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Dec 20, 2004 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Government is looking beyond the Kyoto Protocol. Australian Environment Minister Ian Campbell says a congress in Australia [...]

Motorola Inc and US West Inc announce plans to offer networking services that employ asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) technology. ATM enables local-area networks (LAN) to exchange multimedia information via telephone lines faster and more cost-effectively. The leased lines that are currently used to connect networks perform at speeds of 64,000 to 1.54 Mips, but ATM technology offers transmission speeds of between 45 Mips and 622 Mips. ATM also enables the transmission of video, voice and data simultaneously. Motorola intends to offer by the end of the 2nd qtr 1994 a software-based ATM Softcell switch that enhances the speeds of existing lines. US West plans to conduct two customer trials of a switch from Newbridge Networks Inc. Both companies are making it possible for network operators to link some lines to ATM transmission while just enhancing other existing lines.

Prices for modems are falling and performance is improving. Modems that can transmit at 14,400 bits per second (bps) are selling for as little as $200 to $250 at discount stores. An example is US Robotics' Sportster 14,400-bps fax modem, which comes in models for IBM-or-compatible or Apple Macintosh microcomputers. Shoppers who want to purchase a modem should pay particular attention to speed, fax capability, and whether to buy an internal modem or an external device. Ideally, modems should be included as standard components of microcomputers. In fact, IBM, Apple and other companies have started building 2,400-bps modems into their products, which are being sold through mass merchants.

AT and T Bell Laboratories announces that a team of researchers has sent error-free communications signals 13,000 kilometers at 20 billion bits per second. That rate is double the previous record for long-distance transmission and 100 times the capacity of the most powerful underwater system. The transmissions use electronically induced 'soliton' waves. Physicist Linn Mollenauer, who headed the research team, says that solitons are the key to low-cost, ultra-high-capacity transmission in the future. To obtain error-free transmission, Mollenauer and his team used a 'sliding-frequency guiding filter.' Further tests are needed before long-distance carriers can commit to underwater systems using soliton technology.

Researchers say that the number of people connected to high-speed Internet pipelines at work will double by 2005. But a report from Jupiter Media Metrix today says advertisers hoping simply […]

A "first-of its kind" report due to be published next month says that many organizations are wasting time and money on their slow-speed Internet connections. The independent study, commissioned by […]

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a high-capacity communications laser that is a major advance in microwave communications technology. The device transmits at 28 billion pulses per second. Earlier in 1991, AT&T Bell Laboratories built a laser that transmits at 350 billion pulses a second, but the Cornell laser uses frequency modulation to achieve a greater data-transmission capabilities. According to Lester Eastman, leader of the team of researchers at Cornell, the laser built there is an example of a 'strained quantum well laser.' There are possible military applications, and the new lasers might be used in advanced data communications systems for future generations of high-speed computers.

IBM and Rogers Communications Ltd's Rogers Cable TV Ltd unit announce that they are cooperating on a study of how to improve the communications technology available to business and private individuals at home. Industry observers note that IBM's interest in conducting research with Rogers, which is the largest provider of cable television in Canada, is because Rogers has been quick to convert its systems to fiber optics, which is an important technology for improving transmission speeds of data. The study will initially focus on business since business has more installed fiber optic technology. The study will also investigate ways in which copper wiring in homes can be improved to provide faster data transfer rates.

Eastman Kodak Co is well aware of the necessity of reliable international telecommunications and the legal and technical snafus that make voice and data communications difficult. Kodak, with operations in 150 countries, finds that high-speed data transmission lines are vital. A Central American system enabled an independent distributor with an 82 percent market share in Costa Rica to reduce inventory by two-thirds, cut costs and improve service. In many countries, Kodak must convince governments and phone companies to invest in new technology. The company often struggles to use private voice and data lines instead of public ones, which charge tolls, have poor sound quality and balk during peak times. Government regulations can be problematic as well: Brazil, for example, banned data transmission across its borders in 1984 unless companies could explain how transmission would benefit Brazil.

Broadband services are your ticket to global computing, but before you buy, consider what the different services can offer your business If bandwidth in communications networks is good, a lot […]

MasterCard International and Visa International announced today they will use a common communications protocol for contactless payment cards and other devices that consumers wave by or tap on readers. That [...]

Miracom To Announce Interim V.Fast Modem Soon 07/07/92 SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE, 1992 JUL 7 (NB) -- Miracom has revealed that it will shortly launch a 28,800 bits per second "V.Fast" modem. […]

****Modem Usage Over Cellular Is Possible - Though Tricky 06/26/92 TORQUAY, DEVON, ENGLAND, 1992 JUN 26 (NB) -- For the second year running, Newsbytes' UK bureau took a week's vacation […]

Some US Robotics Modems Upgradable To 28.8 Kbps 06/09/92 SKOKIE, ILLINOIS, U.S.A., 1992 JUN 9 (NB) -- US Robotics says three of its modems can be upgraded to the CCIT-proposed […]

Cirilium Holdings, Inc. an end-to-end Voice over Internet Protocol (solutions provider, announced that its subsidiary, Cirilium, recently entered into a Distributor Agreement with Teralight, an international provider of Information Technology [...]

****Industry Lines Up Behind Fast Data Network 01/23/92 CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., 1992 JAN 23 (NB) -- Leaders of the U.S. computer industry got behind the concept of a fast data […]

Piiceon Intros New Internal Compaq Modems 01/22/92 SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1992 JAN 22 (NB) -- Piiceon has announced a 14,400 bits-per-second (bps) data modem under the V.32bis standard which […]

Canada should not ratify the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol because the agreement is being turned into a trade barrier, says Cam Dahl, the executive director of the Grain Growers of Canada. [...]

New For Networks: AT&T Bell Labs Intros 2.5 Gbps Network 12/04/91 PHOENIX, ARIZONA, U.S.A., 1991 DEC 4 (NB) -- Members of AT&T Bell Laboratories will be presenting six papers at […]

****HITACHI ACHIEVES ULTRA FAST OPTICAL DATA TRANSFER 09/06/91 TOKYO, JAPAN, 1991 SEP 6 (NB) -- Hitachi has develop a super-fast optical element called "APD" which it says enables data to […]

****SUPER-FAST G3-FAX MACHINE BREAKTHROUGH ANNOUNCED 06/26/91 TOKYO, JAPAN, 1991 JUN 26 (NB) -- Mitsubishi Electric has developed a prototype version of a new fax machine that supports an ultra-fast transmission […]

PHILIPS SETS WAN WORLD RECORD 12/12/90 NUREMBERG, GERMANY, 1990 DEC 12 (NB) -- Philips Kommunikations Industrie says it has successfully bridged 153 kilometers at a speed of 2.5 GB per […]

ROCKWELL INTRODUCES 14,400 BPS MODEM CALLED "DATA PUMP" NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1990 SEP 20 (NB) -- Rockwell, the leader in chip sets used to build modems for data communications, […]

$129 2400 BPS MODEM OFFERS FAX-SEND ON MACINTOSH BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., 1990 JUL 3 (NB) -- Macintosh owners are being offered a rock-bottom priced 2400 bps (bits per second), Hayes-compatible […]