In any event, the band automatically sends that data to a personalized website over Bluetooth.

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The small but mighty Multifunction Mini Router combines maximum wireless speeds of up to 300 Mbps in a 2.4GHZ wireless band to improve range and optimize data rates, making it the ideal solution for high-bandwidth applications such as video streaming, VoIP and online gaming.

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But in Sweden, the 700-megahertz band is used for television broadcasts, and the 2100-megahertz band is used for third-generation data traffic.

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What was intriguing to me was a claim of transmitting data in the millimeter wave band to a distance of two kilometers.

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You might fake health data by giving a friend your band for a month but would you give them your mobile?

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If you'd rather not take the time to sync, the band can store up to nine months of data between syncs.

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The dual-band selectable device transmits in 2.4GHz wireless band for applications such as surfing the Internet or in 5GHz wireless band for HD media streaming, online gaming and large data file transfer.

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The Pentagon feared the frequency structure being demanded by Brussels in the so-called Upper L Band between 1559 and 1591MHz could have prevented American commanders from degrading navigation data in the theatre of war to all but their own forces, as is possible at present.

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Jawbone, best known for its wireless Bluetooth headsets, brought out its UP health band in 2011, a fashion-able bracelet that monitors sleep and daytime activity, with its data uploadable to a smartphone app.

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