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The Economist distinguishes between "Wireless Communications" and "Information Technology"

Main two way wireless technologies, from the Economist
Source: Economist Special Report on Telecommunications

The 28/4/2007 edition of the The Economist has a special report on telecommunications. You need to be (or know!) a subscriber to read on line all but the introductory article, which provides a clear overview of how influential the Wireless Communications revolution (as distinct from plain old Information Technology) will be over the next few years. Central to the changes are the two-way technologies that are under development (see the table at the start of this post) , and  the:

  • increasing efficiency with with the wireless spectrum can be used;
  • falling costs of wireless systems;
  • rising capacity of the chips that process the signals.

The charts below show how all are governed by "Moore's Law" logarithmic relationships.

More for less charts from the Economist
Source: Economist Special Report on Telecommunications

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