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The ubiquitous cell phone has revolutionized the way people communicate. Communication has become more efficient, and way more accessible. Gone are the days of searching for a pay phone, and then searching for those evasive quarters. Cell phones have evolved from a large, one-dimensional device to its present multi dimensional, small form. They keep millions of people in touch with business, family and friends. In addition, they are proven to be very valuable during times of emergency. Contemporary cell phones perform many functions, access to the Internet, access to streaming data, video cameras, and entertainment. They are clearly a great way to communicate, and in some cases are replacing traditional telephones.

In 1843 Michael Faraday did a series of experiments that ultimately lead to the underlining principals of today’s cell phones. By 1947, a crude mobile phone was developed, and in 1977 cell phones went public. The city of Chicago was where the first service was started with around 2000 subscribers. The term cell phone originated from the use of many base stations to divide service areas into multiple cells. These multiple cells allowed for a wider range of coverage, and a greater call volume. The 1980’s saw a genuine proliferation of cell phone use, and by the 1990s analog signals were being replaced by digital signals.

Like televisions, computers, and all other electrical devices, mobile phones emit electromagnetic radiation. The fear was that these devices were being held to close to an individual’s head, and this radiation could cause some form of brain cancer. In a 1999 study, investigators at the Orebro Medical Centre in Sweden compared the past mobile phone use of 209 Swedish brain tumor patients and 425 healthy people. The study found no mobile phone/brain cancer link in virtually all respects, cancer researcher John E. Moulder, Ph.D., says. All the available scientific evidence does not show that any health problems are associated with using wireless phones in adults, children, and teenagers. In spite of this, prudent precautions should be exercised. These include taking measures to move the cell phone antenna at least eight inches away from your head by using hands-free sets, remote earpieces and microphones, or installing radiation shields for hand held phones.

In spite of the unbelievable demand for cell phones, it took cellular phone service 37 years total to become commercially accessible in the US, according to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Today there are more than 60 million customers with cell phones, in spite of the fact that wireless service was just developed nearly 50 years ago. The cellular business was a $3 million market 25 years ago and has grown exponentially to close to a $30 billion per year industry, and projections far exceed those numbers.

It is continuously considering and evaluating ways to further intensify competition in the UAE telecom market.

Penetration in the mobile market surpassed 166% in 2007, leaving less room for operators to further take advantage of the market. But this is not the end of growth; future growth in mobile subscriptions will come from growing population and increasing number of expatriates, says RNCOS in its new research report, “Booming UAE Telecom Sector”. Moreover, operators are now looking at Value Added Services (VAS) to derive revenues from saturated mobile market.

However, the fixed-line sector remains underdeveloped, with fixed-line penetration standing at just over 30% in 2007. Various factors, such as high tariffs and absence of fixed-line networks, have been hindering the growth of the country’s fixed-line market. But the recent announcement by the TRA to allow Carrier Pre-Selection (CPS) in the country could bring fruitful results in this sector.

In line with the increasing education and business in the region, the demand for Internet services has also increased in recent years. Although dial-up subscriptions currently dominates the Internet market, we project broadband subscribers to account for nearly 65% of Internet subscribers in coming few years.

Developments in all the sectors of ICT industry has heated up the competition in the region. So operators are seeking new sources of growth to capitalize on their share of the market. This is resulting into introduction of new technologies such as IPTV, VoIP, Mobile TV, etc. Operators in the region are aggressively pushing the deployment of network infrastructure suitable for these technologies.

“Booming UAE Telecom Sector” provides in-depth analysis of the telecommunication market in the UAE. It gives an insight into the current market trends dominating the market. This research report also gives industry forecast on various telecom segments based on feasible telecom industry environment in the UAE. These include telecommunication industry, fixed-line, mobile subscribers, Internet subscribers, broadband subscribers and 3G subscribers.

The research presents thorough analysis on the current and potential outlook of various emerging technologies, such as IPTV and Mobile TV in the UAE.

As the telecom market remains duopoly of Etisalat and du, the report, keeping in mind importance of these two players in the success of UAE telecom market, offers rational analysis on both these operators. This includes in-depth research and extensive analysis on their business activities, recent developments and SWOT analysis in regard to the UAE telecom industry.

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When someone mentions the word telecommunications equipment, the first image that springs into the mind of a layperson is a telephone. While this is somewhat accurate in most parts, it is the process of transmitting data over a distance using signals for the purpose of communication or exchanging data information. A telephone is one method of transmitting this information, though this is the most common way of communicating with someone else by vocally exchanging information.

Telecommunications equipment comes in various different forms and not just as a telephone handset. The following are a form of telecommunications equipment, radio, television, internet, computer networks and mobile telephones. These provide data and information in very different ways from each other. Some are designed for visual information, such as the television or computer devices. Televisions are common in practically every home, making it the main form of quick entertainment and fast communicator for vital pieces of information.

Everyone are familiar with a computer and are aware of how this is a more accurate way of receiving messages, obtaining important information and communicating with people over longer distances. Often this can be a more reliable source for trying to reach people, whereby a telephone may not receive and transfer signals well. In the past, making long distance phone calls required much more time to connect, as well as more concentration on trying to listen to each other speak.

