Start with simple and short communications: conversing over instant messaging, participating in a short webconference, or accessing and resharing documents.
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The snag is that in some countries, including America, radio spectrum ideal for mobile video and data communications is in short supply.
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Nice start, but it pales next to the prospect of ZigBee, an emerging wireless standard for short-range machine to machine communications.
In order to pump up short-term profits, manufacturers of communications gear loaned money to cash-strapped Internet startups so they could buy switches and routers.
Without accurate, real-time translation, the Internet will fall short of its potential to be the first universal communications medium.
Near-field communications technology lets users beam information over short distances.
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Short blamed not only Hoon, but also Downing Street communications director Alastair Campbell, for Kelly's identification.
Apps built with the wireless communications technology, which lets devices exchange data across short distances, could help BlackBerry regain some of its appeal with both consumers and developers.
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Instead of trying to maintain a constant stream of communications with a subscriber, the satellites simply receive short messages and zap them down to one of their ground stations on earth.
Cheap international transport and communications make it easier for workers to go abroad for short spells.
Though they stop short of pledging to put it fully under Ofcom, which regulates communications, the Conservatives think it should be overseen by a more independent body than the BBC Trust, which does the job now.
Nevertheless, common sense dictates that the responsibility for the content and communications rests with the account owner where even waivers and disclaimers fall short.
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ZigBee is a protocol that works on the 802.15.4 spectrum (WiFi is also known as 802.11 for its slice of spectrum.) As a short-range, low-power protocol, ZigBee is suited for two-way communications among small devices, and can be used to build self-organizing networks of devices.
Microsoft says it will use the company's software, people and intellectual property to accelerate the delivery of its unified communications vision, a vision bringing together various technologies including e-mail, instant messaging, short message service, telephony, and Web conferencing.
BlackBerry Bold 9930 also offers Near Field Communications (NFC) support for a secure exchange of information between NFC-enabled devices over a very short distance.
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Since Cox Communications, a cable firm, went private in 2004, it has benefited from the lack of both short-term market pressure and Sarbanes-Oxley-related interference.
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