tomorrow's Wireless World scans the horizon ten to twenty years in the future to discover potentially significant advances and new, innovative technologies which are being developed that could improve healthcare and transport provision... Professor William Webb, Head of Research and Development at Ofcom, said: 'Our lives continue to be transformed by developments in wireless technology. Ofcom's research and development report highlights how a range of innovative new technologies could enhance transport and healthcare. It helps Ofcom plan for future spectrum use...'"
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"UWB - A Window of Opportunity"
From Cellular News, 6 May 2008: "Ultra Wideband (UWB) has been here, there and everywhere. The reality is UWB is at a cross-road and 2008 is a make or break year for the technology. After being relatively quiet for the last 6 months, the WiMedia Alliance are about to give another big push to get this technology out there. Without being too pessimistic, there's a feeling of 'now or never'. There's a window of opportunity for UWB, specifically WUSB and it's now. Companies need to act fast and WUSB must prove itself to manufacturers, to consumers, and to associations such as the Bluetooth SIG..."
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Ofcom launches public consultation on "Spectrum Commons Classes for Licence-Exemption"
From the consultation summary document, UK Office of Communications, 6 May 2008: "...The scheme we propose is to divide licence exempt applications into three classes of low, medium and high interference potential. The division would be performed on the basis of an Interference Indicator value calculated according to the likelihood of an application in causing interference and based on its technical parameters of bandwidth, duty cycle, range and expected deployment density. As a result, only applications with like interference potential would share spectrum..."
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"Free Wi-Fi, but Not for All"
by Susan Stellin, New York Times, 6 May 2008: "The battle between free and paid wireless Internet access is starting to look like a draw. Or more accurately, a third variation is winning - a combination of the two... 'Our position is, give the user a choice,' said David Blumenfeld, a senior vice president with JiWire, which publishes an online directory of free hotspots but also sells ads displayed on public Wi-Fi networks. 'It's not an argument about free versus paid,' he said. 'It's free and paid.'..."
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"Dubai Public Libraries apply RFID system"
From AME Info, 5 May 2008: "...Eng. Salah Amiri, Assistant Director General of Dubai Municipality for General Support Services Sector said the RFID technology will revolutionize how librarians do their work, and how customers receive library services. 'The system will help us do more with fewer resources, reduce materials handling by up to 90%, relieve staff from some of the most tedious, repetitive tasks and provide customers with better services and a friendlier, more rewarding library experience,' he said..."
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