The internet is a great source for providing effective communication using voice over internet protocols, such as Skype, MSN Messenger, Vonage, BT and PlusTalk. These are just some of the biggest internet telephony providers, which allow users to connect to and contact other internet telephony users provided they have an account set up and have exchanged profile information with the other party. The difference is there is not always a telephone provided for most of the software (Skype had introduced Skype Phones for users wanting to call landlines) and the connection is via a broadband internet connection.

Telecommunications equipment have taken a step further into allowing people who are deaf or hard of hearing to contact other people using video telephoning, which most telephone company providers offer with their prices. This is ideal especially for people looking to make social calls and can use their sign language skill for effective communication. These come at no further charge and calls are at the same price as normal landline calls.

Some telephones have a specific operating system, which allows you to text, or communicate with an operator through typing. These are ideal for those who cannot afford video telephoning. Text messages on mobile phones and using the internet is another useful tool for people with hearing disabilities to communicate with other people. Instead of perceiving them as expensive objects, they are now an important of our daily living, which means they need to be quicker at transmitting information and accessible to everyone.

These kinds of telecommunication equipment have seen changes from improved audio quality to clear picture quality that allows people to see each other in real time. This is a far cry from the days of sending smoke signals and sending hand-written letters.

Communication is a hugely important aspect, not only for people around the world, but also for small and large businesses. Telecommunications have been around for years, with the oldest methods that can be remembered to date, being the use of smoke signals. While time passed by methods such as horns became a means of communication. But since them periods, there has been a lot of development and with that came the more advanced technologies such as radio, phone, television and the internet.

Businesses would be lost without the current technological advancements and a lot of companies would cease to exist. But this is not the only benefit that telecommunications can bring. With these advancements also comes science, without telecommunications, we would be unable to fly with planes and helicopters or effectively navigate in the seas. Besides this space travel would be near to impossible to achieve.

A world without telecommunications would not be possible; society has made itself so used to this type of technology that the world would end up collapsing if it was taken away. The reason in the tremendous growth of telecommunications is because, as people and cities throughout the planet grew, we needed a better way to relay messages between one another.

The greatest technological advancement that we could have possibly got from this is the creation of the phone and internet. The phone was a major piece of communication, whereas you could instantly communicate with another person that was on the other side of the world. Almost every household now has at least one phone, with most having several.

But the development of the internet was the major turning point and it sees the potential future expanding further than we could have ever imagined. With VoIP growing at tremendous speeds, calls look as though they are getting cheaper, and with portable ways to connect to the internet it looks as though most instances of communication will use the internet as a connection unit.

The vast impact that telecommunication has had on the world can be seen anywhere and everywhere, wherever you go or whatever you do. If you are driving your car, immediately there are two instances which include your radio and your satellite navigation. Telecommunications is a must and it provides better awareness of the society we are living in. It makes us communicate with every corner of the Earth to solve problems and make the world a much safer place.

For those of us who can’t leave the office behind, the new range of smart phones for business are making it increasingly easy to be a workaholic.

For telecommunications the three models are fairly evenly matched, you can make and receive calls but with these multimedia devices you’ll want to be doing a lot more than that. All are capable of email, web browsing and of course text messaging. However the Blackberry’s original support of push email gets one up on the early iPhone, which didn’t employ an LED to notify the user he or she has a new message and requires that the owner actively check themselves. This is obviously time consuming and transpires into wasted battery life. However with the 3G version Jobs has rectified this issue. And of course Google’s G1 recently released in New York pushes emails for the owner.

The iPhone is probably more fashionable than its Blackberry competitor but in a corporate sense which is the superior piece of kit? The touch screen capabilities of Apples multimedia phone does indeed make it a joy to use but it has been agued that Blackberry’s physical keyboard is more user friendly regarding typing text messages and email, compared to the iPhone’s virtual on screen keyboard. The G1, under the working title of Android has stirred up a lot of interest in online with devlopers exctied about its opensource platform and Google fans are bound to support the new smartphone through loyalty if nothing else.

It has been regularly reported that the Internet loading time on the Blackberry can be slow and frustrating but once it’s connected to a wireless network online navigation is pretty smooth.

Due to the touch screen interface of the iPhone browsing the internet is a more enjoyable and profitable experience. Dragging your finger down the screen to scroll through a page is more intuitive than the buttons on the Blackberry, as is the pinch and reverse pinch motion to zoom in and out. For these reasons extracting information from web pages is often easier on the iPhone. With the new Blackberry Bold which boasts a 624MHz processor you can now download email attachments faster than before which is a significant improvement. But in early July Apple’s reaction to this was to announce the iPhone on the 3G network advancing the smart phone’s connectivity and it also includes satellite navigation. Similarly the Blackberry Bold incorporates GPS as standard. The G1 also has touch screen capabilities as well as a flip down Qwerty keyboard, providing a promising equilibrium.

With the iPhone you obviously get 8G or 16G (depending on which model you choose) worth of memory on which to download music from iTunes, but that’s not going to help you get those reports done by Monday morning. It is going to lighten the load in your pockets though as you won’t need to carry your iPod around with you as well. Since Steve Jobs has released the SDK (iPhone software developer kit) and Microsoft Exchange support for the iPhone he has covered two major areas that required development and therefore as a corporate utility the iPhone is vastly improved.

At the end of the fruit salad, Apple users are a loyal folk and will probably continue to invest in the Apple family. Equally, those that are now familiar with the Blackberry will most likely stick by Research In Motion. It is very much down to personal preference and the specific requirements of the user, but now that the new G1 has just been launched the tables have again been turned.