The purpose of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide. The purpose of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) [...]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — As many as 46 percent of flat panel TVs shipping in 2013 will have Ethernet connections up from about 19 percent this year. That’s the prediction in a new report on Internet-connected TVs from ABI Research. Buried underneath all the buzz around stereo 3-D TV, the Consumer Electronics Show in January revealed [...]
Optical Fiber Construction Optical Fiber is a solid strand of glass made up of a core and cladding. The core and cladding are surrounded by protective plastic or acrolyte coating. Core and cladding are made of pure fused silica. Germanium dopant is added to core to raise the index of refraction. Advantages of Optical [...]
History of Fiber Optics Technology Optical Comm. is not Exactly New Probably the first optical communication was puffs of smoke from camp fires. Ancient Greeks sent their messages by using different combination of torches. Later “Optical telegraph” was used over a distance of 230 km having just 15 intermediate mirror stations. Tyndall Hypothesis about Optical [...]
Connecticut’s Department of Public Utility Control has given the thumbs up (by a vote of 3-2) to AT&T’s IP video saying that it is not subject to legacy cable franchising requirements in the state. The PUC agrees with Ma Bell’s contention that video over copper is just another form of data, and it is two-way [...]
Note: I’m still gathering information for this section; stay tuned… Peer-reviewing (also called peer-editing) means people getting together to read, comment on, and recommend improvements on each other’s work. Peer-reviewing is a good way to become a better writer because it provides experience in looking critically at writing. Team-writing, as its name indicates, means people [...]
