The range on the device, which operates on the same 900-megahertz frequency as most cordless phones, is terrific.
The 802.11b standard uses the unregulated 2.4 gigahertz radio band, which is already overloaded with cordless phones, microwave ovens and streetlights.
Unlicensed spectrum has already proven to be a key policy innovation, and has spawned a range of now-commonplace technologies including cordless phones and Wi-Fi.
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Next, because mobile-phone signals can be randomly delayed or jammed, they turned to long-range cordless phones which do not pass through a telecoms network.
Whereas traditional land-line phones would keep working in the event of a power cut, mobile networks and cordless phones are more easily taken offline by outages.
Akerman conjures a timeless literary setting by blending modernity, with its remote controls, cordless phones, and sleek cars, with anachronistic luxuries, styles, and, above all, manners.
However, according to a Forbes.com profile, Israeli telecom developer DSP Group is dedicated to rolling out chipsets to keep cordless phones competitive with their cellular brethren.
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To make the inMotion Air more in-sync with a mobile lifestyle, the Bluetooth class 1 utilized in this system cuts down on interference to other devices such as Wi-Fi networks and cordless phones.
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Ours is on a rack too shallow and low to accommodate a laser printer, and placed out of the way to minimize interference with the signal from TV sets, cordless phones and microwave ovens.
But it uses a lot of battery power, and the 2.4 GHz spectrum is also widely in use by devices like Wi-Fi networks--and cordless phones and microwave ovens can cause interference in that range.
Congestion is inevitable because Wi-Fi uses the same unregulated 2.6 gigahertz frequency as microwave ovens, cordless phones and the upcoming Bluetooth networking standard, which lets phones, PCs and vending machines talk to one another.
Development of unlicensed radio transmitting devices has already led to a wave of new consumer technologies, including Wi-Fi and other innovations like digital cordless phones and in-home video distribution systems that have generated billions of dollars of economic growth.
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Well USRobotics is sick of the dust and the laughter, and they've enlisted their most talented engineers in a Manhattan Project of telephony that has resulted in a USB adapter which allows you to use corded or cordless phones as VoIP handsets.
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Vonage sells both cordless, portable phones and wireless adapters for standard telephones.
But as you go down, take the mobile communications market -- you have digital cellular phones, cordless, pagers, all sorts of PDAs.
Two companies have recently been demonstrating a new type of mobile-phone headset they hope will challenge Bluetooth by supporting existing mobile phones and cordless home telephones.
It communicates with a base station over a data communication link based on the DECT (digital enhanced cordless telecommunications) standard, the same technology used by many of today's cordless home and office phones.
Even having access to cordless, rather than desk-top phones would help, added Dr Minkoff.
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Another concerning flaw in the study's methodology was that it did not address cordless phone usage, which has been found in other studies to have a risk of tumors similar to cell phones, said Lloyd Morgan, a retired engineer and consumer advocate who has published several analyses on the phone-cancer issue.
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