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WIFI
There’s more to wireless
computing than WiFi
While WiFi has put the spotlight on wireless computing, options
like Infrared are already offering travellers the option of getting
their e-mail using their cell phones.
A small step for WiFi
Though it is projected to grow rapidly in the next few years, the
Indian WiFi market is still taking its first steps. Rahul Neel Mani
finds that WLANs are being piloted by big industry, with mass usage
yet to come
Cellular
Telephony
Chaos continues to rule
telecom mobility
Where’s Indian telecom headed? Only someone with omniscient powers
could give you the answer to that one, going by the current telecom
scenario in India. But the trends in the industry and in the technology
that powers mobile phones could throw some pointers to where things
could go. Ivor Soans reports
Embedded
Systems
Embedded system start-ups
target global market
As mobile devices proliferate and electronic gadgets get richer
features, somebody has to design the IP that manufacturers can cobble
together to get to the market in a jiffy. Stanley Glancy profiles
some of India’s development hot shops in the area of embedded systems
that cater to this market
PDAs
PDAs go corporate
The Indian PDA market is growing at a rapid clip. PDA sales are
being driven by enterprises and government agencies with the consumer
market going for phones with PDA features, says Akhtar Pasha
Notebooks
Notebook sales look
up
After dipping in 2001, the Indian notebook market picked up in 2002.
This year will be better, with the buzz that WiFi will drive the
market, says Srikanth R P
VPN
VPNs offer low-cost
remote access
While leased lines remain the preferred option for WAN connectivity,
VPNs have become a popular option for enterprises that need to offer
access to their employees in far-flung areas where the telephone
network is spotty and dedicated links are out of question. Gaurav
Patra takes a close look
Gadgets
It’s the coolest one
From converged devices that combine PDAs and mobile phone functions
to Tablet PCs with Wi-Fi and screens you can write on, the market
is flooded with high-tech mobile products. Akhtar Pasha looks at
some rather intriguing gadgets
Pathways
Pathways and the pioneering
spirit
Pathways World School has successfully conceptualised and deployed
a wireless network that many corporates would find hard to match.
Shipra Arora reports
Enterprise
Applications
Enterprise applications
go mobile
Technologies such as GPRS (2.5G) and 3G are good delivery vehicles
for wireless data services. Software majors Microsoft, IBM and Oracle
have come out with solutions for this segment. Gaurav Patra finds
that the only ingredient missing is cost-effective GPRS access.
Once that’s available, the task of unwiring the enterprise will
proceed full steam ahead
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